WikiLeaks has released a draft text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership that strips away many key environmental safeguards and has angered several environmental groups. Read more below to find out what is being negotiated and how environmental groups have to say on this issue. Read more on Mongabay. Read more about...
Indonesian police have arrested wildlife trafficking suspects and thousands of dollars worth of animal parts after a long undercover investigation. Read more below about what their sentence may be and what this means for poachers and the Indonesian government. Read more at Mongabay. Read about wildlife conservation efforts, and then...
Indonesian courts have found a palm oil company guilty of destroying forest meant for orangutan habitat justly resulting in millions of dollars of fines. Read more below about the ruling and what it means for the future of the rainforests and its inhabitants in Indonesia and Borneo. Read more at...
2013 was full of major developments in efforts to understand and protect the world’s tropical rainforests. We hope that in 2014 we can sustainably learn even more. Read more below to find out last years top stories. Read more at Mongabay. Read more about the rainforests, particularly in Borneo, and...
William Laurance, a scientist who has studied various rainforests over many years, finds what he calls a “piece of Eden.” Read below to find out what he saw when he visited Borneo. Read more on Yale Environment 360. Read more about climate change and the forests of Borneo, then join...
Right now, orangutans are facing extinction as their habitats become more and more fragmented and agricultural production of things like palm oil expands. Read more below about how some groups find these beautiful creatures and what can be done to help save them. Read more on The Guardian. Read more about...
The Leuser Ecosystem in Indonesia provides millions of people with clean water and land for food production as well as providing a habitat for numerous large and endangered species. Read more below about how environmentalists plan on protecting this critical region. Read more on Monga Bay. Read more about habitat...
Increased hunting and poaching in our world’s rainforests has decimated many mammal and bird populations. According to two new studies, the loss of these important seed-dispersers is imperiling the very nature of rainforests. Read more below. Read more about forest and climate policy in Borneo A fruit falls to the...
Sarawak Report has received an explosive dossier from sources close to Taib, detailing a powerful conspiracy to depose the Chief Minister at the next PBB Party Convention, due in May. The high-level defectors will maintain a pretence of unity during the coming federal election, expected in March, but have collected...
(GENEVA/ BERN, SWITZERLAND) Twenty MPs file motion to freeze Malaysian potentate’s assets held by Swiss banks; Attorney General urged to declare the family of Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud a criminal organization. Twenty Swiss MPs have filed a motion in parliament that calls for an immediate freeze of assets held by Swiss...
