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Palm oil workers stage massive protest at sustainability meeting in Indonesia

Diana Parker 19 Nov 2013

Greener palm oil on the horizon?

Mongabay.com 18 Nov 2013

Malaysia has the world’s highest deforestation rate, reveals Google forest map

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Nov 2013

Deforestation accelerates in Indonesia, finds Google forest map

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2013

Zero net deforestation is the wrong target, warn experts

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2013

Rent-a-mob disrupts court proceedings against Indonesian palm oil company

Mongabay.com 14 Nov 2013

Aiming to avoid deforestation, Unilever to trace all palm oil it sources

Mongabay.com 12 Nov 2013

3.5 million ha of Indonesian and Malaysian forest converted for palm oil in 20 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Nov 2013

HBSC financing deforestation for palm oil in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Nov 2013

Will Haiyan’s impact in the Philippines be worsened by deforestation?

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Nov 2013

Palm oil companies ignoring community rights, new study shows

Diana Parker 7 Nov 2013

Palm oil giant to forgo development of New Guinea rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Nov 2013

Greenpeace: APP making ‘encouraging’ progress on zero deforestation commitment

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Oct 2013

Palm oil giant profiting off tiger habitat destruction, alleges Greenpeace

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Oct 2013

The palm oil debate: can the world’s most productive oilseed be less damaging to the environment?

Mongabay.com 21 Oct 2013

Palm oil deal undermines efforts to resolve 25-year conflict in Sumatra

Diana Parker 15 Oct 2013

Pulp and paper giant gets $1.8B loan from China for Indonesia’s largest mill

Mongabay.com 11 Oct 2013

Tapirs, drug-trafficking, and eco-police: practicing conservation amidst chaos in Nicaragua

Jeremy Hance 10 Oct 2013

Celebrities aim to raise $1.6 million to keep orangutan forests from the the chopping block in Borneo

Lewis Smith 2 Oct 2013

Malaysia clearcutting forest reserves for timber and palm oil

Jeremy Hance 26 Sep 2013

Villagers occupy govt office in Indonesia Borneo in protest against palm oil land grab

Diana Parker 18 Sep 2013

Controversial oil palm company now accused of illegal logging in Cameroon rainforest

Jeremy Hance 18 Sep 2013

Activists target major snack makers over ‘conflict’ palm oil

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Sep 2013

Japanese firms buying illegal timber from Malaysia’s endangered rainforests

Diana Parker 10 Sep 2013

Large-scale opposition among Borneo villagers to deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Sep 2013

Europe importing more palm oil for biofuels, raising risks for rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Sep 2013

Satellite reveals ‘hidden’ 1000-ha oil palm plantation in Amazon rainforest in Peru

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Sep 2013

Malaysia to launch palm oil certification scheme to compete with RSPO

Mongabay.com 6 Sep 2013

Indonesia should convert logging concessions to protected areas to stop deforestation for plantations, argues study

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Sep 2013

Agribusiness project leaves indigenous communities in Indonesian New Guinea hungry and in poverty, report says

Diana Parker 3 Sep 2013

Palm oil now biggest cause of deforestation in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Sep 2013

500 fires rage across Sumatra

Mongabay.com 29 Aug 2013

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