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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

Palm oil licenses provide cover for logging in New Guinea

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Aug 2013

Endangered chimps and forest elephants found in rainforest to be logged for palm oil

Jeremy Hance 8 Aug 2013

Featured video: Sumatra’s last elephants versus palm oil

Jeremy Hance 5 Aug 2013

Malaysian NGOs form alliance to address palm oil concerns

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Jul 2013

Palm oil drives Malaysian rainforest tree to extinction

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jul 2013

Palm oil company guards injure four villagers in Indonesian Borneo clash

Diana Parker 29 Jul 2013

Oil palm genome mapped, could boost yields, reduce pressure on rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Jul 2013

Fires burning again in Sumatra, triggering haze alerts in Malaysia

Mongabay.com 23 Jul 2013

Sinar Mas buys stake in Indonesian pulp, paper, and tissue firm

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2013

Deforestation rate falls in Congo Basin countries

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jul 2013

Labor abuse widespread in Indonesia’s palm oil industry, finds investigation

Mongabay.com 19 Jul 2013

80% of rainforests in Malaysian Borneo logged

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Jul 2013

Palm oil body, Greenpeace spar over Indonesia fire blame

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Jul 2013

Palm oil lobby group misleads on origin of haze, fires

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Jul 2013

Illegal palm oil from an Indonesian national park used by Asian Agri, Wilmar, WWF report says

Diana Parker 5 Jul 2013

Vocal-sac breeding frog possibly extinct

Jeremy Hance 2 Jul 2013

Can palm oil be part of green growth in Indonesia?

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jul 2013

APP reports accidental breach of deforestation moratorium

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Jul 2013

Wilmar to cut off suppliers found to be setting fires

Mongabay.com 1 Jul 2013

Cause of haze? Up to 87% of recent deforestation in fire zone due to palm oil, timber

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Jun 2013

Wind, not big increase in forest fires, driving haze in Singapore

Mongabay.com 26 Jun 2013

Palm oil companies linked to haze see share prices drop

Mongabay.com 24 Jun 2013

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