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Palm oil giant profiting off tiger habitat destruction, alleges Greenpeace

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Oct 2013

The palm oil debate: can the world’s most productive oilseed be less damaging to the environment?

Mongabay.com 21 Oct 2013

June fires concentrated in peatlands, burned 1,500 sq km in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 16 Oct 2013

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

Diana Parker 15 Oct 2013

Pulp and paper giant gets $1.8B loan from China for Indonesia’s largest mill

Mongabay.com 11 Oct 2013

In transparency push, APP self-reports breach of its deforestation moratorium

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Sep 2013

Indonesian villagers sue president over climate change

Diana Parker 11 Sep 2013

Palm oil now biggest cause of deforestation in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Sep 2013

500 fires rage across Sumatra

Mongabay.com 29 Aug 2013

Five Aceh elephants die in just six weeks

Diana Parker 14 Aug 2013

Featured video: Sumatra’s last elephants versus palm oil

Jeremy Hance 5 Aug 2013

Fires burning again in Sumatra, triggering haze alerts in Malaysia

Mongabay.com 23 Jul 2013

Sinar Mas buys stake in Indonesian pulp, paper, and tissue firm

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2013

Elephant killers should be brought to justice, Indonesia’s president tweets [WARNING: brutally graphic images]

Diana Parker 20 Jul 2013

Haze summit proposes sharing concession data, but keeping it hidden from the public

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2013

Billions lost to corruption in Indonesia’s forest sector, says report

Diana Parker 17 Jul 2013

Palm oil body, Greenpeace spar over Indonesia fire blame

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Jul 2013

Baby elephant safe in new home after standoff with Aceh village

Diana Parker 15 Jul 2013

5 men rescued, 1 killed, after 5-day Sumatran tiger standoff

Diana Parker 12 Jul 2013

Haze fires concentrated in deforested peatlands, not forest areas, confirms satellite analysis

Mongabay.com 10 Jul 2013

Palm oil lobby group misleads on origin of haze, fires

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Jul 2013

Illegal palm oil from an Indonesian national park used by Asian Agri, Wilmar, WWF report says

Diana Parker 5 Jul 2013

APP reports accidental breach of deforestation moratorium

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Jul 2013

Wilmar to cut off suppliers found to be setting fires

Mongabay.com 1 Jul 2013

Sumatran tiger density lower than previously thought

Mongabay.com 28 Jun 2013

Indonesia NGOs call on govt to investigate 117 companies for alleged involvement in forest fires

Diana Parker 28 Jun 2013

Indonesia to spend $10M on cloud-seeding scheme to slow haze

Mongabay.com 27 Jun 2013

Cause of haze? Up to 87% of recent deforestation in fire zone due to palm oil, timber

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Jun 2013

Wind, not big increase in forest fires, driving haze in Singapore

Mongabay.com 26 Jun 2013

Palm oil companies linked to haze see share prices drop

Mongabay.com 24 Jun 2013

Greenpeace releases dramatic pictures of haze and fires in Indonesia (photos)

Mongabay.com 24 Jun 2013

5 RSPO companies linked to haze

Mongabay.com 24 Jun 2013

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