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Amazon deforestation could be eliminated with carbon priced at $3

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Dec 2007

Climate risks to global agriculture are underestimated

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2007

Food prices to rise due to energy demand, economic trends

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2007

Forest carbon may not fully offset fossil carbon, says expert

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2007

Could the carbon market save the Amazon rainforest?

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Nov 2007

Cooking oil, palm oil biodiesel can reduce emissions relative to diesel

Mongabay.com 28 Nov 2007

Ecomigration: global warming will increase environmental refugees

Mongabay.com 28 Nov 2007

Dutch bank arranges carbon-conservation deal in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 27 Nov 2007

Palm oil industry announces “eco” standards for production

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2007

UN says palm oil destroys forests, indigenous cultures in Indonesia, Malaysia

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2007

Transgenic plant may thrive under global warming-induced drought

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2007

Is the oil-palm industry using global warming to mislead the public?

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Nov 2007

Carbon offset returns beat forest conversion for agriculture in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Nov 2007

Past climate change triggered wars, population decline

Abby Vogel 21 Nov 2007

Biodiversity conservation will only work if local people benefit

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Nov 2007

Large-scale agriculture ‘compromises’ forest’s ability to recover

Jeremy Hance 19 Nov 2007

7-year old nature guide becomes Belize environmental hero as adult

Mongabay.com 16 Nov 2007

Targeted payments to farmers could protect environment

Mongabay.com 15 Nov 2007

Law enforcement key to saving Borneo’s rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Nov 2007

Greenwashing the palm oil industry

Mongabay.com 12 Nov 2007

Planned logging of Woodlark Island for biofuels opposed by islanders and scientists

Jeremy Hance 12 Nov 2007

In the Amazon, primary forest biodiversity tops that of secondary forest, plantations

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Nov 2007

Oil palm does not store more carbon than forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Nov 2007

Carbon-negative bioenergy to cut global warming could drive deforestation

Mongabay.com 6 Nov 2007

Dutch: no subsidies for biofuels-driven rainforest destruction

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2007

Agriculture is primary driver of mangrove destruction

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2007

Study reveals that nitrogen fertilizers deplete soil organic carbon

University Of Illinois At Urbana-champaign 30 Oct 2007

Avoided deforestation beats timber, palm oil, in tax revenue for Indonesia

Mongabay.com 29 Oct 2007

Does palm oil alleviate rural poverty in Malaysia?

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Oct 2007

2007 Amazon fires among worst ever

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Oct 2007

Uganda cancels controversial rainforest logging plan

Mongabay.com 18 Oct 2007
Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest canopy. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Is Amazon conservation worth more than clearing for cattle or soy?

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Oct 2007

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