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An oil palm plantation and natural forest in Jambi, Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Conservationists decry palm oil giants’ exit from HCSA forest protection group

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Mar 2023

Amazonian countries must act together to reverse rainforest loss, experts say

Jenny Gonzales 7 Feb 2023

Study identifies priority forests in Oregon for max conservation benefit

Liz Kimbrough 24 Jan 2023
Rainbow over Jambi, Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett Ayers Butler / Mongabay

In new climate deal, Norway will pay Indonesia $56 million for drop in deforestation, emissions

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Nov 2022

EU votes to keep woody biomass as renewable energy, ignores climate risk

Justin Catanoso 16 Sep 2022

Even without human-driven deforestation, climate change threatens some forests

Ashoka Mukpo 13 Sep 2022

Indonesia and Norway give REDD+ deal another go after earlier breakup

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Sep 2022

BP exploited Mexican communities hoping to benefit from carbon credits: report

Maxwell Radwin 7 Jul 2022

For companies shopping for quality carbon credits, a new guide offers help

Maxwell Radwin 10 Jun 2022

Trees and soil at the forest’s edge store more carbon than we thought, studies reveal

Liz Kimbrough 20 Apr 2022
Intact rainforest in Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Study: Indonesia’s forest-clearing moratorium underdelivered — but so did donors

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Mar 2022
Global Forest Watch tree cover loss 2001-2021 set on Planet imagery from Jun-Sep 2020.

Mongabay reporter sued in what appears to be a pattern of legal intimidation by Peruvian cacao company

Mongabay.com 10 Dec 2021
Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco). Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

New restoration “Playbook” calls for political, economic, and social change

Liz Kimbrough 8 Nov 2021
New York, NY - January 7, 2020: Former Vice President & Democratic hopeful Joe Biden made foreign policy statement at Current on Pier 59, Lev Radin for Shutterstock

Scientists urge Biden to remove logging, fossil fuels, biomass from budget bills

Liz Kimbrough 8 Nov 2021

Indonesia’s flip-flop on zero-deforestation pledge portends greater forest loss

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Nov 2021
Sumatran tiger

Indonesia terminates agreement with Norway on $1b REDD+ scheme

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Sep 2021

Soil and its promise as a climate solution: A primer

Mareli Sanchez-Julia 10 Aug 2021

How to pick a tree-planting project? Mongabay launches transparency tool to help supporters decide

Liz Kimbrough 17 May 2021

Indonesia’s bid to control deforestation wildly off-target, experts say

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Apr 2021
Liberian tropical forest. Image via USAID

Review finds palm oil firm Golden Veroleum cleared carbon-rich Liberian forests

Ashoka Mukpo 3 Mar 2021

Papua deforestation highlights eastward shift of Indonesia forest clearing

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Mar 2021

Palm oil giant Wilmar unfazed as watchdogs cry foul over Papua deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Dec 2020

New rule puts Indonesia’s protected forests up for grabs for agribusiness

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Nov 2020
Heat spots in areas with Prodes warnings (2017-2019). Area next to the borders of the Kaxarari Indigenous territory, in Lábrea, Amazonas state. Taken 17 Aug, 2020. CREDIT: © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

As 2020 Amazon fire season winds down, Brazil carbon emissions rise

Liz Kimbrough 16 Nov 2020
Deforestation in Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Experts question integrity of Indonesia’s claim of avoided deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Sep 2020
A mother koala and her joey who survived the forest fires in Mallacoota. Australia, 2020. Photo by Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals

Around the world, a fire crisis flares up, fueled by human actions

Liz Kimbrough 4 Sep 2020

Forests are a solution to climate change. They’re also vulnerable to it

Liz Kimbrough 25 Jun 2020

Indonesia to receive $56m payment from Norway for reducing deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 May 2020

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