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New frog trumps miniscule fish for title of ‘world’s smallest vertebrate’

Jeremy Hance 12 Jan 2012

The year in review for rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Dec 2011

The world’s tiniest frogs, the size of a Tic Tac, discovered in New Guinea

Mongabay.com 16 Dec 2011

Photos: two dozen new beetles discovered in Papua New Guinea hotspot

Jeremy Hance 23 Nov 2011

One night only: new orchid species surprises scientists

Jeremy Hance 22 Nov 2011

Snake laundering rampant in the Indonesian reptile export market

Mongabay.com 21 Nov 2011

Photos: bizarre shell of new snail baffles researchers

Jeremy Hance 10 Nov 2011

Beetle bonanza: 84 new species prove richness of Indo-Australian islands

Jeremy Hance 8 Nov 2011

Losing our pigs and our ancestors: threats to the livelihoods and environment of Papua New Guinea

Vijay Kolinjivadi 27 Oct 2011

Featured video: new documentary puts human face on logging in Papua New Guinea

Jeremy Hance 27 Sep 2011

Primary forest best for birds in Papua New Guinea

Jeremy Hance 26 Sep 2011

Big damage in Papua New Guinea: new film documents how industrial logging destroys lives

Jeremy Hance 29 Aug 2011

Animal picture of the day: spectacular blue and turquoise beetle in New Guinea

Rhett A. Butler 15 Jul 2011

Logging company fined $100 million for illegal logging in Papua New Guinea

Jeremy Hance 28 Jun 2011

Pictures: Turquoise ‘dragon’ among 1,000 new species discovered in New Guinea

Mongabay.com 27 Jun 2011

Indonesian sugar producers seek 500,000 ha of land exempted from moratorium

Mongabay.com 23 Jun 2011

Picture: Fluorescent lizardfish, glowing reefs in Fiji

Mongabay.com 6 Jun 2011

Papua New Guinea suspends controversial grants of community forest lands to foreign corps

Mongabay.com 6 May 2011

Forgotten species: the endearing Tenkile tree kangaroo

Jeremy Hance 3 May 2011

Scientists urge Papua New Guinea to declare moratorium on massive forest clearing

Jeremy Hance 19 Apr 2011

Greenpeace says McKinsey’s REDD+ work could encourage deforestation

Mongabay.com 7 Apr 2011

Fiji eyes investment from Malaysian palm oil industry

Mongabay.com 30 Mar 2011

5 million hectares of Papua New Guinea forests handed to foreign corporations

Jeremy Hance 23 Mar 2011

Stopping export logging, oil palm expansion in PNG in 2012 would cost $1.8b, says economist

Mongabay.com 7 Mar 2011

New Caledonia’s forests are second most threatened in the world, not New Zealand’s

Jeremy Hance 6 Feb 2011

Indonesia set to clear 3 million ha of rainforest in New Guinea

Mongabay.com 1 Feb 2011

Greening the world with palm oil?

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Jan 2011

Indonesia grants slew of last-minute logging concessions on eve of moratorium

Mongabay.com 25 Jan 2011

Will Indonesia’s big REDD rainforest deal work?

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Dec 2010

Biodiversity and slash-and-burn agriculture in Papua New Guinea

Jeremy Hance 20 Dec 2010

Record number of nations hit all time temperature highs

Jeremy Hance 23 Nov 2010

Pictures: Indonesian New Guinea

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Oct 2010

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