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Rainforest timber on a barge in Gabon. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler / Mongabay

Logging in certified concessions drove intact forest landscape loss in Congo Basin

Mike Gaworecki 30 Jan 2017

‘Last frontiers of wilderness’: Intact forest plummets globally

John Cannon 13 Jan 2017
Logging concession in Kwakwani, Guyana. Photo by Akola Thompson for Mongabay

UK greenheart restriction could put pressure on Guyana’s logging economy

Akola Thompson 15 Dec 2016

FSC puts timber processor on probation after ‘scathing’ investigation

Morgan Erickson-Davis 9 Dec 2016

Timber trading platform aims to increase transparency, legality

John Cannon 24 Nov 2016

Brazzaville-issued mining permits dip into Congo’s flagship park

John Cannon 31 Oct 2016

Voluntary certification standards have far to go, say experts

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 20 Sep 2016
Marta Álvarez inspects xate palm fronds harvested in the Uaxactún community forest concession. Photo by Sandra Cuffe.

Communities lead the way in rainforest conservation in Guatemala

Sandra Cuffe 9 Jun 2016

Can conservationists overcome their differences to save life on Earth?

Mongabay 7 Jun 2016

Successes and many challenges in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 2 Jun 2016

How big donors and corporations shape conservation goals

Jeremy Hance 3 May 2016

Has big conservation gone astray?

Jeremy Hance 26 Apr 2016

Maroon 5 musicians voice support for community forestry in Guatemala

Sandra Cuffe 6 Apr 2016

Market-based conservation programs slow deforestation in Chile, study finds

Peter Mellgard 29 Feb 2016

Greenpeace responds to Tropical Forest Trust on moving ‘Beyond Certification’

8 Jul 2015

Do we need to move ‘beyond certification’ to save forests?

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Jun 2015

With new policy, 3M drops controversial forestry certification label

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Mar 2015

Selective logging causes long-term changes to forest structure

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Feb 2015

Rainforests: 10 things to watch in 2015

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jan 2015

Boosting the conservation value of 4M sq km of rainforest logging concessions

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Dec 2014

Tradeoff: Sabah banks on palm oil to boost forest protection

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Dec 2014

Tradeoff: Sabah banks on palm oil to boost forest protection

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Dec 2014

FSC passes motion for greater protection of primary forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Sep 2014

FSC meeting weighs old-growth forest protection, smallholder participation

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Sep 2014

Greenpeace alleges SLAPP suit tactic by logging company

Mongabay.com 22 Aug 2014

Nothing else left to log: are eco-certified timber companies stripping Russia of its last old growth forests?

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Aug 2014

Commodity eco-certification skyrockets, but standards slip

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 May 2014

Reduced impact logging failing to cut emissions in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Feb 2014

Rainforest news review for 2013

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Dec 2013

Canada’s biggest logger loses eco-certification

Jeremy Hance 17 Dec 2013

Greenpeace: APP making ‘encouraging’ progress on zero deforestation commitment

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Oct 2013

Certification body officially terminates ties with controversial logging company

Mongabay.com 14 Aug 2013

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