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Palm oil companies propose satellite monitoring of their plantations to ensure sustainability

Mongabay.com 5 Nov 2008

Oil palm expansion in Indonesian Borneo increased 400-fold from 1991-2007

Mongabay.com 30 Oct 2008

Borneo logging road puts rainforest, indigenous communities at risk

Mongabay.com 22 Oct 2008

Colombian community leader assassinated by agroindustry-backed vigilantes

Mongabay.com 16 Oct 2008

Snares set by palm oil workers taking a toll on pygmy elephants of Borneo

Mongabay.com 12 Oct 2008

Indonesian governors agree to protect Sumatra’s endangered forests

Mongabay.com 9 Oct 2008

Palm oil industry relies on greenwashing to mislead consumers, alleges report

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2008

Borneo forest people reject oil palm plantation on their land

Mongabay.com 5 Oct 2008

Palm oil firm becomes first to win eco-certification

Mongabay.com 28 Sep 2008

Brazil plans to cut Amazon deforestation to zero by 2015

Mongabay.com 26 Sep 2008

Malaysian oil palm firms eye Papua for expansion

Mongabay.com 26 Sep 2008

Logging, wildlife trade drive sun bears toward extinction

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Sep 2008

Monoculture tree plantations are “green deserts” not forests, say activists

Jeremy Hance 19 Sep 2008

11 species of monkeys discovered in West African biodiversity hotspot

Mongabay.com 15 Sep 2008

Malaysian palm oil industry accused of child slavery by the Indonesian government

Mongabay.com 15 Sep 2008

Rainforest conversion to oil palm causes 83% of wildlife to disappear

Mongabay.com 15 Sep 2008

Europe cuts biofuel targets to 4% in 2015, 6% in 2020

Mongabay.com 12 Sep 2008

Falling palm oil price makes palm biodiesel viable, may offer target for NGOs

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Sep 2008

Malaysia pushes Borneo rainforest logging by deposing tribal leaders

Mongabay.com 9 Sep 2008

Palm oil producers in Indonesia reject moratorium on forest destruction

Mongabay.com 28 Aug 2008

Biofuels 200 times more expensive than forest conservation for global warming mitigation

Mongabay.com 27 Aug 2008

Haze risk returns as fires increase in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 26 Aug 2008

Malaysia targets Africa and the Amazon for oil palm expansion

Mongabay.com 25 Aug 2008

Biofuel production in Brazil may not hurt Amazon, food supply

Mongabay.com 21 Aug 2008

Brazil to establish oil palm plantations on degraded Amazon rainforest lands

Mongabay.com 20 Aug 2008

Markets could save rainforests: an interview with Andrew Mitchell

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Aug 2008

Indonesia’s Riau bans destruction of rainforests and peatlands for palm oil

Mongabay.com 15 Aug 2008

Shift from poverty-driven to industry-driven deforestation may help conservation

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2008

Often overlooked, small wild cats are important and in trouble

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Aug 2008

Corporations become prime driver of deforestation, providing clear target for environmentalists

Jeremy Hance 5 Aug 2008

Future threats to the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Jul 2008

Loggers, palm oil firms eye remote rainforests of Papua for development

Mongabay.com 25 Jul 2008

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