Biodiversity
Rainforests: 11 things to watch in 2021
Rhett A. Butler 2020 was a rough year for tropical rainforest conservation efforts, as explained in Mongabay’s year-end wrap-up on rainforests. So what’s in store […]
Tag: Borneo
Biodiversity
South Korea’s finance of ‘green’ palm oil drives destruction in Indonesia
Seulki Lee A growing grassroots movement aims to stop the government bankrolling palm oil companies linked to forest destruction and human rights abuses In […]
Biodiversity
World Orangutan Day: Numbers in decline despite Indonesian government’s claims
The #team found that half of all #Bornean #Orangutans are impacted by #resource #extraction, and that their numbers fell by more than 100,000 over the sixteen years of...
Biodiversity
Facebook video shows orangutan defending forest against bulldozer
Rhett Butler Dramatic footage released last week by an animal welfare group shows a wild orangutan trying in vain to fight off destruction of […]
Biodiversity
Salim Group, Pepsico and Nestle connected to illegal rainforest clearance in Borneo
Major international banks and brands connected to company controlled by notorious Indonesian business tycoon, knowingly clear-cutting tropical rainforests A new report exposes one […]