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Drainage canal dug through peat swamp in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Indonesia’s peat restoration chief calls for protection of all peat domes

Lusia Arumingtyas, Sapariah Saturi 18 Aug 2016
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Company ordered to pay record $76m over fires in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 12 Aug 2016

Out of sight, out of mind: Asia’s elusive Fishing Cat in trouble

Sean Mowbray 11 Aug 2016

9 new natural sites added to World Heritage List

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Jul 2016

SE Asia’s damaged peat swamps could release 8.7 gigatons of CO2

Loren Bell 31 May 2016

How effective will Indonesia’s palm oil permit freeze really be?

Mongabay Haze Beat 4 May 2016

Another pulp and paper supplier suspended for role in Indonesian haze crisis

Mongabay.com 15 Apr 2016

Companies asked to pitch in to Indonesia’s peat restoration drive as early fires flare in Sumatra

Mongabay Haze Beat 8 Apr 2016

$1m for devising best way to map Indonesia’s peatlands

Sapariah Saturi 5 Mar 2016

Indonesia’s peat peninsula being drained into oblivion, study finds

Loren Bell 24 Feb 2016
Burning peat forest and oil palm in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Norway pledges $50m to fund Indonesia’s peat restoration

Mongabay Haze Beat 5 Feb 2016

Measuring the Heartbeat of the Delta

Katie Taylor 13 Jan 2016

Controversial Nicaragua canal on hold

Mongabay.com 30 Nov 2015
Members of the indigenous community live at the riverbanks in Kapuas river where the air is engulfed with thick haze at Sei Ahass village, Kapuas district, Central Kalimantan province on Borneo island, Indonesia. These fires are a threat to the health of millions. Smoke from landscape fires kills an estimated 110,000 people every year across Southeast Asia, mostly as a result of heart and lung problems, and weakening newborn babies.

Indonesia bans peatlands destruction

Mongabay.com 10 Nov 2015
Picture courtesy of Greenpeace.

Photos confirm Indonesia being burned for palm oil

Mongabay Haze Beat 5 Nov 2015

The Black-faced Spoonbill: Asia’s beloved wading bird fights for space

Doug Meigs 2 Nov 2015

Indonesia’s massive haze problem is Jokowi’s big opportunity

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Oct 2015

Plantation companies challenged by haze-causing fires in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Oct 2015

Coastal dune lakes: the threatened ‘jewels’ of Florida

Marie Frei 9 Oct 2015
Natural forest and acacia plantation in Riau. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

APP to clear plantations to restore peatlands

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Aug 2015

Rising seas, sinking peat to swamp Malaysian and Indonesian palm oil

Erik Meijaard 13 Jun 2015

Restoration of artificial swamps could be a key to restoring rainforest health in Sumatra

Taryn Farber 6 Apr 2015

Amazonian peatlands store mega carbon

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Dec 2014

Aceh’s largest peat swamp at risk from palm oil

Loren Bell 11 Aug 2014

Featured video: new documentary highlights the Long March to save the Sundarbans

Jeremy Hance 5 Aug 2014

On babies and motherhood: how giant armadillos are surprising scientists (photos)

Jeremy Hance 1 Jul 2014

New study finds environmental damage globally may cost more than U.S. GDP

Morgan Erickson-Davis 6 Jun 2014

Nicaragua Canal could cause ecological disaster, warn experts

Mongabay.com 20 Feb 2014

Handful of species key to ecosystem health, finds study

Ariel Mark 20 Jan 2014

Court orders logging company to clean up pollution disaster in Chile wetlands

Franziska Green 17 Jan 2014

Good news: Refuge for last blue-throated macaws doubles in size in Bolivia

Mongabay.com 2 Jan 2014

Featured video: U.S. forests decimated for ‘green’ bio-energy in Europe

Jeremy Hance 12 Dec 2013

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