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‘Sustainable’ tropical timber trade a misnomer, says group

Mongabay.com 24 Oct 2013

Norway blacklists 2 Malaysian logging companies for ‘severe environmental damage’ in Borneo

Mongabay.com 14 Oct 2013

WWF risking Sumatran rhinos by releasing camera trap images, says scientist

Jeremy Hance 9 Oct 2013

Celebrities aim to raise $1.6 million to keep orangutan forests from the the chopping block in Borneo

Lewis Smith 2 Oct 2013

Bornean elephant meets palm oil: saving the world’s smallest pachyderm in a fractured landscape

Jeremy Hance 1 Oct 2013

Coal railway could cause ‘ecological disaster’ in Indonesian Borneo, warn environmentalists

Diana Parker 30 Sep 2013

Borneo tribesmen block road as controversial rainforest dam impoundment begins

Mongabay.com 27 Sep 2013

Zombie coal: Borneo resurrects controversial coal plant

Jeremy Hance 18 Sep 2013

Villagers occupy govt office in Indonesia Borneo in protest against palm oil land grab

Diana Parker 18 Sep 2013

Bornean orangutans travel along the ground

Natalie Millar 12 Sep 2013

Japanese firms buying illegal timber from Malaysia’s endangered rainforests

Diana Parker 10 Sep 2013

Large-scale opposition among Borneo villagers to deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Sep 2013

Indonesia should convert logging concessions to protected areas to stop deforestation for plantations, argues study

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Sep 2013

Palm oil now biggest cause of deforestation in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Sep 2013

Palm oil company guards injure four villagers in Indonesian Borneo clash

Diana Parker 29 Jul 2013

Developer of Indonesia’s first REDD+ project confirms status of forest conservation initiative

Mongabay.com 19 Jul 2013

Labor abuse widespread in Indonesia’s palm oil industry, finds investigation

Mongabay.com 19 Jul 2013

80% of rainforests in Malaysian Borneo logged

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Jul 2013

Activists raise alarm over park that will dispossess Borneo tribe of land

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Jul 2013

Influential British editor banned from Sarawak

Jeremy Hance 3 Jul 2013

Australia terminates landmark REDD+ project in Borneo

Mongabay.com 3 Jul 2013

63,700 ha of Borneo rainforest gains protection in Sabah

Mongabay.com 22 Jun 2013

Sarawak targets 1M ha of tree plantations by 2020

Mongabay.com 22 Jun 2013

Conserving the long-neglected freshwater fish of Borneo

Jeremy Hance 11 Jun 2013

China to build $17B worth of dams in Indonesian Borneo

Mongabay.com 9 Jun 2013

Mining in Indonesia taking a heavy social, environmental toll

Anne Usher 3 Jun 2013

Indonesia’s first REDD project finally approved

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 May 2013

Indigenous groups protest hydropower congress as controversy hits meeting in Malaysia

Jeremy Hance 22 May 2013

Rhino populations in Sumatra, Borneo should be combined to save Sumatran rhino from extinction

Mongabay.com 15 May 2013

Rainforest tribe urges Norwegian king to recall energy executive

Mongabay.com 13 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

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