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12/27/99--Abandoned Malaysian Tin Mining Site Now Open for Bird Conservation

12/19/99--Migration Fuels Indonesia's Fires, Fears

12/16/99--Borneo Rain Forest on Verge of Total Destruction

12/9/99--Indonesia Restructures Timber Debts

11/29/99--U.K. Firms Attacked on Indonesian Pulp Mill

11/29/99--Irian Jaya (West Papua) Faces Green Pressures

11/25/99--The Indonesia Fires and Haze of 1997

11/23/99--The WWF Kalimantan Programme--Sizing up the Challenge

11/16/99--Malaysia Pledges to Create a Wildlife Sanctuary

11/12/99--Plundering Indonesia's Forests

11/6/99--Unlawful Logging Threatens Indonesia's Largest Protected Forest

11/3/99--Paper from Indonesian Rainforest

10/26/99--Indonesia Govt Plans to Intensify Shrimp Farming

10/26/99--Malaysian Plywood Producers Want Price Contract

10/25/99--TIAA-CREF Proposal to Divest its Shares in Freeport-McMoran’s Irian Jaya, Indonesia Mine

10/18/99--Logging in Malaysia’s Permanent Forests Declines

10/16/99--Johor, Malaysia Sets Aside Another 38,000ha as Forest Reserve

9/23/99--Indonesia Leader Habibie’s Email Address

9/16/99--Indonesia Charges 47 Firms for Sumatra Fires

9/8/99--Deforestation Causes Losses of 43b Dollars in Indonesia

9/6/99--Malaysia to Regulate Medicine Resources Extraction

9/6/99--Violence in Sarawak, Malaysia Oil Palm Projects on Indigenous Lands

8/31/99--Indonesia's Forest Fires Pose an Economic Threat

8/30/99--Indonesian Fires Smoulder Through August

8/28/99--Man-Made Fires in Indonesia Once Again Clouding Neighboring Skies

8/26/99--World Bank Threatens to Halt Jakarta’s Aid Over Scandal

8/26/99--ASEAN to Push Plantation Owners to Halt Burning

8/26/99--Rampant Illegal Logging in Indonesia's National Parks Confirmed

8/25/99--Illegal Logging Devastating 'Protected' Parks

8/24/99--Environmentalists Campaign to Save Endangered Orangutans

8/24/99--Environmentalists Work to Save Indonesia's Endangered Orangutans

8/20/99--Forest Fires in Indonesia’s South Sumatra Increasing

8/16/99--Nomadic Rain-Forest Dwellers in Malaysia Fear Extinction

8/15/99--Choking Haze Blankets S.E. Asia; Indonesia Blamed for Inability to Control Forest Fires

8/13/99--Worried, South-East Asia Scours Skies for Haze

8/12/99--Indonesia to Discuss Forest Fire Problem With Neighbors

8/11/99--Rains Clear Smog In Sumatra, But It May Be Back

8/10/99--Indonesian Fires Blamed on Plantation Firms

8/9/99--Haze Again Blankets Southeast Asia

8/9/99--Thick Haze Blamed for Ship Collision in Eastern Sumatra

8/8/99--Hazy Air from Forest Fires Clearing in Sumatra

8/6/99--Experts Call for Jakarta to Face Court Over Smog

8/15/99--Malaysian Timber Tycoon Takes Up Challenge in Russia’s Far East

8/5/99--Smog Covers Singapore, Malaysia As Sumatra Burns

8/5/99--Report: Malaysia Not to Release Pollution Levels to Public

8/3/99--Malaysia Moves to Prevent Smog at Brunei SEA Games

7/30/99--Indonesia Nutmeg Isles Save Fruit Trees of Kings

7/27/99--Malaysia to Draw up Guidelines on Wetlands Use

7/26/99--Continued Illegal Logging in Indonesian Parks

7/23/99--Jakarta Firms 99/00 Growth Outlook, Cuts Inflation

7/19/99--Urgent Appeal to Support Indigenous Peoples Struggle in Sarawak, Malaysia

7/3/99--Indonesia to Auction Timber Concessions Awarded Through Graft

7/3/99--Distinctive Population of Orang-utans Threatened by Logging Upsurge

6/23/99--Allegations of Major Illegal Logging in Indonesian National Park

6/22/99--Fear of Fires Rekindled As Jakarta Is Distracted; Asian Neighbors Doubt Indonesia Can Address Environmental Needs

