Small farmers not ready as Indonesia looks to impose its palm oil sustainability standard on all
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Brazil’s Atlantic Forest is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots. However, over the last 500…Coal company fined 2 billion rupiah for illegal waste dumping in Borneo
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Wed 1:23pm By MongabayAn unlikely group of experts have teamed up to apply software developed to find distant stars to…Wildlife trade detective Samuel Wasser receives prestigious Albert Schweitzer Medal
Wed 12:20pm By MongabayFrom dogs to poop, Samuel K. Wasser has used it all to monitor wildlife and track down poachers. A…Indonesian billionaire using ‘shadow companies’ to clear forest for palm oil, report alleges
Wed 11:13am By MongabayThe owner of Indonesia’s largest conglomerate has been accused of participating in the illegal…Activists fear for environmental protection under Indonesia’s revised Criminal Code
Wed 10:09am By Mongabay
JAKARTA — A highly contentious set of revisions to Indonesia’s Criminal Code threatens to…Philippines’ Duterte suggests open-pit mining ban will stay in place
Wed 9:53am By MongabayPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte continued his tough talk on mining this week, suggesting a ban…
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