Blockade at Wilmar mill could erupt into full-blown strike
Apr 3, 2015, 7:42 am By Philip Jacobson
Local people blocked the road to a Wilmar palm oil mill in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province,…Common ground: balancing rights and responsibilities for natural resource investments and community development
Apr 3, 2015, 12:41 am By Rhett Butler
Given globalization and rising demands for energy and raw natural resources, extractive industries…Turning prairies into gas: study finds U.S. biofuel production has big impacts on grasslands
Apr 2, 2015, 4:04 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Corn and soybean cultivation soared in the late 2000s, as U.S. agribusiness rushed to respond to…Could inland aquaculture help save the oceans and feed the world?
Apr 2, 2015, 12:14 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Mark Kwok has always loved the ocean. An avid diver and spear fisherman, he has travelled the planet…Reservations about Indonesian 'land reform' as details unclear
Apr 2, 2015, 7:36 am By Philip Jacobson
Indonesian civil society groups and experts welcome President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's campaign…Russia and Canada lead the world in global forest loss in 2013
Apr 2, 2015, 2:22 am By Rhett Butler
Russia and Canada led the world in forest loss, accounting for nearly forty percent of the 18…Domino's, DairyQueen, Taco Bell, Burt's Bees score terribly on eliminating deforestation from supply chains
Apr 1, 2015, 7:59 pm By Rhett Butler
Despite a worldwide trend of companies establishing social and environmental safeguards for palm oil…Illegal deforestation driven by EU appetite for beef, palm oil, soy, say new reports
Apr 1, 2015, 7:24 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
A new report finds that the European Union is driving international trade in commodities grown on…Tropical soundscapes offer clues to forest and animal community health
Apr 1, 2015, 6:44 pm By Brittany Stewart
Marine biologists were the first to continuously eavesdrop on marine mammals using a technique…Pollution from East Asia affecting air quality in Borneo's rainforests
Apr 1, 2015, 1:06 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
A study published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics finds that industrial activities…Indonesia, Brazil subsidizing forest loss far more than REDD+ slows it
Apr 1, 2015, 11:40 am By Philip JacobsonInternational aid to protect forests in Indonesia and Brazil pales in comparison to domestic…Archer Daniels Midland to demand suppliers stop chopping down forests
Mar 31, 2015, 7:28 pm By Rhett Butler
Agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) will establish a zero deforestation policy for…Here comes progress: what will planned megaprojects mean for an Amazon city?
Mar 31, 2015, 1:09 pm By Rebecca Kessler
The city of Itaituba, in western Pará state, is home to several construction projects of strategic…Chinese-backed smelter plan causes concern among Sulawesi fishermen
Mar 31, 2015, 2:02 am By Philip Jacobson
As a pair of Chinese-owned miners companies proceed with plans to construct nickel smelters in…Tracking companies' zero deforestation commitments
Mar 30, 2015, 9:05 pm By Rhett Butler
Over the past three years dozens of companies have made 'zero deforestation commitments',…Big surprise in the greenhouse: study finds economic costs of climate change hugely underestimated
Mar 30, 2015, 7:13 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Look at most climate change projection graphs and you will see a smoothly rising red line of…Nobody listened to them
Mar 30, 2015, 5:44 pm By Rebecca KesslerHydroelectric dams planned along the Brazil’s Tapajós River will evict over 2,500 people from…9 months after Amazonian oil pipeline spill, effects and fears linger
Mar 30, 2015, 2:16 pm By Rhett Butler
When Peru's state-run oil company pulled out of this small Kukama Indian village in mid-December…Chocolate company, NGO work together to save lemurs
Mar 30, 2015, 1:18 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Despite its biodiversity and unique plants and animals, Anjanaharibe-Sud Special Reserve hosts only…Large animals invaluable for tree-seed dispersal and regeneration of tropical forests
Mar 30, 2015, 11:24 am By Brittany Stewart
Nearly two-thirds of tropical forests in Southeast Asia have been degraded by logging, agriculture…
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