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Australia's Floods Threaten the Great Barrier Reef
Tuesday, 1 February 2011, 4:44 pm | Mongabay.org
The floods ransacking the Queensland coast have cost 31 lives and $30 billion worth of property damage. Now, huge volumes of water are pouring into the ocean, threatening the Great Barrier Reef, which extends for thousands of kilometers off the coast. ... More >>
Palm oil Developers Invade Papua
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 1:19 pm | Mongabay.org
Oil palm developers in the Indonesian half of New Guinea are signing questionable deals that exploit local communities and put important forest ecosystems at risk, alleges a new report from Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Telapak. More >>