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Orangutan (Getty Images/Manoj Shah)

Orangutans are being pushed to the brink

Assaf Levy
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Essential reads on issues in the Amazon

Jennifer Weeks - The Conversation
Oil Palm Plantation in Malaysia (Getty Images/Nora Carol Photography)

Palm oil: world's most hated fat source

Jonathan E. Robins - The Conversation
This photo taken on August 6, 2017 shows cleared forest land, previously covered with illegally-planted oil palm trees and removed by workers from the Leuser Conservation Forum or Forum Konservasi Leuser (FKL), ahead of replanting of endemic vegetation in the Aceh Tamiang area of Aceh province. (Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images)

"Orangutan capital” is being destroyed

Laurel Sutherlin - Truthout
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FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2011 file photo, signs are displayed at the Cargill plant in Springdale, Ark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File) (AP)

Is Cargill really ending deforestation?

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
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Bornean orangutan pop. keeps falling

Alan Knight - Independent Media Institute
A waterfall in the Amazon rainforest. (Shutterstock)

Laurel Sutherlin - Alternet
(AP/Achmad Ibrahim)

Your instant ramen is killing the planet

Reynard Loki - Alternet
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Lindsay Abrams

Marie Dhumieres - GlobalPost

Jocelyn C. Zuckerman
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Lindsay Abrams
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April M. Short - Alternet
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