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Anti-HIV and anti-cancer drugs derived from Borneo rainforest progressing to final development stages

Cambodia signs REDD agreement

UK firm plans to log habitat of critically endangered orangutan for palm oil production

Mixed signals from the crown? Queen knights logging tycoon while Prince fights deforestation

War and conservation in Cambodia

Malaysian palm oil chief claims oil palm plantations help orangutans

108 river basins in Indonesia need rehabiltiation

Forest fires burn in Sumatra

Malaysian palm oil firms seek 100,000 ha in the Philippines

REDD can compete financially with palm oil in Indonesia peatlands while protecting endangered species

Peatlands conversion for oil palm a ‘monumental mistake’ for Indonesia’s long-term prosperity, sustainability

Tropical East Asian forests under great threat

Orangutan guerrillas fight palm oil in Borneo

Indigenous people, forest communities in Africa control less than 2% of forest land

Rich countries buy up agricultural land in poor countries

Vietnam’s commercial wildlife farms threaten Asia’s species

Did Malaysia cancel plans for palm oil development in the Amazon?

Asia’s conversion of forests for industrial rubber plantations hurts the environment

APP, Sinar Mas plan to log habitat of critically endangered orangutans

UN: Population growth rates fall to 1.1 percent in Asia-Pacific

Six nations pledge to protect the Coral Triangle

Komodo dragons are venomous

Orangutan population in Borneo park plunges 90% in 5 years

Will the illegal trade of the critically endangered Philippine forest turtle lead to its extinction?

Global warming to cripple Southeast Asia economically

Indigenous forest management offers lessons in fighting global warming

Expedition in Philippines uncovers one of the world’s rarest mammals along with possible new species

Large population of rare black orangutans found in Borneo

Greenpeace opposes forest conservation initiative in Indonesia

Deforestation maps for Sumatra now available on Google Earth

Two Sumatran elephants shot dead in Indonesian park

Can carbon credits from REDD compete with palm oil?

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