Fisheries in developing countries stall on the path to sustainability
May 8, 2015, 10:01 am By Rebecca Kessler
Fishery improvement projects are intended to help unsustainable fisheries improve their practices by…Golden Agri's wings clipped by RSPO in West Kalimantan
May 8, 2015, 9:08 am By Philip Jacobson
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil has prohibited palm oil giant Golden Agri-Resources, one of…Indian fabric giant adopts forest policy
May 7, 2015, 11:09 pm By Rhett Butler
One of the world's largest fabric makers for the fashion industry today announced a policy to…Palm oil certification body pushes to maintain relevance
May 7, 2015, 10:04 pm By Rhett Butler
Due to its widening impact on tropical forests yet high profit margins, palm oil is one of the most…CO2 levels hit monthly average not seen for 2 million years
May 7, 2015, 4:44 pm By Jeremy HanceFor the first time in human history, carbon dioxide concentrations averaged out at 400 parts per…Ranger killed by poachers in park known for grisly elephant slaughters
May 7, 2015, 8:12 am By Jeremy Hance
On April 25th, poachers shot and killed wildlife ranger, Agoyo Mbikoyo, in Garamba National Park in…Hai Fa just a hiccup in Indonesia's illegal fishing crackdown
May 7, 2015, 3:15 am By Philip Jacobson
Despite resistance from some quarters, Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his…Police probe ship's crew in plastic-bottle bird smuggling case
May 7, 2015, 12:49 am By Philip JacobsonPolice at a major port in Indonesia's second city of Surabaya, where 24 rare birds of paradise were…Activist deported from Cambodia continues fighting dam from abroad
1:40pm By Rebecca Kessler
Alex Gonzalez-Davidson has been campaigning to prevent construction of a proposed dam on the Areng…Javanese fishermen switch from lobsters to stingrays as an unintended consequence of new catch limits
11:42am By Rebecca Kessler
New minimum size limits for Indonesian lobster and crab catches were a commendable conservation…Bribery a matter of course for illegal Thai fishing ships in Indonesia
9:08am By Philip Jacobson
A convoy of blue fishing boats from Thailand slowly entered the mouth of the Kapuas River near…Aru, Mentawai peoples hit the big screen in Oslo
7:39am By Philip JacobsonA pair of documentaries about small-island indigenous peoples in Indonesia were screened in Oslo on…West Papua 'oil palm atlas' portrays industry's explosion in the region
12:50am By Philip Jacobson
There's a saying in the Indonesian palm oil industry: Sumatra is yesterday, Kalimantan is today, and…Using freely available tools to monitor forest cover in critical chimpanzee habitat
12:31am By Rhett Butler
Think of it as trying to help the long-lost cousins who never left your home town. Researchers and…Sarawak leader pledges no more logging, palm oil expansion
Tue 3:37pm By Rhett ButlerSarawak's leader has allegedly pledged to stop granting industrial timber and palm oil concessions…Facing Future Storms: Poor Honduran Communities Unite to Protect Watersheds and Nature
Tue 2:51pm By Tiffany Roufs
There hasn't been much good news out of Honduras recently. One of the poorest Latin American…Scientists identify frog through DNA without leaving forest
Tue 12:55pm By Jeremy Hance
Yesterday, a team of Italian scientists caught a frog in a montane forest in Tanzania. And then they…30 illegal orangutan pets seized in West Kalimantan
May 4, 2015, 11:44 pm By Philip Jacobson
Thirty orangutans being kept as household pets in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province have been…Orangutan rescued amid sea of palm oil
May 4, 2015, 3:43 pm By Rhett Butler
The rescue, which took place in early April, was conducted by the Orangutan Information Centre (OIC)…Borneo's rainforest may get high-tech 3D scan to boost conservation
May 4, 2015, 12:43 pm By Rhett ButlerConservation efforts in Borneo's embattled rainforest may get a boost with the launch of the newest…
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