16 February 2012
The long-held contention that rural forest communities are the prime culprits in tropical forest destruction is increasingly being discredited, as evidence mounts that the best way to protect rainforests is to involve local residents in sustainable management.
7 February 2012
There have probably been at least 2,800 confiscations of illegally kept orangutans in Borneo and Sumatra since the early 1970s.
27 January 2012
As bounty hunters with bush knives entrapped them in a circle and moved in for the kill, the only thing this mother orang-utan could think to do was to wrap a giant protective arm around her daughter.
18 January 2012
Indonesia's certified palm oil production is expected to reach about 5.6 million tons by 2015, or one-fifth of its total palm oil output throughout the year, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) auditing body estimates.
17 January 2012
An Indonesian rock band, Navicula, is highlighting the plight of orangutans in their native country through a new song entitled, aptly, "Orangutan."
4 January 2012
Maria Agatha van Noordwijk raised her eyebrow as she crossed out several Indonesian names on the list of orangutans she and her fellow experts and students studied in conservation projects in Sumatra and Kalimantan.
27 December 2011
Eight-month-old baby orangutan Elaine would have never survived without her carer Rosa.
30 November 2011
The ambition of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was always to bring sustainable practices to the mainstream.
28 November 2011
Singapore-based chef Andre Chiang is on a mission to save a rain forest and he's planning to start by serving what an orangutan eats - wild ferns, orchid leaves and durian flowers, among other plants.
22 November 2011
AUSTRALIAN companies are making progress in promoting the sale of sustainable palm oil but more needs to be done, a survey has found.
21 November 2011
The police have arrested two palm oil plantation workers for allegedly killing dozens of monkeys and orangutans in Puan Cepak village in Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan.
16 November 2011
Indonesian police have questioned a researcher who uncovered the alleged torture and killing of orangutans in a palm oil plantation area in East Kalimantan.
14 November 2011
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has appointed Prof Dr Bungaran Saragih as its new advisor in Indonesia, after having sought the best candidate for almost a year.
9 November 2011
There is nothing cuter than a baby orangutan with its tussle of red hair bedecking a mostly bald head and big brown inquisitive eyes sparkling with wisdom, curiosity, and soulfulness.
8 November 2011
Locals say that a recent survey, which reveals that most of the 691 slaughtered Borneo orangutans were eaten by residents, is out of context and misses the core issue.
24 October 2011
It's no coincidence that my expulsion came after witnessing the huge tracts of rainforest cleared by Asia Pulp and Paper.
21 September 2011
Deep in the heart of the Sebangau forest lies a 50,000-hectare swath of peat swamp, the kind that fueled the thick, choking clouds of smoke that blanketed much of Southeast Asia in 1997.
27 September, 2011
Indonesia's President has vowed to dedicate the last three years of his administration to safeguarding his nation's rainforests - a pledge that received broad support at a major conference in Jakarta.
28 September 2011
Indonesia, like many other countries blessed with tropical forests, is facing the challenge of sustainably managing its vitally important forest resources.
13 September 2011
Indonesia will establish a REDD+ agency to support the country's efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, according to a statement released by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's office.
13 September 2011
Indonesia's president has expanded the staffing of an agency that aims to save tropical forests to gain carbon credits, after the body struggled to make progress required to win a $1 billion climate deal with Norway.
7 September 2011
An animal rights group is urging the government to be more proactive in putting a halt to the illegal trade in orangutan skulls.
24 August 2011
Stationary and equipment supply firm Officeworks has ceased doing business with paper supplier APRIL over claims it is illegally logging Indonesian forests.
20 August 2011
Laboratory testing of Lazer IT office paper made in Indonesia and sold here by Officeworks reveals it is made up of 84 per cent tropical rainforest fibre, in apparent conflict with the retailer's environment policies.
21 August 2011
A spry 80-year-old cruises through the thick vegetation of western Borneo, or western Kalimantan, as it's known to Indonesians.
20 August 2011
Viewers of this summer's Hollywood blockbuster "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" may be surprised to learn that before our earliest ancestors arrived on the scene roughly seven million years ago, apes really did rule the planet.
25 August 2011
Food labels shouldn't lie. In essence that is what the debate about the listing of palm oil in the ingredients information panel is really about.
16 August 2011
In July 2010, US investor Todd Lemons and Russian energy giant Gazprom believed they were just weeks from winning final approval for a landmark forest preservation project in Indonesia.
3 August 2011
The Federal Parliament is under increasing pressure to take action against the shrinking jungles in South East Asia, which are inhabited by endangered orangutans.
3 August 2011
Consider it from the businessman’s perspective: It all makes so much sense. The rainforest, vital for people, biodiversity, and global climate, is being cut down to make money.
30 July 2011
The best way for Malaysia to counter the rising negative sentiment in Australia towards palm oil, says the Australian food industry, is to quickly increase the production of sustainable palm oil.
27 July 2011
Indonesia lost 15 million hectares of forests from 2000 to 2009, a study conducted by Forest Watch Indonesia (FWI) says.
July 15 2011
Scientists have long known that trees take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, now for the first time a group of researchers have worked out exactly how much carbon is being absorbed by the world's forests.
19 June 2011
A controversial bill that would have required manufacturers to explicitly label palm oil as an ingredient on food products will not be passed into law.
22 June 2011
The Federal Coalition has joined an unusual alliance with the Greens and independent senator Nick Xenophon to support legislation making it mandatory for palm oil to be labelled in all Australian foods.
22 June 2011
Indigenous peoples of Indonesian Borneo on Wednesday demanded a halt to internationally backed forest conservation schemes, saying they are trampling their rights and robbing their lands.