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Global Witness report: more than 200 environmental defenders murdered in 2020

By Annette Gartland on September 14, 2021

Climate change is ‘widespread, rapid, and intensifying’, says new report.

By Annette Gartland on August 9, 2021

Hydropower project ‘imperils world’s rarest great ape species’

By Annette Gartland on February 28, 2020

Remote Cocos islands are ‘literally drowning in plastic’, scientist says

By Annette Gartland on May 22, 2019

One million animal and plant species face extinction as ecosystems deteriorate

By Annette Gartland on May 6, 2019

Palm oil and animal rights: how you can combat the destruction of wildlife habitat

By Annette Gartland on January 11, 2018

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World music rocks the rainforest

By Annette Gartland on July 2, 2013

Borneo’s 16th annual Rainforest World Music Festival, held in the Sarawak Cultural Village near Kuching, brought together musicians and dancers from five continents. Audiences were treated to some powerful performances and a […]

New call from Greenpeace for action on fires

By Annette Gartland on June 28, 2013

Greenpeace International today released new photographic and satellite evidence of peatland fires in and around the palm oil concession areas of Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) members operating in the Indonesian […]

Smog from Sumatra fires spreads to Thailand

By Annette Gartland on June 25, 2013

The haze from slash-and-burn fires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has now spread to southern Thailand. Several districts in Narathiwat, Songkhla and Satun provinces were blanketed in smog this morning (Tuesday). […]

Greenpeace tells plantation companies to accept responsibility for fires in Sumatra

By Annette Gartland on June 24, 2013

As fires rage on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, and the resulting haze continues to blanket large areas of Malaysia, Greenpeace International has called on palm oil and pulp and paper companies […]

Slash-and-burn fires cause pollution haze

By Annette Gartland on June 23, 2013

Western Malaysia is shrouded in a dangerous haze caused by illegal slash-and-burn fires on timber and oil palm plantations in Sumatra, Indonesia. There is a state of emergency in the worst affected […]

Koala extinctions already a reality

By Annette Gartland on June 3, 2013

Koalas are already considered extinct in Avalon, north of Sydney, and are in danger of disappearing from many other parts of Australia. The iconic animal that tourists queue up to cuddle is […]

Cinematographer calls for funds for “Symphony of the Earth”

By Annette Gartland on May 21, 2013

The renowned Australian wildlife cinematographer Jim Frazier has launched an appeal for funding for a global project called “Symphony of the Earth”, which he is dubbing the Woodstock of cinema. His aim […]

Koala conference hears of new threats to iconic species

By Annette Gartland on May 17, 2013

The 2013 National Koala Conference – “Their Future is in our Hands” – started today (Friday) in Port Macquarie in the eastern Australian state of New South Wales. Speakers painted a disturbing […]

Forest moratorium extended in Indonesia

By Annette Gartland on May 15, 2013

The Indonesian government has extended its forest moratorium for two more years. The moratorium covers new logging and plantation concessions, but licences that were granted when it was first signed in 2011 […]

Malaysian opposition alleges widespread electoral fraud

By Annette Gartland on May 6, 2013

It’s a tough day for Malaysians who voted for change; those who had hoped that the opposition three-party Pakatan Rakyat (People’s Alliance) would beat all odds and defeat Barisan Nasional (the National […]

Indonesian court rules in favour of palm oil company

By Annette Gartland on May 3, 2013

Environmentalists are facing a serious setback because of a court judgement in Indonesia that opens the way to further destruction of the Tripa peat swamp forest by the palm oil company PT […]

Sustainable palm oil criteria “too little, too late”

By Annette Gartland on April 26, 2013

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has voted to revise its principles and criteria for palm oil production. The revisions include new criteria on reducing greenhouse gases emissions. There is also […]

Greenpeace accuses palm oil company of destroying tiger habitat

By Annette Gartland on April 25, 2013

Greenpeace International says the palm oil producer Darmex Agro has destroyed hundreds of hectares of tiger habitat in an area of Indonesian rainforest that should be protected under a government moratorium. In […]

Canadian company pushing for more forest destruction in Sumatra

By Annette Gartland on April 18, 2013

A Canadian mining company, East Asia Minerals, is reported to be pushing for more than one million hectares of protected forest in Indonesia to be cleared. The company says it is actively […]

Palm oil company fails to attend court hearing

By Annette Gartland on November 28, 2012

The first court hearing has been held in a civil case brought by Indonesia’s environment ministry against a palm oil company accused of destroying huge swathes of the Tripa peat swamp forest […]

Campaigners urge rapid prosecution of Tripa lawbreakers

By Annette Gartland on October 3, 2012

Environmentalists have called on police and the Indonesian government to step up their investigations into environmental crimes being committed in the Tripa peat swamp forest in northern Sumatra. A new petition to […]

Indonesian governor revokes palm oil permit

By Annette Gartland on September 29, 2012

The governor of Aceh province in Sumatra, Zaini Abdullah, has executed a high court order and revoked an illegal permit to cultivate oil palms in the Tripa peat swamp forest, an area […]

French protesters call for a harder line on fracking

By Annette Gartland on September 24, 2012

In France, thousands of people marked Global Frackdown Day, holding protest actions and debates throughout the country. Anti-shale gas activists called on the government to take a harder line on shale gas, […]

French president says no to shale gas fracking

By Annette Gartland on September 14, 2012

French president François Hollande has announced that there will be no shale gas exploration or exploitation in France during his presidency. Hollande said France’s current ban on hydraulic fracturing would remain, and […]

Court orders palm oil licence to be revoked

By Annette Gartland on September 12, 2012

An Indonesian court has instructed the governor of Aceh province in northern Sumatra to revoke the licence granted to the palm oil company PT Kallista Alam, accused of destroying large areas of […]

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