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Rainforest in Malaysian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Mongabay’s top 5 forests stories of 2019 (so far) for International Forests Day

Mongabay.com 20 Mar 2019

Bid to protect Borneo’s wild cattle hinges on whether it’s a new species

Budi Baskoro 18 Mar 2019

Study identifies climate-resilient trees to help orangutan conservation

Taran Volckhausen 15 Mar 2019

Massive pangolin seizure in Borneo smuggling operation bust

Mongabay.com 13 Feb 2019

Indonesia’s anti-graft agency arrests Borneo politician over mining permits

Indra Nugraha 4 Feb 2019

Borneo study explores links between farm expansion and deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Jan 2019

In Borneo, dwindling forests face further fragmentation as roads spread

Basten Gokkon 22 Jan 2019

For orangutans affected by El Niño, change unfolds over time

Jim Tan 15 Jan 2019

Bringing the tapir back to Borneo

Jeremy Hance 14 Jan 2019
Borneo orangutan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Studying human behavior to protect orangutans: Q&A with Liana Chua

James Fair 11 Jan 2019

Termites help to protect tropical forests during drought, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 10 Jan 2019
Rainforest in Sarawak, Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

The biggest rainforest news stories in 2018

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Dec 2018

The long journey to saving the Sumatran rhino, via Borneo (commentary)

Haerudin R. Sadjudin 20 Dec 2018

Christmas ad conundrum: Is a palm oil boycott the way to save apes?

James Fair 18 Dec 2018
One of the major goals of protected areas is to conserve biodiversity. Photo of knobbed hornbill by Rhett A. Butler.

Group helps illegal bird traders transition into different lines of business

Nadine Freischlad 3 Dec 2018

First wild Sumatran rhino in Borneo captured for breeding campaign

Basten Gokkon 29 Nov 2018

A lucky child: Mongabay’s origin story (insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2018

In funding palm oil giants, banks may share in ‘sins of the companies’

Tessa Toumbourou 7 Nov 2018
A Sumatran rhino in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Face-to-face with what may be the last of the world’s smallest rhino, the Bornean rhinoceros (insider)

Jeremy Hance 4 Nov 2018

Palm oil executives arrested in bribery scandal in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong, Indra Nugraha 30 Oct 2018

One-two punch of habitat loss, capture hammers Southeast Asian birds

Basten Gokkon 16 Oct 2018

It’s déjà vu for orangutans, devastated by climate change and hunting once before

Linda Lombardi 11 Oct 2018

Indonesian government puts off Sumatran rhino IVF program

Basten Gokkon 10 Oct 2018

The rhino reckoning

Jeremy Hance 2 Oct 2018

The great rhino U-turn

Jeremy Hance 28 Sep 2018

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

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Sep 2018

A herd of dead rhinos

Jeremy Hance 24 Sep 2018

1984: the meeting that changed everything for Sumatran rhinos

Jeremy Hance 20 Sep 2018

Study games out oil palm development scenarios in Borneo

Loren Bell 17 Sep 2018

Indonesian government appeals ruling on tighter peat fire regulations

Basten Gokkon 30 Aug 2018

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

Aseanty Pahlevi, Hans Nicholas Jong, Zamzami 29 Aug 2018

Is Indonesia’s celebrated antigraft agency missing the corruption for the trees?

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 22 Aug 2018

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