WEST PAPUA’S BIG PALM OIL PLANTATIONS RIP-OFF

Just 65c a hectare for landowners while major investors cash in   LONDON: An Indonesian oil palm plantation in which Norway has a financial stake paid Papuan tribal landowners as little as US$0.65 per hectare for their forestland, the Environmental Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Mountain Pygmy-Possum

  Photo credit: Linda Broome   The Mountain Pygmy-possum, Burramys parvus, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.

IUCN Species of the Day: Salvin’s Mushroomtongue Salamander

Photo credit: Ted Papenfuss Salvin’s Mushroomtongue Salamander, Bolitoglossa salvinii, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.

IUCN Species of the Day: Ili Pika

Photo credit: Li Weidong   The Ili Pika, Ochotona iliensis, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM.

Species of the Day: West African Manatee

  Photo credit: Tomas Diagne, Oceanium Dakar   The West African Manatee, Trichechus senegalensis, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM.