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Indigenous protester killed by masked assailants in Panama over UN-condemned dam

Robin Oisín Llewellyn 25 Mar 2013

Panama’s indigenous people drop REDD+

Jeremy Hance 19 Mar 2013

Deforestation, wetlands loss in Brazil and Indonesia generated 45b tons of CO2 in 20 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Feb 2013

REDD+ should pave way for more research into genetic studies of tropical species

Jeremy Hance 10 Dec 2012

Climate Summit in Doha characterized by lack of ambition

Analysis Jeremy Hance 9 Dec 2012

Wealthy nations’ fossil fuel subsidies dwarf climate financing

Jeremy Hance 5 Dec 2012

‘No-one is listening to the entire scientific community’: global carbon emissions set to hit new high

Jeremy Hance 3 Dec 2012

Unique program to leave oil beneath Amazonian paradise raises $300 million

Jeremy Hance 26 Nov 2012

As Doha Climate Summit kicks off, more ambitious cuts to greenhouse gas emissions needed

Jeremy Hance 26 Nov 2012

One in eight people suffer from malnutrition worldwide

Jeremy Hance 16 Oct 2012

UNESCO disturbed by gas plans for Peru’s Manu National Park

David Hill 15 Oct 2012

Saving the world’s species from oblivion will cost around $80 billion a year, but still a good deal

Jeremy Hance 11 Oct 2012

First REDD Textbook – Forest and Climate Change: The Social Dimensions of REDD in Latin America – Book Review

Gabriel Thoumi 8 Oct 2012

Food prices rise as food aid needed in Middle East and Africa

Jeremy Hance 4 Oct 2012

Indigenous groups in Panama wait for UN REDD to meet promises

Jeremy Hance 30 Aug 2012

India’s Western Ghats rainforest declared UNESCO World Heritage Site

Jeremy Hance 3 Jul 2012

10,000 sq mi of Congo rainforest declared World Heritage site

Mongabay.com 2 Jul 2012

Cowards at Rio?: organizations decry ‘pathetic’ agreement

Jeremy Hance 20 Jun 2012

Scientists give world leaders ‘Fs’ on climate change, biodiversity, and desertification

Jeremy Hance 19 Jun 2012

WWF: biggest villain at Rio+20 is Canada

Jeremy Hance 18 Jun 2012

Experts: ignoring climate change at Rio+20 makes other goals “meaningless”

Jeremy Hance 18 Jun 2012

World failing to meet promises on the oceans

Jeremy Hance 14 Jun 2012

Featured video: the Rio speech heard round the world

Jeremy Hance 14 Jun 2012

Should we devote 2014 to wilderness?

Jeremy Hance 11 Jun 2012

Scientists: if we don’t act now we’re screwed

Jeremy Hance 7 Jun 2012

Want to stop climate change: buy fossil fuel deposits

Jeremy Hance 7 Jun 2012

Scientists to Rio+20: save biodiversity to save ourselves

Jeremy Hance 6 Jun 2012

Indigenous rights rising in tropical forests, but big gaps remain

Jeremy Hance 31 May 2012

Groups urge President Obama to attend Rio+20 Sustainability Summit

Jeremy Hance 22 May 2012

Consumption, population, and declining Earth: wake-up call for Rio+20

Jeremy Hance 15 May 2012

Featured video: the oceans and Rio+20

Jeremy Hance 10 May 2012

‘The real Hunger Games’: a million children at risk as Sahel region suffers punishing drought

Jeremy Hance 9 May 2012

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