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Surge in legal land clearing pushes up Indonesia deforestation rate in 2024

Indonesia targets 2.3m hectares of protected forests for food & biofuel crop production

Coming to a retailer near you: Illegal palm oil from an orangutan haven

Indonesian forestry minister proposes 20m hectares of deforestation for crops

Indonesian president says palm oil expansion won’t deforest because ‘oil palms have leaves’

Indonesia risks carbon ‘backfire’ with massive deforestation for sugarcane

The rubber boom and its legacy in Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Colombia

New standard for ethical palm oil faces backlash before it’s even issued

Indonesia investigates suspected corruption in palm oil amnesty program

U.S. court approves historic settlement for Honduran farmers’ case against the World Bank’s IFC

Past failures can’t stop Indonesia from clearing forests, Indigenous lands for farms

Cost-benefit analysis exposes ‘bogus’ promises of palm oil riches for Papuans

US consumers may be exposed to deforestation-linked palm oil via dairy: Report

World’s biggest deforestation project gets underway in Papua for sugarcane

Sumatra citizen lawsuit seeks accountability for haze-causing fires

Eucalyptus expansion worsens droughts and fires in Brazil’s Cerrado, conservationists say

In Mexico, avocado suppliers continue sourcing from illegally deforested land

Indonesia, EU reconcile forest data ahead of new rules on deforestation-free trade

Palm oil company fined for cheating; Sulawesi farmers to reap their due rupiah

Sumatra pulp & paper giants violate zero-deforestation pledge, activists allege

Indonesia’s oil palm smallholders get a boost in bid for sustainability

Allegations widen against Indonesian palm oil giant Astra Agro Lestari

Sugarcane megaproject poses latest threat to Papua’s forests, communities

#AllEyesonPapua goes viral to highlight threat to Indigenous forests from palm oil

Water is key as study shows restoration of drained tropical peat is possible

Beyond deforestation, oil palm estates pose flood and water contamination risks

Latest palm oil deforester in Indonesia may also be operating illegally

Snack giant PepsiCo sourced palm oil from razed Indigenous land – investigation

Report links H&M and Zara to major environmental damage in biodiverse Cerrado

As fires ravaged Indonesia in 2023, some positive trends emerged, data show

Tropical forest loss puts 2030 zero-deforestation target further out of reach

Report links pulpwood estate clearing Bornean orangutan habitat to RGE Group

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