A Journal of Analysis and News
Laurel Sutherlin is the senior communications strategist for Rainforest Action Network and a contributor to the Observatory. He is a lifelong environmental and human rights campaigner, naturalist, and outdoor educator with a passion for birds and wild places. Follow him on Twitter: @laurelsutherlin.
Articles by Laurel Sutherlin:
As profit-driven exploitation imperils Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, some unique conservation strategies are working to save it. In Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, orangutans
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Despite corporate commitments, deforestation rates remain high, and community land conflicts continue. Since the turn of the century, there has
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Commercial financial flows to the forest-risk commodity sectors are driving the majority of tropical deforestation. In a global context where
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A nationally protected wildlife reserve in Indonesia is under attack by popular, big-name brands. Picture a rhinoceros in the rainforest.
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