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From Cambodia to California: the world’s top 10 most threatened forests

Jeremy Hance 2 Feb 2011

Indonesia set to clear 3 million ha of rainforest in New Guinea

Mongabay.com 1 Feb 2011

Illegal mining, plantation development rampant in Indonesian Borneo; state losses top $17B

Mongabay.com 1 Feb 2011

Malaysian palm oil producers destroying Borneo peat forests faster than ever before

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Feb 2011

Scientists to document impact of converting rainforest into oil palm plantations

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jan 2011

Despite fierce opposition, work begins on Belo Monte dam

Jeremy Hance 27 Jan 2011

Nike and Kimberly-Clark lead the corporate pack on forest sustainability

Jeremy Hance 27 Jan 2011

Greening the world with palm oil?

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Jan 2011

Updating the top 100 weirdest and most imperiled mammals

Jeremy Hance 24 Jan 2011

Cocaine production killing Colombia’s rainforests

Emily Kirkland 24 Jan 2011

Marathon swimmer: an interview with the first man to swim the length of the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Jan 2011

‘New’ cat in Sumatra: clouded leopard is distinct subspecies

Jeremy Hance 23 Jan 2011

Apakah Menebangi Hutan Hujan untuk Kertas dan Bubur Kayu Bantu Kurangi Kemiskinan di Indonesia?

Rhett Ayers Butler, Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Jan 2011

UN and conservation organizations condemn big oil’s plan to drill in Virunga National Park

Jeremy Hance 20 Jan 2011

Africa gains new elephant species

Jeremy Hance 19 Jan 2011

Brazil’s environment chief resigns over controversial Amazon dam

Mongabay.com 14 Jan 2011

Does chopping down rainforests for pulp and paper help alleviate poverty in Indonesia?

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Jan 2011

Burning up biodiversity: forest fires increase in Madagascar

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Jan 2011

Sales of RSPO-certified palm oil surge 225%

Mongabay.com 10 Jan 2011

Renewed conflict between tribes and oil companies looms in Peru

Emily Kirkland 6 Jan 2011

With REDD, could financial markets become species’ extinction risk?

Mongabay.com, Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Jan 2011

Indonesia delays logging moratorium

Mongabay.com 5 Jan 2011

Converting palm oil companies from forest destroyers into forest protectors

Jeremy Hance, Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jan 2011

Biopiracy crackdown results in $59M in fines for Brazilian companies, receives mixed reviews

Morgan Erickson-Davis 31 Dec 2010

Borneo province selected for Indonesia’s first pilot under REDD program

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Dec 2010

Will Indonesia’s big REDD rainforest deal work?

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Dec 2010

Agricultural lending jumps in Brazil, will Amazon deforestation follow?

Mongabay.com 27 Dec 2010

Rainforest people sue logging company, Sarawak govt over planned deforestation

Mongabay.com 22 Dec 2010

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2010

Jeremy Hance 20 Dec 2010

Biodiversity and slash-and-burn agriculture in Papua New Guinea

Jeremy Hance 20 Dec 2010

Lack of price premium for certified palm oil endangers sustainability initiative

Mongabay.com 19 Dec 2010

Prominent indigenous leader gets death threats in Guyana

Mongabay.com 17 Dec 2010

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