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Biofuels 200 times more expensive than forest conservation for global warming mitigation

Haze risk returns as fires increase in Indonesia

Malaysian logging scandal may delay trade negotiations with the E.U.

Markets could save rainforests: an interview with Andrew Mitchell

Indonesia’s Riau bans destruction of rainforests and peatlands for palm oil

High mineral prices drive rainforest destruction

“Turtle carbon” could help protect rainforests and save endangered sea turtles

Woolworths drops contract with APP, activist group remains wary

Shift from poverty-driven to industry-driven deforestation may help conservation

Often overlooked, small wild cats are important and in trouble

Corporations become prime driver of deforestation, providing clear target for environmentalists

Loggers, palm oil firms eye remote rainforests of Papua for development

Orangutans persist in islands amid a sea of oil palm plantations

Australia’s largest retailer Woolworths greenwashes rainforest destruction in Indonesia, allege activists

Orangutan populations drop due to logging, expansion for palm oil

Rainforest destruction becomes industry-driven, concentrated geographically

Malaysian government says no more forest clearing for oil palm plantations

Will consumers pay 10% premium for sustainable palm oil?

Al Gore’s investment firm bets that rainforest conservation will be profitable

Papua signs REDD carbon deal to generate income from rainforest protection

Indonesian palm oil firms pledge to stop clearing rainforests

Sustainability conference reveals a rift in the Malaysian Palm Oil Council

High palm oil prices kill the biodiesel market for Asia

Unilever calls for ban on rainforest destruction for palm oil

Unilever admits it can’t trace origin of palm oil used in its products

Borneo’s pygmy elephants are an alien species

Malaysian palm oil industry puts sustainability in the spotlight

Palm oil boycott an unrealistic approach to conserving biodiversity

Lungless frog discovered in Borneo

Asia Pulp & Paper destroying rare Sumatra forest

Merrill Lynch invests $9M in rainforest conservation, expects profit

New rule grants rainforest to mining firms in Indonesia for $80/acre