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Peatland on fire again as burning season starts in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Mar 2021

Restoration for peat’s sake

Mongabay.com 4 Mar 2021

Paper giant APP failing its own sustainability goals, report alleges

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Jan 2021

Indonesia renews peat restoration bid to include mangroves, but hurdles abound

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Jan 2021
A white salt inflorescence along the edge of a salinised wetland in a drought stressed Australian wetland. Photo by Luke Mosley.

For global wetlands, intensifying droughts pose a ‘diabolical’ threat

Liz Kimbrough 30 Oct 2020

Indonesia’s ‘militarized agriculture’ raises social, environmental red flags

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Oct 2020

‘Zero-deforestation’ paper giant APRIL justifies clearing of Sumatran peatland

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Oct 2020

Paper giant APRIL linked to Borneo forest clearing despite zero-deforestation vow

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Oct 2020

In Brazil’s Pantanal, a desperate struggle to save a hyacinth macaw refuge from fire

Jennifer Ann Thomas 17 Sep 2020
Deforestation in Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Experts question integrity of Indonesia’s claim of avoided deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Sep 2020

Paper giant APP linked to Indonesia peat clearing despite sustainability vow

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Sep 2020
Microsoft Zoom Earth satellite image show a section of burned peatland in the region in Central Kalimantan where the rice project is planned.

Indonesia pushes rice estate project despite environmental red flags

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Aug 2020

Brazilian Amazon protected areas ‘in flames’ as land-grabbers invade

Ana Ionova 7 Aug 2020

Fires in the Pantanal: ‘We are facing a scenario now that is catastrophic’

Ana Ionova 6 Aug 2020
Oil palm plantation in West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Upgrade of Indonesian palm oil certification falls short, observers say

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Jul 2020

COVID-19 may worsen burning and haze as Indonesia enters dry season

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Jul 2020

Palm oil from Indonesian grower that burned forest is still being sold

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Jun 2020

Experts see environmental, social fallout in Indonesia’s infrastructure push

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Jun 2020

Indonesia to receive $56m payment from Norway for reducing deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 May 2020

In Indonesia’s new rice plan, experts see the blueprint of an epic past failure

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 May 2020

Indonesia aims for sustainability certification for oil palm smallholders

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Apr 2020

Forest fires in Indonesia set to add toxic haze to COVID-19 woes

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Apr 2020
Rainforest canopy in Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Obstacles abound in bid to protect Indonesia’s forests and cut emissions

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Apr 2020

Oil exploration at odds with peatland protection in the Congo Basin

John Cannon 23 Mar 2020
Forest in West Papua. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

South Korea’s POSCO vows zero deforestation in Papua palm oil operation

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Mar 2020

As 2020 fire season nears, Indonesian president blasts officials for 2019

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Feb 2020

Indonesia softens stance on WWF termination as programs fall into limbo

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Feb 2020

Wise use and wetlands: Why we need to nurture nature (commentary)

Matthew McCartney, Chris Dickens 31 Jan 2020

Indonesia forest fires push orangutans into starvation mode, study finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Jan 2020
PORTO VELHO, RONDÔNIA, BRAZIL. Aerial view of burned areas in the Amazon rainforest, in the city of Porto Velho, Rondônia state. (Photo: Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace)

2019: The year rainforests burned

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Dec 2019

Indonesian palm oil firm hit with $1.8m fine for 2015 fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Dec 2019

Indonesia’s fires burned mostly abandoned and degraded land, not forests

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Dec 2019

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