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Deforestation for pulp and paper production in Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Norway starts $400-million fund to halt deforestation, help farmers

Mongabay 31 Jan 2017

‘Revolutionary’ new biodiversity maps reveal big gaps in conservation

John Cannon 27 Jan 2017

Politician’s son named a suspect over illegal land clearing in Leuser Ecosystem

Junaidi Hanafiah 26 Jan 2017
Haze in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Green groups want paper giant to stop using drained peat in Indonesia

Mongabay Haze Beat 23 Jan 2017

HSBC financing tied to deforestation, rights violations for palm oil in Indonesia

John Cannon 18 Jan 2017

How local elites earn money from burning land in Indonesia

Alice Cuddy 16 Jan 2017

A trip on Borneo’s Mahakam River in search of forgotten wildlife

Erik Meijaard 15 Jan 2017
Adult male orangutan in Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Following in Raven’s Footsteps: 100 years of wildlife loss on Borneo

Erik Meijaard 6 Jan 2017

The year in tropical rainforests: 2016

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2016
Haze in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

As accusations fly, paper giant appears to stand by its replanting of burned peat in Sumatra

Mongabay Haze Beat 22 Dec 2016
Haze in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Green groups raise red flags over Jokowi’s widely acclaimed haze law

Mongabay Haze Beat 9 Dec 2016

Palm oil culprits apprehended in the Leuser Ecosystem. Who sent them?

Junaidi Hanafiah 23 Nov 2016

Parents who say Indonesia’s haze killed their children testify in citizen suit

Mongabay Haze Beat 4 Nov 2016

Hectare by hectare, an indigenous man reforested a jungle in Indonesia’s burned-out heartland

Indra Nugraha 26 Oct 2016

Company poised to destroy critical orangutan habitat in breach of Indonesia’s moratorium

Erik Meijaard 24 Oct 2016

Fires ravaged forests in Indonesian palm oil giant Astra’s land in 2015

Mongabay.com 7 Oct 2016

139 scientists shoot down ‘misleading’ reports from Malaysia peat congress

Loren Bell 4 Oct 2016

Indonesia seeks foreign funds to aid peat restoration drive

Mongabay Haze Beat 26 Sep 2016

Pulp and paper supplier denies draining peat on island near Singapore

Mongabay Haze Beat 13 Sep 2016
Haze in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Another Indonesian court convicts a company of causing fires

Mongabay Haze Beat 30 Aug 2016
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesian parliament to investigate fire-linked firms in Riau

Mongabay Haze Beat 20 Aug 2016
Drainage canal dug through peat swamp in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Indonesia’s peat restoration chief calls for protection of all peat domes

Lusia Arumingtyas, Sapariah Saturi 18 Aug 2016
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Company ordered to pay record $76m over fires in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 12 Aug 2016
Haze in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Hundreds sickened in Indonesia’s Aceh as peat fires burn

Junaidi Hanafiah 9 Aug 2016

IPOP’s demise undercuts palm oil industry progress [commentary]

Dave McLaughlin 8 Aug 2016

RSPO lifts suspension of Malaysian palm oil giant IOI

Mongabay.com 5 Aug 2016
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

15 fire-linked firms escape prosecution in Indonesia’s Riau

Mongabay Haze Beat 28 Jul 2016

Indonesia declares national park in top palm oil-producing province

Mongabay.com 27 Jul 2016

Haze epicenter receives environmental award in Indonesia

Aria Danaparamita 23 Jul 2016

Indonesia’s palm oil permit moratorium to last five years

Mongabay.com 18 Jul 2016
Borneo orangutan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesia’s energy, agriculture targets could undermine its climate goals: report

Mongabay.com 16 Jul 2016
Haze in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Fires begin to appear en masse as Indonesia’s burning season gets going

Mongabay Haze Beat 8 Jul 2016

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