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Palm oil supplier to PepsiCo, Mars, and Hershey resumes deforesting in Indonesia

Loren Bell 15 Nov 2018

In West Papua’s Arfak Mountains, local leaders plot ecotourism boom

Christopel Paino 9 Nov 2018
Planet satellite image of Sipatnanam, Fakfak Regency. Taken in September 2018. Courtesy of Planet.

To conserve West Papua, start with land rights (commentary)

Bernadinus Steni, Daniel Nepstad 5 Oct 2018

Deforestation-linked palm oil still finding its way into top consumer brands: report

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Sep 2018

In a land hit by the resource curse, a new gold mine spooks officials

Basten Gokkon 17 Jun 2018

India eyes coal reserves in Indonesian Papua 

Febriana Firdaus 11 Jun 2018

Scientists highlight 9 potentially new reef fish species off West Papua

Wahyu Chandra 14 May 2018

New species of superb bird-of-paradise has special dance moves

Mongabay.com 25 Apr 2018

‘Eye of Papua’ shines a light on environmental, indigenous issues in Indonesia’s last frontier

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Feb 2018

In early push into Papua, palm oil firms set stage for massive forest plunder

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Jan 2018

For Papuan villagers practicing conservation, a bid to formalize the familiar

Christopel Paino 14 Dec 2017

Indonesia’s big development push in Papua: Q&A with program overseer Judith J. Dipodiputro

Basten Gokkon 27 Oct 2017

Restoration of shattered coral reef at Raja Ampat on hold

Basten Gokkon 22 Jun 2017

Pressure builds on palm oil firm Goodhope after RSPO sanction

Alice Cuddy 31 May 2017

Damage to Raja Ampat 12 times higher than previously thought

Basten Gokkon 25 Mar 2017

Cruise ship wrecks one of Indonesia’s best coral reefs at Raja Ampat

Basten Gokkon 9 Mar 2017

Environmental costs, benefits and possibilities: Q&A with anthropologist Eben Kirksey

John Cannon 28 Feb 2017

Indonesia exploring new model to fund national parks

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 30 Sep 2016

Indonesian government to investigate Korean palm oil giant over burning in Papua

Mongabay.com 7 Sep 2016
A still of juvenile blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) from the baited Go-Pro rig that researchers set in the waters of the Daram no-take zone in West Papua, Indonesia. Photo by Vanessa Jaiteh.

Protected areas grow populations of shark — and disenfranchised fishers

Melati Kaye 15 Jun 2016

Indonesia’s Salim Group linked to ‘secret’ palm oil concessions in West Papua

Daniel Pye 3 Jun 2016

Rogue cop-turned-logger recaptured in Papua after latest prison break

Mongabay.com 9 Mar 2016

Convicted Indonesian police officer and illegal logger on the run once again

Mike Gaworecki 7 Mar 2016
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

Jokowi hints at company crackdown as Kalimantan residents prepare haze class action suit

Mongabay Haze Beat 21 Oct 2015

Papua fires send haze to Micronesia; Indonesia elections commission hints at environment debate

Mongabay Haze Beat 19 Oct 2015

Indonesian officials resist movement to end deforestation for palm oil

Indra Nugraha, Sapariah Saturi 7 Sep 2015

GAR, Wilmar punish palm oil supplier for clearing rainforest in New Guinea

Mongabay.com 28 May 2015

West Papua ‘oil palm atlas’ portrays industry’s explosion in region

Mongabay.com 6 May 2015

Rapid development threatening traditional farms, forests in West Papua

Loren Bell 3 Feb 2015

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