Indonesian officials say the cockpit voice recorder from crashed AirAsia Flight QZ8501 has been located in the Java Sea, 20 metres from the flight data recorder that was retrieved earlier today. Divers […]
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Divers retrieve data recorder from crashed AirAsia plane
Indonesian officials say divers have recovered the data recorder of AirAsia Flight QZ8501, which crashed when en route from Surabaya to Singapore just over two weeks ago. The head of Indonesia’s search […]
Formerly blind orangutan is back in the wild, but without one of her twins
A formerly blind orangutan, who is the mother of twins born in captivity, was returned to the wild in Sumatra, Indonesia, this week. The much-anticipated release worked well for the mother and […]
Search team locates tail section of crashed AirAsia plane
Underwater image released in Indonesia today. On the 11th day of the search for victims and the wreckage of AirAsia flight QZ8501, the head of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency has […]
34 bodies found in search for victims and wreckage of AirAsia plane
Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency has confirmed that another four bodies have been recovered from the sea in the search for victims and the wreckage of the AirAsia flight that crashed […]
AirAsia confirms that debris is from missing flight QZ8501
AirAsia Indonesia has released a statement, confirming that the debris found today is from its missing flight QZ8501. Full statement on December 30, 2014, at 18:00 p.m. local time (GMT+7). SURABAYA, 30TH […]
Bodies and debris found in search for AirAsia plane
Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency officials say search teams have found debris from the missing AirAsia plane, and at least one body. News agency reports stated that more than 40 bodies […]
Search for missing AirAsia plane is halted overnight
Indonesia has suspended its search for the AirAsia flight that went missing this morning while en route from Indonesia to Singapore. As darkness fell, the authorities decided to call off their operations […]
Indonesian search teams scour seas for missing AirAsia flight
Search and rescue operations are continuing after an AirAsia plane went missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore. There were two pilots, four flight attendants, and one engineer on board the airbus […]
AirAsia flight goes missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore
An AirAsia plane en route from Indonesia to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control. The flight had seven crew and 155 passengers on board. The passengers are reported to include […]
Evacuations continue as more states are hit by flooding in Malaysia
Flooding in Kelantan. Photo by Bernama. Seven states in Malaysia are now severely affected by flooding and more than 132,000 people have been evacuated. In some areas, entire towns have been submerged. […]
Severe flooding forces mass evacuations in Malaysia
Flooding in Kelantan. Photo by Bernama. Nearly 110,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in five states of peninsular Malaysia as the worst floods in decades hit the country. Further heavy […]
Greenpeace praises palm oil company, but urges action to end social conflict
Greenpeace has launched a new report about the progress the palm oil multinational Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) is making in implementing its Forest Conservation Policy. GAR’s record in Indonesia and Liberia is mixed, Greenpeace […]
Pandas come to Kuala Lumpur
French sculptor Paulo Grangeon has brought his “1,600 pandas” exhibition to Malaysia to raise awareness about the number of the animals now left in the wild. Grangeon braved the heat and jetlag […]
New Kuala Lumpur photo gallery
Click on Photo gallery, People of Kuala Lumpur, to see a selection of photos that give some snapshots of life in this vibrant and fascinating city.
Petition calls for justice over killings of orangutans
Activists have launched a petition calling for a government investigation into the killing of an orangutan on an oil palm plantation in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, earlier this month. The adult female orangutan […]
Environmentalists urge consumers to pressure PepsiCo over palm oil
The Rainforest Action Network and Orangutan Outreach have joined forces to organise a Global Call-In Day tomorrow (December 9) to put pressure on the multinational PepsiCo to cut Conflict Palm Oil from […]
Orangutan dies after being found with 40 shotgun pellets in her body
An orangutan discovered on an oil palm plantation in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, with more than 40 shotgun pellets in her body has died from her injuries. The veterinary team at the Borneo […]
A multi-million dollar share offering could threaten forests and communities across Indonesia
The Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has issued a report that says a forthcoming multi-million dollar share rights offering by the Indonesian palm oil firm BW Plantation (BWPT) carries serious environmental and financial […]
Palm oil supply chain still lacks traceability
Delegates at the recent Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) gathering in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur grappled with the thorny issue of traceability and admitted that tracking palm oil supplies back […]
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