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American demand for tropical wood that is used in motor homes, conservationists say, is accelerating the disappearance of ...
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Indonesia’s idle land problem

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Indonesia ...
Tropical wood demand from some of America's top RV brands is fueling deforestation on the Indonesian island of Borneo, home ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
of orangutans live beyond the borders of protected areas, often very near forest villages where they've been historically ...
The payments are funneled through a Central and Provincial Forest Protection and Development Funds (FPDFs), which act as ...
The Forestry Commission has issued the first six certificates to five Ghanaian companies to export timber and timber products ...