6/16/99--Sarawak, Malaysia Villagers Reject Eviction for Dam Project

6/14/99--Malaysia Withholds Smog Index Numbers from Public

6/14/99--Beauty, Scarcity Entraps Endangered Proboscis Monkey

6/4/99--Indonesia Calls for Forest Fire Prevention

6/3/99--Indonesia Fires Seen Flaring Again After Dry Spell

5/27/99--Green Gold: One of World's Richest Biological Treasure Troves is Also Home to Mother Lode of Minerals

5/27/99--Indonesian Indigenous Peoples' Statement on New Forestry Law

5/16/99--The Home of the Orangutans is in Danger, Please Help

5/3/99--Industry Chokes River Habitat Near Jakarta

4/30/99--Report: Dangerous Forest Fires in Indonesia, Smoke Headed for Singapore

4/27/99--Indonesia's Environmental Protection Diminished

4/26/99--Fires in Indonesia's Sumatra Raise Threat of Haze

4/22/99--Singapore Confident Indonesia Can Prevent Smog

4/19/99--Haze a Burning Issue for Indonesia's Neighbors

4/8/99--Indonesia to Impose Heavy Taxes on Forestry Firms

3/22/99--Environmental Protests Cause Indonesia to Halt Indorayon's Operations

2/11/99--Indonesia, Malaysia to Handle Forest Fires Together

2/1/99--Indonesia to Sell and Give Away Forests Soon

1/11/99--Tigers Feel the Pinch in Malaysia

1/6/99--Indonesia to Auction Three Million Hectares of Forest

1/6/99--Gold Diggers Make Sand Dunes in Kalimantan Jungles

1/2/99--Soeharto's Family Owns 4.3 Million Hectares of Forest

1/1/99--Report on the Situation of the Forest People of Malaysia/Sarawak

12/30/98--Peat Land Project will be Converted for Oilpalm Plantation

12/17/98--Kalimantan Fires Push Orangutans to the Brink

12/16/98--Malaysia's Forested Areas account for 62.5 Percent of Land

12/8/98--Indonesia's Suharto, Golf Buddy Face Probe for Corruption

12/7/98--Malaysia Wilderness is in Tourists' Hands

12/1/98--An Overview of Asian Companies, Malaysia

12/1/98--Malaysian Timber Council Statistics

11/25/98--Indonesia Fires Devastate 3 Million Hectares of Forest

11/24/98--Indonesian Forest Crisis Hits Orangutans

11/11/98--NGO Sign-on Letter to World Bank on Indonesia Corruption

11/11/98--Malaysia's Ekran Logged 1,000 ha of Bakun Forest

11/1/98--Bank Report Exposes Chaos at Central Kalimantan Mega-Project

10/9/98--Many Timber Firms Facing Closure in Indonesia

10/5/98--Indonesia Lifts 10-Year Ban on Log Exports, Limits Size of Forest Concessions

