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Malaysian government says forest reserve ‘plundered’ for oil palm development

Logging may be linked to landslide deaths in Malaysia says environmental group

Palm oil may be single most immediate threat to the greatest number of species

Guidelines on how to establish an avoided deforestation project

High coffee prices spurred deforestation in Sumatra but effective law enforcement slowed forest loss

Indonesia lifts ban on logging of natural forests for pulp and paper

Population of Asian elephants discovered in Malaysian park

Malaysia seeks to reverse collapse of tiger population due to poaching, logging, palm oil

Green-blooded, blue-boned frog discovered in Cambodia

Photos of new species discovered in the Greater Mekong

Elephants die significantly earlier in zoos than in wild

Finland, Sweden push for loophole that would drive destruction of peatlands around the world

Drought and deforestation in southeast Asia linked to climate change

Linking rural health care to forest conservation proving a success in Borneo

Salvage logging offers hope for forests, communities devastated by industrial logging

TV footage leads to discovery of strange and rare monkey

Degraded grasslands better option for palm oil production relative to rainforests, finds study

Fall in palm oil price may lead to industry consolidation

HSBC to cut lending to questionable oil palm and logging companies

Malaysia’s indigenous people to get land rights for first time

California joins effort to fight global warming by saving rainforests

Photos of living gremlin discovered in Indonesia

Mosques Support Sea Turtle Conservation in Malaysia

Greenpeace activists block palm oil shipment from departing Indonesia for Europe

Biodiversity of rainforests should not be compared with oil palm plantations says palm oil council chief

Limestone karsts – islands of biodiversity in Asia – under threat from mining

First RSPO-certified (“eco-friendly”) palm oil shipment to arrive in Europe

New species of flying lemurs discovered

EU’s sustainable biofuels push angers Malaysia, Brazil

Palm oil companies propose satellite monitoring of their plantations to ensure sustainability

Endangered wildlife in Malaysia falls victim to rampant poaching due to ‘outdated’ laws

Oil palm expansion in Indonesian Borneo increased 400-fold from 1991-2007

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