NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

2021

• 26 February - Forest patches amid agriculture are key to orangutan survival: Study

 

2020

• 6 July 2020 - Coconut oil production threatens five times more species than palm oil – new findings

• 11 May 2020 - Indonesian environmental poet and Dayak leader Yohanes Terang, 1956-2020

• 26 Feb 2021 - Forest patches amid agriculture are key to orangutan survival: Study

• 25 July 2020 - Orwellian doublespeak clouds discussion over ape and dam.

 

 

2019

• 21 July 2019 - Hydro project versus rare orangutan.

• 13 February 2019 - Greenwashing: the Hydrodam and Apes

 

​2017

• 18 September 2017. Does social forestry always decrease deforestation and poverty?

• 20 July 2017. Orangutan conservation: Government agencies no "cleaning service"

• 30 January 2017. A possible undiscovered orangutan population on Borneo (part 4)

• 22 January 2017. Then and now. 100 years of wildlife loss and deforestation on Borneo (part 3)

• 16 January 2017. A trip on Borneo’s Mahakam River in search of forgotten wildlife (part 2)

• 6 January 2017. Following in Raven’s Footsteps: 100 years of wildlife loss on Borneo (part 1)

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2016

• 26 November 2016. Conservation in oil palm is possible

• 25 October 2016. Company poised to destroy critical orangutan habitat in breach of Indonesia moratorium

• 26 September 2016 - 'I am the Forest' exhibition reveals Kalimantan's magnificent wildlife

• 20 August 2016 - Rapid conversions and avoided deforestation: examining four decades of industrial plantation expansion in Borneo

• 21 June 2016 - No more fires in Indonesia?​ ​

• 14 April 2106 - Are organizations like WWF beyond reproach?

• 23 February 2016 - Oil palm plantations need to protect Orang Utans

• 09 February 2016 - Top 7 Future Environmental Headlines for Indonesia

• 27 January - Beware the Burning Beard

• 20th January 2016 - Credit running out for the Orang Out-an

• 12th January 2016 - Indonesia is losing the race to cash in on nature

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2015

• 31 December 2015 - What's good for people is good for Orang Utans

• 30 December 2015 - A Sumatran Wonderland

• 26 December 2015 - Tricky Tradeoffs Between Indigenous Land Rights and Deforestation

• 12 December 2015 - The erosion of the Indonesian identity

• 12 December - Hidden in Plain Sight: One Forgotten Island Showcases Indonesia’s Incredible Riches

• 01 December 2015 - Intelligent conversation in Indonesia

• 27 November - Feeding ‘Godzilla’ – As Indonesia Burns, Its Govt Moves to Increase Forest Destruction

• 18 November 2015 - A commodity gone off the scales

• 17 Nov 2015 -Why is Conservation so much harder in Indonesia than elsewhere?

• 11 October 2015 -  Going beyond environmental pacifiers in Indonesian Conservation

• 30 October 2015 - Indonesia's silent tragedy in a connected world

• 24 October 2015 - Indonesia's Fire Crisis — The Biggest Environmental Crime of the 21st Century

• 16 October 2015 - Who is accountable for Indonesia's fire disaster?

• 06 October 2105 - Pragmatism not Idealism needed to address the haze problem in Indonesia

• 25 September 2015 - Where are the Indonesian conservation experts

• 19 September 2015 - Who owns Indonesia's protected species

• 11 September 2015 - Get your facts right about Indonesia's haze problem

• 04 September 2015 - The Tale of the Ibis in Indonesia

• 26 August 2015 - Learning from the past - if we can 

• 18 June 2015 - Cutting Down and Dumbing Down pdf

• 15 June 2015 - When the People of Borneo First Got Together. (1,500 Facebook Likes)

• 08 June 2015 - That Sinking Feeling, Again.

• 20 May 2015 - Saving the Jungle Hipster of Borneo.

