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23 March 2021

In the Colombian Amazon, PlanetScope images from December 13th, 2017, to January 16th, 2021, show changes in forest cover in and around Chiribiquete National Park (most of the area right of the Yarí River). Researchers with the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP) describe this area as part of Colombia’s “arc of deforestation” and have been documenting the deforestation trends across the region over time.

Food & Agriculture

How better access to satellite imagery is helping fight deforestation

11 March 2021

Logs being transported down a river from Ogan Komering Ilir paper mill South Sumatra, Indonesia. Image: Robin Hicks/Eco-Business

Food & Agriculture

Certification has failed to stop rampant deforestation—so, how to improve it?

10 February 2021

logging operations in Myanmar

Food & Agriculture

Myanmar’s problematic forestry sector seeks global endorsement after coup

29 January 2021

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Carbon & Climate

Timber organisation backs ‘peace park’ in Borneo

3 December 2020

Illegal logs, to be used for pulp and paper Indonesia

Policy & Finance

Pulp producers pull off US$168 million Indonesia tax twist: Report

12 October 2020

Peat burns in the Tumbang Nusa research forest outside Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan in Indonesia

Policy & Finance

Will a new Indonesian law make it harder to punish firms for haze-causing fire?

14 September 2020

Gurney’s pittas Myanmar

Policy & Finance

Myanmar's ongoing land conflict contributed to rapid forest cover loss

10 September 2020

palm oil deforestation borneo

Policy & Finance

Experts question integrity of Indonesia’s claim of preventing deforestation

4 September 2020

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Policy & Finance

How US$154 billion in capital has gone to 300 forest-risk companies since the Paris Agreement

3 September 2020

sawmill in Jepara, Indonesia

CSR

Just half of major timber and pulp suppliers committed to zero deforestation, new report finds

2 September 2020

Green peafowl at the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary Cambodia

Carbon & Climate

Under cover of Covid-19, loggers ravage Cambodian wildlife sanctuary

27 August 2020

Buddhist monks in Angkor Wat Cambodia forest

Policy & Finance

In Cambodia, a new environment code languishes in legal limbo

17 August 2020

forest in Langkawi, Malaysia

Carbon & Climate

Tree planting can help tropical forests ‘recover 50% faster’ from logging

12 August 2020

Forests cleared for palm oil cultivation-2

Food & Agriculture

Investigation begins into alleged deforestation by Olam, ‘world’s largest farmer’

24 July 2020

Burning peatlands in Indonesia

Food & Agriculture

As Covid-time haze season approaches, report claims APP has been clearing and draining peatlands

7 July 2020

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Food & Agriculture

Covid-19 lockdown gives rise to deforestation across Asia and South America

29 June 2020

haze in kl 2019

Food & Agriculture

Coronavirus weakens defences against Indonesian forest fires as severe haze risk deemed 'moderate'

26 June 2020

An IKEA store in Singapore.

CSR

As IKEA is hit by illegal logging link in Europe, furniture firm's sustainability function in Southeast Asia dissolves

9 June 2020

Forest Kashmir state, India

Food & Agriculture

Timber smugglers loot Kashmir’s forests during pandemic lockdown

5 June 2020

australia bushfire

Carbon & Climate

Burning issue: Australia debates risks of logging fire-damaged forests

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