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“Responsible” palm oil producers pledge not to develop endangered Sumatra rainforest

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2009

40% of lowland forests in Sumatra and Indonesian Borneo cleared in 15 years

Rhett A. Butler 10 Nov 2009

Forests versus oil palm plantations in Sumatra

Tomasz Johnson 14 Oct 2009

Palm oil both a leading threat to orangutans and a key source of jobs in Sumatra

Rhett A. Butler 24 Sep 2009

World’s only Sumatran rhino to give birth in captivity dies at Cincinnati Zoo

Jeremy Hance 10 Sep 2009

Rehabilitation not enough to solve orangutan crisis in Indonesia

Rhett A. Butler 20 Aug 2009

Issues around palm oil development prove complex, controversial

Mongabay.com 12 Aug 2009

LUSH cosmetics launches campaign against palm oil

Rhett A. Butler 10 Aug 2009

Burning by Asia Pulp & Paper contributes to haze in Indonesia, Malaysia

Mongabay.com 28 Jul 2009

Pangolins threatened by illegal trade for traditional Chinese medicine

Mongabay.com 14 Jul 2009

Multinational corporation continues destruction of orangutan habitat in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 9 Jul 2009

Parks in Sumatra may reduce deforestation in adjacent unprotected areas

Mongabay.com 6 Jul 2009

U.S. forgives $30M in debt to protect rainforests in Sumatra, Indonesia

Mongabay.com 30 Jun 2009

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

Mongabay.com 23 Jun 2009

Forest fires burn in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 15 Jun 2009

Orangutan guerrillas fight palm oil in Borneo

Rhett A. Butler 1 Jun 2009

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

Mongabay.com 20 May 2009

Deforestation maps for Sumatra now available on Google Earth

Mongabay.com 31 Mar 2009

Two Sumatran elephants shot dead in Indonesian park

Jeremy Hance 31 Mar 2009

Rash of tiger attacks linked to deforestation by large paper corporation APP

Jeremy Hance 18 Mar 2009

Tigers continue killing rampage in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 3 Mar 2009

Deforestation blamed for tiger maulings in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 27 Feb 2009

New fire record for Borneo, Sumatra shows dramatic increase in rainforest destruction

Rhett A. Butler 22 Feb 2009

Indonesian ecolabeling initiative providing cover for rainforest destruction

Mongabay.com 10 Feb 2009

High coffee prices spurred deforestation in Sumatra but effective law enforcement slowed forest loss

Rhett A. Butler 22 Jan 2009

Drought and deforestation in southeast Asia linked to climate change

Rhett A. Butler 9 Dec 2008

Salvage logging offers hope for forests, communities devastated by industrial logging

Rhett A. Butler 4 Dec 2008

California joins effort to fight global warming by saving rainforests

Mongabay.com 19 Nov 2008

Oil palm expansion in Indonesian Borneo increased 400-fold from 1991-2007

Mongabay.com 30 Oct 2008

‘Lost’ deer species discovered after 78 years in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 10 Oct 2008

Indonesian governors agree to protect Sumatra’s endangered forests

Mongabay.com 9 Oct 2008

Indonesian raids on tiger traffickers yielding arrests in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 2 Sep 2008

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