Greetings all, here's new audio for you in case you want to learn how Indonesia's rainforests were converted to *palm oil* by a corps of profit-seeking local officials (from minute 6 on) and we also discuss a great *acoustic study of bat foraging in the Amazon, as it is affected by forest fragmentation* (from minute 27 on if you want to skip ahead), with the study's author, listen here ~
https://news.mongabay.com/2017/10/audio-indonesian- rainforests-for-sale-and-bat-calls-of-the-amazon/ ...and/or subscribe via Android <https://subscribeonandroid.com/mongabay.libsyn.com/rss%E2%80%9D>, Google Play <https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ii23ecdja5vf2we3ahata3x7ui>, iTunes <https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mongabay-newscast-1-panamas/id1155856616?i=1000375414517&mt=2> , Stitcher <http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/mongabay-newscast>, TuneIn <http://tunein.com/radio/Mongabay-Newscast-p914475/>, or RSS <http://mongabay.libsyn.com/rss>. Have a great weekend, Erik -- See my latest writing and photojournalism projects here <http://www.erikhoffner.com/> *tw: @erikhoffner <https://twitter.com/ErikHoffner>*
