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RSPO pledges reform after NGO exposes shoddy palm oil audits

Mongabay.com 20 Nov 2015
Young orangutan orphaned by the palm oil industry when its mother was killed in a plantation in Central Kalimantan. This orangutan was one of the lucky ones -- it ended up in a rehabilitation center rather than dying of starvation or being sold into the pet trade.

Greenwashing? RSPO audits rife with ‘mistakes and fraud,’ report finds

Jonathan Vit 16 Nov 2015

Broken Promises: Communities on Philippine island take on palm oil companies

Rod Harbinson 23 Oct 2015

Cambodian communities follow different routes to justice over Socfin rubber project

Greg Norman 13 Oct 2015

Palm oil company denies capitalizing on Ebola to advance Liberia operations

Greg Norman 23 Jul 2015

‘Criminalization’ of local people in Indonesian province rife amid oil palm, coal booms

Yustinus S. Hardjanto 1 Jul 2015

NGOs, activists fret new role for Indonesia’s spy agency

Cory Rogers 29 Jun 2015

‘Trying to follow the money’: Opacity rules in Southeast Asia’s land rush, finds study

15 Jun 2015

Coordinated protests hit Socfin plantations in four countries

Greg Norman 5 Jun 2015

Ghosts of problems past and present loom over Nigerian palm oil plans

Greg Norman 28 May 2015

Killings of environmental activists jumped by 20 percent last year

Jeremy Hance 20 Apr 2015

Farmers fall short in legal challenge to Java cement plant

Tommy Apriando 20 Apr 2015

Success of ‘land sparing’ will depend on global economics, regulations

Erin Kitchell 16 Dec 2014

Deforestation puts cultural survival of forest-dependent peoples at risk

Mongabay.com 10 Dec 2014

Relief for Kenya’s rare coastal forest

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Dec 2014

Indonesia to verify ownership of 66M ha of disputed forest land

Loren Bell 4 Sep 2014

Indonesia to hear indigenous peoples’ grievances on land disputes

Loren Bell 22 Aug 2014

Booming populations, rising economies, threatened biodiversity: the tropics will never be the same

Jeremy Hance 7 Jul 2014

Papua New Guinea pledges to cancel massive land grabs by timber companies

Jeremy Hance 29 Apr 2014

The remarkable story of how a bat scientist took on Russia’s most powerful…and won

Jeremy Hance 28 Apr 2014

Nearly a thousand environmental activists murdered since 2002

Jeremy Hance 15 Apr 2014

How locals and conservationists saved the elephants of Mali amidst conflict and poverty

Jeremy Hance 2 Apr 2014

Study warns of possible REDD+ land grab

Diana Parker 30 Mar 2014

Indigenous communities demand forest rights, blame land grabs for failure to curb deforestation

Diana Parker 25 Mar 2014

Community’s push to clear forest for plantation challenges efforts to conserve in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Mar 2014

Murum dam blockaders may be suffering human rights violations warns NGOs

Jeremy Hance 12 Nov 2013

Palm oil deal undermines efforts to resolve 25-year conflict in Sumatra

Diana Parker 15 Oct 2013

Tapirs, drug-trafficking, and eco-police: practicing conservation amidst chaos in Nicaragua

Jeremy Hance 10 Oct 2013

Investors risk billions by overlooking potential land conflicts, study shows

Diana Parker 24 Sep 2013

Palm oil licenses provide cover for logging in New Guinea

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Aug 2013

Indonesia’s president says he will work to register and recognize customary forests

Diana Parker 28 Jun 2013

Solving ‘wicked problems’: ten principles for improved environmental management

Jaboury Ghazoul 23 Jun 2013

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