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Can palm oil move past its bad reputation?

Diana Parker 2 Mar 2014

Palm oil plantations allegedly poison seven Critically Endangered elephants in Sumatra

Jeremy Hance 28 Feb 2014

Palm oil’s climate impact worse than thought due to methane emissions

Mongabay.com 27 Feb 2014

Procter & Gamble’s palm oil suppliers linked to deforestation (photos)

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Feb 2014

Borneo monkeys lose a tenth of their habitat in a decade

Mongabay.com 25 Feb 2014

If Indonesia can’t protect its orangutans, why doesn’t it just ‘sell’ them?

Erik Meijaard 23 Feb 2014

Indonesian cop caught smuggling rare timber worth millions escapes with 2-year sentence

Diana Parker 21 Feb 2014

APP, environmentalists talk future of Indonesia’s forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Feb 2014

APRIL’s green pledge falls short, say environmentalists

Mongabay.com 31 Jan 2014

Through careful management, indigenous people have shaped Asian rainforests for 11,000 years

Loren Bell 28 Jan 2014

Indonesian logger faces expulsion from business sustainability group

Mongabay.com 17 Jan 2014

Land conflicts complicate effort to spare forests from palm oil in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Jan 2014

In precedent-setting case, palm oil company fined $30M for destroying orangutan forest

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Jan 2014

Requiem or recovery?: the Sumatran rhino 200 years after its description

Bill Konstant 8 Jan 2014

Company accused of logging endangered rainforest trees in breach of timber legality certificate

Diana Parker 7 Jan 2014

Rainforest news review for 2013

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Dec 2013

Indonesia appoints head of REDD+ agency to implement forest conservation plan

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Dec 2013

Top 10 HAPPY environmental stories of 2013

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Dec 2013

Ongoing deforestation reported in Borneo concession held by APP supplier

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Dec 2013

Big data shows tropical mammals on the decline

Jeremy Hance 12 Dec 2013

Indonesia urged to implement decision recognizing indigenous rights to land

Mongabay.com 10 Dec 2013

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2013

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Dec 2013

Palm oil company Bumitama under fire for clearing rainforest, endangering orangutans

Diana Parker 2 Dec 2013

Greenpeace photos expose palm oil giant’s deforestation in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Nov 2013

Deforestation accelerates in Indonesia, finds Google forest map

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2013

Powered by Google, high resolution forest map reveals massive deforestation worldwide

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2013

Scientists identify 137 protected areas most important for preserving biodiversity

Jeremy Hance 14 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

Bolivia, Madagascar, China see jump in forest loss

Mongabay.com 1 Nov 2013

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

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Oct 2013

WWF risking Sumatran rhinos by releasing camera trap images, says scientist

Jeremy Hance 9 Oct 2013

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