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A worker fertilizing on oil palm plantation in Papua, Indonesia.

New farmers foundation supports deforestation-free products in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Aug 2023

‘Sustainability is a continuous journey’: Q&A with RSPO’s Joseph D’Cruz

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Aug 2023

JPMorgan, Citi named among top financiers of Amazon oil and gas projects

Maxwell Radwin 1 Aug 2023
Army officers and and firefighters try to extinguish fires in peatland areas, Borneo.

Indonesian oil palm firm slapped with $61m fine for fires on its plantation

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Aug 2023

AI unlocks secrets of Amazon river dolphins’ behavior, no tagging required

Liz Kimbrough 1 Aug 2023

World’s top sovereign fund latest to cut ties with dam in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 31 Jul 2023

In Indonesia’s Aceh, Indigenous communities seek recognition of their forest rights

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Jul 2023
An oil palm plantation adjacent to a forest in East Kalimantan.

Indonesia slammed for ‘bowing down’ in amnesty for illegal oil palm estates

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Jul 2023

Roads are primary vectors of deforestation in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 20 Jul 2023
Trucks loaded with freshly cut logs transported for further processing, Gunung Lumut, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Indonesia claims record-low deforestation, but accounting raises questions

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Jul 2023
A man drives a koy-yun loaded with logs through Choam village in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia. Credit: Andy Ball/Mongabay.

Forests in the furnace: Cambodians risking life and liberty to fuel garment factories

Gerald Flynn & Andy Ball 13 Jul 2023

Indonesia’s No. 2 palm oil firm faces global backlash over community conflict

Agus Mawan 10 Jul 2023

Fishing, dams and dredging close in on Peru’s river dolphins, study shows

Liz Kimbrough 5 Jul 2023

What can the U.K. do to fight its dependence on soy?

Maxwell Radwin 29 Jun 2023
graffiti wall

Colombian chef spearheads a food-based bioeconomy in the Colombian Amazon

Ocean Malandra 29 Jun 2023

What’s in store for Colombia’s forests? New modeling tries to predict.

Maxwell Radwin 28 Jun 2023

The Amazon saw record deforestation last year. Here’s why.

Maxwell Radwin 27 Jun 2023
Aerial view of an area in the Amazon deforested for cattle ranching -- the biggest driver of deforestation in the Amazon -- in Lábrea, Amazonas state on Sep 15, 2021. Photo © Victor Moriyama / Amazônia em Chamas (Amazon in Flames Alliance)

New data show 10% increase in primary tropical forest loss in 2022

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Jun 2023
A Bornean orangutan in Indonesia

Why did the orangutan cross the toll road to Indonesia’s new capital city?

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Jun 2023

Palm oil company in Ecuador operates illegally on ancestral land, community says

Maxwell Radwin 19 Jun 2023
Spot, the robotic dog, is equipped with cameras and audio recorders.

Meet the tech projects competing for a $10m prize to save rainforests

Abhishyant Kidangoor 15 Jun 2023

In Indonesia, companies defy government’s decision to revoke their permits

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Jun 2023
Burned peat forest in Borneo.

Peatlands, Indonesia’s carbon trove, are mostly unprotected, study finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Jun 2023

Shipibo communities create Indigenous guard to protect Peruvian Amazon from deforestation

Maxwell Radwin 30 May 2023

Indonesia, Malaysia deploy ministers to push back on EU palm oil restrictions

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 May 2023
Huge logs are delivered daily to the Koh Kong provincial prison in Cambodia

Forest behind bars: Logging network operating out of Cambodian prison in the Cardamoms

Gerald Flynn 26 May 2023

Indonesian project shows how climate funding can — and should — go directly to IPLCs

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 May 2023

Critics question causes behind major oil spill in Ecuadorian Amazon

Maxwell Radwin 22 May 2023
A worker sorts through harvested oil palm.

New book by Mongabay Indonesia & Kaoem Telapak investigates palm oil industry

Elviza Diana, Hans Nicholas Jong 10 May 2023
Workers fertilizing on an oil palm plantation.

EU deforestation tracking regulation sparks division among groups, producers

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 May 2023

Not all parts of the Amazon will survive future droughts, study says

Maxwell Radwin 5 May 2023
An oil palm plantation and natural forest in Jambi, Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Indonesia legalizes illicit oil palm farms in program slammed as opaque

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 May 2023

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