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Putting the Blue in the Green New Deal (commentary)

David Helvarg, Jason Scorse 13 Mar 2019

Freshwater fishes and other threatened but overlooked biodiversity must be new flagships for conservation (commentary)

Mike Baltzer 12 Mar 2019

European Parliament to vote on timber legality agreement with Vietnam

John Cannon 11 Mar 2019

Malaysia to ban oil palm expansion?

Mongabay.com 2 Mar 2019

Indonesia to get first payment from Norway under $1b REDD+ scheme

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Feb 2019

What’s in a name? The role of defining ‘wilderness’ in conservation

John Cannon 7 Feb 2019

Wetland forests: What are they worth? (commentary)

Dr. Sam Davis, Lucia Ibarra 1 Feb 2019

Borneo study explores links between farm expansion and deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Jan 2019

Latam Eco Review: Some whales may benefit from Japan’s whaling commission exit

Mongabay.com 26 Jan 2019

Hazy figures cloud Indonesia’s peat restoration as fire season looms

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Jan 2019
Rainforest in Sarawak, Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

The biggest rainforest news stories in 2018

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Dec 2018

Chile renews contract with lithium company criticized for damaging wetland

Michelle Carrere 26 Dec 2018

New species of giant salamander described after decades of mystery

Mongabay.com 11 Dec 2018

Climate change may turn Amazon peatlands from carbon sinks to sources

Morgan Erickson-Davis 22 Nov 2018

US could cut emissions more than one-fifth through ‘natural climate solutions’ like reforestation

Mongabay.com 21 Nov 2018

RSPO adopts total ban on deforestation under sweeping new standards

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Nov 2018

For the two Congos, lessons in a peatland partnership with Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Nov 2018

Real-time plantation map aims to throttle deforestation in Papua

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Oct 2018

Second environmental expert sued over testimony against palm oil firm

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Oct 2018

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

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Sep 2018

Cheap prices lead to more exotic pets in the wild, research finds

Mongabay.com 30 Aug 2018

Fires and haze return to Indonesia as peat protection bid falls short

Aseanty Pahlevi, Hans Nicholas Jong, Zamzami 29 Aug 2018

Indonesia’s land swap program puts communities, companies in a bind

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Aug 2018

Forest fires threaten Asian Games as hotspots flare up in Sumatra

Hans Nicholas Jong, Taufik Wijaya 10 Aug 2018

Beavers matter more than you think

Mike Gaworecki 7 Aug 2018

India’s dancing deer and their unique floating home are under threat

Sahana Ghosh 31 Jul 2018

Indonesia forest assessment casts an optimistic light on a complex issue

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Jul 2018

DRC set to reclassify national parks for oil, open rainforest to logging

John Vidal 19 Jul 2018

Revealed: Paper giant’s ex-staff say it used their names for secret company in Borneo

Philip Jacobson 10 Jul 2018

PepsiCo to probe deforestation in palm oil supplier’s Leuser Ecosystem concession

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Jun 2018

Facebook video shows orangutan defending forest against bulldozer

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Jun 2018

Activists blast EU for extending deadline to ban palm oil in biofuels

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Jun 2018

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