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Indonesian palm oil company denies child labor claims, new allegations arise

Diana Parker 28 Feb 2013

Activists warn of industrial palm oil expansion in Congo rainforest

Jeremy Hance 21 Feb 2013

Controversial palm oil project concession in Cameroon is 89 percent ‘dense natural forest’

Jeremy Hance 21 Feb 2013

Biofuel company caught clearing elephant habitat in Sri Lanka

Jeremy Hance 20 Feb 2013

Child labor caught on film at palm oil plantation in Indonesian Borneo

Diana Parker 9 Feb 2013

Investors beware: global land grabbing ends in ‘financial damage’ and human rights violations

Jeremy Hance 7 Feb 2013

Palm oil company thugs attack Sulawesi villagers, injuring 8

Diana Parker 6 Feb 2013

The beginning of the end of deforestation in Indonesia?

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Feb 2013

Indonesian province of East Kalimantan imposes moratorium on deforestation

Mongabay.com 2 Feb 2013

Palm oil, paper, biofuels production on peatlands drive large GHG emissions

Mongabay.com 31 Jan 2013

New palm oil concession imperils orangutan population in Borneo

Jeremy Hance 28 Jan 2013

Large blocks of Sumatra’s endangered rainforest may be put up for mining, logging

Mongabay.com 28 Jan 2013

New website tracks protected areas under attack

Jeremy Hance 16 Jan 2013

Dead tigers, dead people: logging by paper industry worsens human-tiger conflict in Sumatra, alleges report

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Jan 2013

Paradigm shift needed to avert global environmental collapse, according to author of new book The Blueprint: Averting Global Collapse

Dr Liz Kimbrough 10 Jan 2013

Biofuel boom could lead to life-threatening ozone pollution

Jeremy Hance 9 Jan 2013

The year in rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2012

Paper giant breaks pledge to end rainforest logging in Sumatra, says group

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Dec 2012

RSPO rules against palm oil company in controversial deforestation case

Mongabay.com 20 Dec 2012

Indonesian NGO voluntarily joins lawsuit as co-defendant in palm oil deforestation case

Mongabay.com 14 Dec 2012

Cutting through the rhetoric on palm oil production

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Dec 2012

Palm oil or lard?

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Dec 2012

Asia Pulp & Paper hires top U.S. lobbyist to help ‘green’ its image

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Dec 2012

Indonesia approves first REDD+ project in Borneo

Mongabay.com 5 Dec 2012

Indonesia lost 8.8m ha of forest in the 2000s, generating 7 billion tons of CO2

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2012

Complaint filed with palm oil body over orangutan rescue case

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Nov 2012

E.U. OKs biofuels produced from certified palm oil

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Nov 2012

Featured video: how locals depend on Kalimantan’s vanishing forests

Jeremy Hance 27 Nov 2012

Photos reveal destruction of Cameroon rainforest for palm oil

Jeremy Hance 26 Nov 2012

Activists protesting controversial Cameroon palm plantation arrested

Mongabay.com 17 Nov 2012

Rights groups, environmentalists aim to block funding for new Sumatran pulp mill

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Nov 2012

Borneo may lose half its orangutans to deforestation, hunting, and plantations

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Nov 2012

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