10/5/98--New Logging Rules Limiting Size of Concessions Spook Plywood Barons

10/1/98--Palm Oil, Crisis and Forest Loss in Indonesia

9/18/98--Indonesia to Declare Irian Jaya Park World Heritage Site

9/1/98--Corruption in Some State Firms Detailed

9/22/98--New Era for Indonesian Forestry, Forest Resource Management Reformation

8/20/98--The Indonesian Mega Rice Project

8/18/98--Asian Crisis "Welcomed" by Penan in Malaysia

8/1/98--Sawit Watch: An Indonesian Network against Oil Palm Plantations

7/22/98--Indonesian Mob Rampages near Sumatra's Lake Toba Over Logging Dispute

7/6/98--Malaysia to Make Orangutan Preserve in Sarawak

7/4/98--The Hidden Exotic Paradise of Sarawak Keep Tourists Coming

7/2/98--Deliberately Set Fires are Killing off Indonesia's Orangutans

6/27/98--Deadly Tiger "Father Stripes" Killed in Northern Malaysia

6/25/98--Officials Discover Two New Tribes in Irian Jaya

6/25/98--Indonesian Reforestation Fund Confiscated

6/11/98--Forest Fires in East Kalimantan Bring Famine and Dispossession

6/11/98--Return Natural Resources to the People

6/8/98--DNA Evidence Shows Sumatran Tiger Is A Separate Species

6/8/98--Plan for Indonesia's First Green Party

6/8/98--Malaysia to Tighten Wildlife Protection

6/4/98--United Nations Tells Indonesia To Treat its Fires as War

6/3/98--Boycott will Cause Forests to be Cleared for Agriculture

6/2/98--South East Asia Seen Thinning as El Nino Nears End

6/2/98--Fires and Haze Subside in Southeast Asia

5/29/98--New Estimates Place Damage from Fires at $4.4 Billion

5/29/98--New Estimates of Forest Fire Damage at 4.4 Billion Dollars

5/29/98--Indonesian Forest Fires Cost 4.5 Billion Dollars

5/26/98--Suharto Resignation Spells Hope for Indonesian Forests

5/26/98--Desperate Malaysians Out to Make Rain to End Drought

5/22/98--Dry Season Boosts Smog Fear in Southeast Asia

5/21/98--Suharto Resignation is Opportunity for Environmental Stability

5/18/98--The Economic Crisis and Indonesia's Forest Sector

5/14/98--Malaysia and Indonesia Set Pact on Fighting Smog

5/12/98--Indonesia Says Borneo Island Fires under Control

5/10/98--Borneo Villagers Struggle against Drought

5/9/98--Drought Destroys Livelihoods and Wildlife

5/8/98--Restrictions on Logs and Plywood Exports Aimed at Saving Trees

5/8/98--Rains Forecast for Southeast Asia but Haze May Return

5/7/98--Rains Fail to Douse Sumatra Fires, Smog Risk Rising

5/2/98--Multinational NGO's Discuss Smog Beating Action Plans

4/30/98--Rain Fails to Stop Indonesian Forest Fires in Borneo

4/28/98--Forest Fires Spotted in Sumatra, Raise Smog Threat

4/27/98--Indonesia Minister Calls for Forest Fires Probe

4/26/98--Fire Damage in Indonesia Reaches One Billion Dollars

4/25/98--Games on Track To Beat Weather Crisis

4/24/98--British Lawyer Turns Haze-Buster to Fight Smog

4/24/98--Indonesia to try forest firms as Southeast Asia braces for new haze

4/24/98--Indonesia to Bring Five Firms to Court Over Borneo Forest Fires

4/22/98--Drought, Fires Shrink Malaysia Village Food Supply

4/21/98--Indonesian Fires Claim a Million Acres and a Billion Dollars

4/20/98--Forest Fires Not Indonesia's Top Priority

4/20/98--Forests Die as Borneo Prays for Rain

4/20/98--Government Warns Television Stations to Hush up Haze Reports

4/19/98--Drought-Hit Borneo Receives Food Aid

4/19/98--Expert Places Indonesian Forest Fires Damage at 900 Million Dollars

4/17/98--East Kalimantan Province Fire Damage Estimate Increases

4/17/98--Finland Belatedly Names Sites for European Union Natura Plan

4/17/98--Indonesian Orangutans Face Bleak Future in East and Central Kalimantan

4/17/98--Rain in Jakarta Quenches Some of Raging Fires

4/17/98--Loans in Asia not Made Conditional upon Environmental Issues

4/16/98--10,000 People Needed to Put out Fires in Borneo

4/16/98--Malaysian Minister Chides Aid Groups Over Smog

4/15/98--Indonesia Not Prosecuting Fire Starters

4/15/98--Indonesian Government Sending in Experts to Fight Forest Fires

4/15/98--Rains Put Little Damper on Smog and Drought

4/14/98--Fires our of Control in East Kalimantan

4/14/98--Malaysia Launches Drive to Combat Smog

4/13/98--Stop Open Burning in Forest Reserve

4/12/98--Freak Fires Hit Malaysia Amid Water Woes

4/12/98--United Nations Trains Indonesian Unemployed to Fight Fires

4/7/98--Indonesia Blames Timber Firms for Most Fires

4/6/98--Fires Destroy Large Swath of Indonesian Forests

4/6/98--East Kalimantan Fires will continue to Burn after El Nino Phenomenon

4/4/98--Environmental Ministers Propose to Let Fires in East Kalimantan Burn

