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Palm oil body, Greenpeace spar over Indonesia fire blame

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Jul 2013

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

Mongabay.com 10 Jul 2013

Australia terminates landmark REDD+ project in Borneo

Mongabay.com 3 Jul 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

Singapore chokes on haze from deforestation fires

Mongabay.com 17 Jun 2013

Southern U.S. logging soars to meet foreign biofuel demand

Tanya Dimitrova 6 Jun 2013

Indonesia’s first REDD project finally approved

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 May 2013

Paper giant APRIL to restore peat forest in Sumatra, but green groups say it continues to deforest

Diana Parker 14 May 2013

Palm oil company violated RSPO standards, evicted from sustainability body

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 May 2013

Indonesian palm oil giant cutting deforestation from supply chain

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 May 2013

New endangered list for ecosystems modeled after ‘Red list’ for species

Mongabay.com 9 May 2013

Unconventional swine: how invasive pigs are helping preserve biodiversity in the Pantanal

Erica Santana 6 May 2013

Court rules for palm oil company in controversial deforestation case

Diana Parker 5 May 2013

Endangered primates and cats may be hiding out in swamps and mangrove forests

Jeremy Hance 2 May 2013

World’s rarest duck on the rebound in Madagascar

Hannah Lindstrom 1 May 2013

Environmentalists unhappy with new palm oil standard

Mongabay.com 25 Apr 2013

Indonesian palm oil giant clearing peat forest despite its RSPO membership, alleges Greenpeace

Mongabay.com 25 Apr 2013

Two new frog genera discovered in India’s Western Ghats, but restricted to threatened swamp-ecosystems

Aathira Perinchery 22 Apr 2013

Indonesian palm oil industry would support land swaps to protect forest, while expanding production

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Apr 2013

Iraqi who is bringing back the Garden of Eden wins top environment award

John Vidal 16 Apr 2013

Fighting deforestation—and corruption—in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Apr 2013

Nordic energy giant launches ‘no deforestation’ policy

Mongabay.com 7 Apr 2013

Investigation clears APP of deforestation allegations in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Apr 2013

Jumping the gun? Confusion over APP deforestation report

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Mar 2013

Conservation scientists: Aceh’s spatial plan a risk to forests, wildlife, and people

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Mar 2013

APP conservation policy came after it pulped most of its forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Mar 2013

Cambodia loses half its seasonal wetlands in 10 years

Mongabay.com 18 Mar 2013

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