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Indonesia says doing all it can as neighbors ready new haze measures

Mongabay Haze Beat 6 Oct 2015

Many solutions to Southeast Asia’s haze problem proposed, but no end in sight

Mike Gaworecki 22 Sep 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

After long battle, big swath of Sumatran rainforest wins protection

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Aug 2015

Palm oil a mixed blessing in Indonesia’s peat peninsula

Zamzami 4 Aug 2015

Fires rage in Indonesian park illegally trashed for palm oil

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Jul 2015

Tennis star responds to rainforest advocates

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 May 2015

Jokowi must strengthen Indonesia’s forest moratorium, not just extend it: activists

Mongabay.com 25 Apr 2015

Activists target Roger Federer as brand ambassador for bank linked to deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Apr 2015

APRIL suspends contractor after environmentalists expose ongoing deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Mar 2015

APRIL violates sustainability policy by clearing peat forest after Jan cut-off

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Mar 2015

Riau misses deadline on ‘village forest’ project as zoning deadlock continues

Made Ali 19 Mar 2015

Santander Bank cuts off APRIL due to deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Feb 2015

Chinese banks funding rainforest destruction in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Feb 2015

Banco Santander targeted over deforestation link

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Feb 2015

Forestry giant’s zero deforestation commitment put to test

Robert S. Eshelman 5 Feb 2015

Despite green promise, Indonesian forestry giant continues to destroy forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Feb 2015

Pulp and paper giant violating its sustainability policy

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Dec 2014

Indonesia to audit licenses of palm oil companies that clear peatlands

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Nov 2014

APP boosting timber productivity to support zero deforestation policy

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Nov 2014

Indonesia’s anti-corruption agency questions former Minster of Forestry

Loren Bell 21 Nov 2014

‘No forests, no cash’: palm oil giants commit to sustainability, but will they follow through?

Ethan Harfenist 21 Oct 2014

Plantation companies in Sumatra failing to meet fire prevention standards

Loren Bell 14 Oct 2014

Malaysian palm oil company destroys Borneo forests, despite buyer’s zero deforestation commitment

Mongabay.com 30 Sep 2014

Companies at risk of sourcing illegal palm oil despite zero deforestation commitments, finds investigation

Mongabay.com 5 Sep 2014

APP can meet projected pulp demand without clearing more forest

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Sep 2014

Indonesia’s forests so damaged they burn whether or not there’s drought

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Aug 2014

Elephant poaching soars as Sumatran forests turn into plantations

Originally Written For Mongabay-indonesiazamzami 14 Aug 2014

Half of Riau’s oil palm plantations are illegal

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Aug 2014

Singapore to fine domestic, foreign companies for causing haze

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Aug 2014

NASA: Sumatra fires in the rise

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2014

Indonesian presidential candidates ignore environmental concerns as haze returns

Mongabay.com 24 Jun 2014

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