• 11 May 2015 - What People Should Learn From Ants.pdf

• 29 April 2015 - The Great Conservation Fallacy. (1,000 Facebook Likes) pdf

• 15 April 2015 - International Collaboration Can Save Borneo — And Money

• 01 April 2015 - Indonesia Needs to Start Taking Science Seriously. (2,000 Facebook Likes) pdf

• 09 March 2015 - The Final Blow for Indonesia’s Forests? (much discussed article) pdf

• 15 February 2015 - Is Conservation Guerrilla Warfare Dead, or Just Turned Corporate? pdf

• 04 February 2015 - Serious Law Enforcement Needed to Save Orangutans From Extinction. (2,500 Facebook Likes) pdf

• 30 January 2015 - Modifying Indonesia’s Conservation Methods. (1,800 Facebook Likes) pdf

• 16 January 2015 - Indonesia’s Contribution to the Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax. (1,000 Facebook Likes) pdf

• 12 January 2015 - What’s Good for People Is Good for Orangutans. (1,700 Facebook Likes)pdf

• 03 January 2015 - I’d Love to Live in Harmony with Nature, but Who Knows How?

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2014

• 24 December 2014 - The Killing Fields of Indonesian Forests.

• 12 December 2014 - Why Is Conservation So Much Harder in Indonesia Than Elsewhere?

• 10 December 2014 - Aceh Set to Create Its Own New and Totally Preventable Disaster. (4,600 Facebook Likes).

• 04 December 2014 - Humanity Is Too Selfish to Save Each Other or Our Environment.

• 27 November 2014 - Indonesia’s Reforestation Dilemma. (14,000 Facebook Likes).

• 12 November 2014 - The Mythology of Conservation.

• 04 November 2014 - Oil Palm: Not the Evil We Think It Is.

• 25 October 2014 - Borneo’s Nature and Culture at Risk Due to Sale of Magnificent Hornbills.

• 11 October 2014 - What Does Democracy Have to Do with Protecting Indonesia’s Environment? (936 Facebook Likes).

• 30 September 2014 - Is Big Business Really Responsible for the Loss of Indonesian Forests?

• 22 September 2014 - After Decades of Conservation Failure in Indonesia and Malaysia: A Lesson From Fukushima.

• 11 September 2014 - Hidden in Plain Sight: One Forgotten Island Showcases Indonesia’s Incredible Riches.

• 05 September 2014 - Why Indonesia’s Well-Off Should Do More to Support Conservation Efforts.

• 01 July 2014 - Don’t Let All of Indonesia’s Birds Become Mythical Creatures.

• 23 June 2014 - Presidential Candidates Say Indonesians Want Large Plantations, but Do They Really? Opinion Page.

• 05 June 2014 - Smoke and Mirrors Obscure the Smoking Gun Behind Forest Fires.

• 25 May 2014 - How to Get Indonesia’s Leaders to Accept Some Inconvenient Truths. (13,000 Facebook Likes).

• 24 April 2014 - Whoever Wins, Indonesia’s Next President Has Important Calls to Make on Land, Resource Use.

• 13 April 2014 - Empty Forest Syndrome: How Wildlife Is Disappearing From Indonesia. (1,900 Facebook Likes).

• 06 April 2014 - (with Gabriella Fredriksson). Privatizing Indonesia’s Conservation Efforts.

• 27 March 2014 - Why Indonesia’s Ecological Riches are Worth the Overwhelming Odds.

• 22 March 2014 - Orangutan Action Plan a Bad Joke.

• 25 February 2014 - It Would Be Cool if Indonesia Could Keep Its Trees.

• 12 February 2014 - Why doesn’t Indonesia sell its orangutans.

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2013

• 08 December 2013 - (with Fitrian Ardiansyah and Jessie Wells). Flooding: Looking Beyond Jakarta.

• 21 September 2013 - (with Fitrian Ardiansyah). Improved Governance Crucial to Protect Our Most Pristine Forests

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2012

• 30 September 2012 - Local Communities Put Species at Risk with Willingness to Kill.

• 06 December 2011 - Orangutan Deaths Meet an Eerie Silence.

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2011

• 15 June, 2011 - (with several co-authors). A Moratorium, or More of the Same? Opinion Page.

• 28 May, 2011 - (with Ramadhani Achdiawan). Where Have All the Geckos Gone? Opinion Page.

• 24 March 2011 - Indonesia Has Its Share Of Scientists, So Where’s the Science?.

• 12 March 2011 - Conservation better Get Used to Working With Business.