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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
Rainforest cleared for a coconut plantation Dua Saudara Mountain in North Sulawesi. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Indonesia bill weakening environmental safeguards to pass in October

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Aug 2020
Planet image of Altamira (-5.79, -53.69) in the State of Pará, Brazil taken on August 8, 2020. Courtesy of Planet.

Can we predict where Amazon fires will occur? And to what end?

Liz Kimbrough 21 Aug 2020

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

Liz Kimbrough 25 Jun 2020

Less than a thousand remain: New list of animals on the brink of extinction

Liz Kimbrough 9 Jun 2020

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund drops major Brazil miner, utility from its portfolio

Ashoka Mukpo 19 May 2020

Large indigenous territories are necessary for culture and biodiversity in Brazil, study says

Liz Kimbrough 13 May 2020

Trendy, cheap, and dirty: Fashion is a top global polluter

Liz Kimbrough 23 Apr 2020

Field research, interrupted: How the COVID-19 crisis is stalling science

Liz Kimbrough 9 Apr 2020

Watchdogs lament palm oil giant Wilmar’s exit from forest conservation alliance

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Apr 2020

Indonesian lawmakers push to pass deregulation bills as COVID-19 grips country

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Apr 2020

Conservationists set the record straight on COVID-19’s wildlife links

Liz Kimbrough 13 Mar 2020

CITES appeals to countries to watch out for trafficked Malagasy rosewood

Malavika Vyawahare 7 Oct 2019

Indonesia defers legislation seen as harming the environment — for now

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Oct 2019

War on graft in mining, palm oil hit by new law weakening Indonesian enforcer

Hans Nicholas Jong, Lusia Arumingtyas 25 Sep 2019

Top court holds Indonesian government liable over 2015 forest fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Jul 2019

Rare rhino’s death should light a fire under Indonesia (commentary)

Jeremy Hance 30 May 2019

A Malagasy community races the timber mafia to save its forest

Malavika Vyawahare 10 May 2019

Less rainforest, less rain: A cautionary tale from Borneo

Jeremy Hance 23 Apr 2019

Palm oil, logging firms the usual suspects as Indonesia fires flare anew

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Apr 2019

Report highlights secretive business dealings of Indonesian VP hopeful

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Apr 2019

It’s Generation Climate (commentary)

Jeremy Hance 14 Mar 2019

Indonesian minister blasted over palm permit for graft-tainted concession

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Feb 2019

The view from the bottleneck: Is nature poised for a big comeback?

Jeremy Hance 18 Feb 2019

Real-time plantation map aims to throttle deforestation in Papua

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Oct 2018

As climate change takes its toll, world leaders call for adaptation

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Oct 2018

Tensions mount at PNG gas project as landowners threaten to close plant for good

Lucy EJ Woods 4 Jul 2018

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