An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Indonesia ...

Rempang Eco City is one of Indonesia’s National Strategic Projects and is envisioned as an engine that will drive Indonesia’s economic growth. But what of those who already live there?

Indonesia's Sumatra is the last refuge for the critically endangered Sumatran tiger, with less than 400 adults remaining. Kerinci Seblat National Park, a UNESCO site, faces threats from poaching and ...

Tropical wood demand from some of America's top RV brands is fuelling deforestation on the island of Borneo, home to Asia's last great rainforest, according to a new investigation by environmental ...

Tropical wood demand from some of America’s top RV brands is fuelling deforestation on the Indonesian island of Borneo, home to Asia’s last ...

of orangutans live beyond the borders of protected areas, often very near forest villages where they've been historically ...

Using her machete, she slashed the bushes near the men and shouted, “Leave! Do not return! No one is allowed to survey here ...

There is no viable alternative to a tropical hardwood that grows in Southeast Asia, according to the American R.V. industry.

Indonesia’s courts have ordered plantation companies to pay more than 21 trillion rupiah ($1.3 billion), an amount 28 times ...

American demand for tropical wood that is used in motor homes, conservationists say, is accelerating the disappearance of ...