4/4/98--ASEAN Ministers Seek to Contain Indonesia Fires

4/4/98--ASEAN Sets up Fund to Fight Forest Fires at all Cost

4/3/98--United Nations Official Says Fires are a Global Catastrophe

4/3/98--El Nino to Haunt Indonesia Until June

4/2/98--Economic Crisis Implies Immense Changes in the Forest Sector

4/3/98--Indonesian Forest Fires Becoming too Hot to Handle

4/1/98--Fire, Drought, and Poachers Threaten Borneo Orangutans

4/1/98--Indonesian Fires Pollute Malaysia

4/1/98--United Nations Environment Programme to Meet Suharto

4/1/98--Indonesian Fires Won't be Put Out at Brunei, Focus on Prevention

3/30/98--Schools in Malaysia Town Shut As Smog Worsens

3/30/98--Orangutans Face Starvation in Kalimantan

3/30/98--Fires Mean Jobs to Some in Crisis-Hit Indonesia

3/29/98--Wall Saves Orangutans from Fire

3/28/98--Orangutans Threatened by Indonesian Fires

3/27/98--River Dying as Paper Production Thrives

3/27/98--Indonesia Looks for Ideas to Battle Forest Fires

3/26/98--Orangutan Colonies Being Wiped out By Spreading Fires

3/25/98--Fires Again Ravage Indonesia's Forests

3/25/98--Army of Jobless to Tackle Fires

3/24/98--Indonesia Steps Up Campaign against Fires

3/24/98--Indonesia Minister Says to Step Up Attack on Fires

3/24/98--No Indonesia Fire to Escape Eye in Sky

3/23/98--Health Fears Grow as Fires Rage on Borneo

3/22/98--Forest Fires Sweep Through Kalimantan

3/19/98--Sumatra Island Provinces Closed off to New Plantation Developments

3/18/98--NGO Letter to World Bank and IMF about Indonesia Bailout

3/17/98--Environmental Minister Wants Bush Fires Top Priority

3/17/98--Fires Could Cost up to Six Billion Dollars

3/14/98--Smoke-Related Illness Hits over 2,000 Indonesians

3/13/98--Suharto Names Daughter and Timber Tycoon to Cabinet

3/13/98--Farmer in East Kalimantan Fights off Orangutan

3/13/98--Malaysian Fires Threaten New Haze Alert

3/12/98--Southeast Asia Braces for Smog Haze

3/11/98--Forest and Ground Fires Rage in East Kalimantan

3/10/98--Rain Fails to Extinguish Borneo's Forest Blazes

3/6/98--Forest Fires Raging again but Preventive Measures Lacking

3/6/98--Smog Plagues East Kalimantan Airports

3/6/98--Signs Point to Economic Recovery

3/5/98--Experts say Fires Have Raised Smog Spectre again

3/5/98--Smog-Generating Fires Spread in Indonesia and Malaysia

3/4/98--South-east Asia Scurries to Prevent New Haze

2/27/98--Orangutans Rescued from Borneo Island

2/27/98--Indonesia Plans to Seed Clouds to End Fires

2/26/98--Fires Blaze in Indonesia's East Kalimantan

2/25/98--New Forest Fires Raise Smog Concerns

2/25/98--Why are the Blazes and Haze so Widespread?

2/25/98--Money Walks in Indonesia as Forest Fires Rage Again

2/25/98--Malaysia Says Smog Resurging in Sabah, Sarawak

2/24/98--Forest Fires Add to Economic Woes

2/24/98--New Fires Bring Fresh Haze Fears

2/21/98--Indonesia's Fire-Fighting Ability Hurt by Crisis

2/21/98--Bush Fires Spread on Indonesian Part of Borneo

2/20/98--Wildfires in Borneo Destroy More than 30,000 Acres of Forest

2/20/98--Singapore Air Thickens with Indonesian Smog

2/19/98--ASEAN Ready To Help if Indonesian Fires Worsen

2/18/98--The Economic Crisis and its Impact on the Forest Sector

12/17/97--Forest Expert Says Fire Crisis is Not Over Yet

2/15/98--Malaysia Tells Indonesia to Put out New Fires

2/12/98--Smog Threat Looms over Southeast Asia Again

2/12/98--ASEAN Announce Steps to Fight Smog Threat

2/11/98--Orangutans, Saved from Fire, Return to Freedom

2/9/98--Troops Deployed to Contain Burning Bush Fires

2/6/98--Fires Threaten Rare Animals Trapped in Tinder-Dry National Park

2/6/98--Forestry Minister Says 265,000 Hectares Burnt in 1997

2/5/98--Fires Raze Forest on Borneo Island

2/4/98--The IMF Led Assistance Package under the MEFP

2/2/98--East Kalimantan Fires Rekindled by Drought

2/2/98--Longhouse Chief Arrested after Court Case, Released

1/29/98--Currency Crisis and Indonesia's Oil Palm Industry

1/26/98--Fresh Forests Fires Ravage Borneo due to Drought

1/26/98--Forests and Brush Fire Burn Again

1/25/98--Fresh Forest Fire Warning for Borneo

1/23/98--Iban Headman Arrested, No Explanation Given for Arrest

1/22/98--Concern over Elephant Poaching in Nilgiris District

1/14/98--One Iban Killed by Police while Protesting Land Takeover

1/6/98--Amnesty International Update on UA 407/97

1/5/98--Freer Trade May Quicken Pace of Logging

1/3/98--Environment Minister Attacks Government for Forest Fires Failures

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