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Congo biochar initiative will reduce poverty, protect forests, slow climate change

Bioelectricity bests ethanol on two fronts: land use and global warming

Sime Darby signs palm oil deal in Liberia

Global warming to cripple Southeast Asia economically

Famous Kenyan park experiencing large declines in wildlife

Colorado River unlikely to meet current water demands in warmer, drier world

Republic of Congo to turn over 25 M acres of land to South African farmers

Brazil could triple agricultural output without touching the Amazon rainforest

Mangroves save lives by softening cyclone’s blow

Rainforest soy moratorium shows success in the Brazilian Amazon

Global warming will hit corn yields, costing US over a billion dollars annually

Brazil: ‘Soy King’, Environment Minister strike deal on Amazon deforestation

Ecological Cacao? Thinking about all sides of your chocolate bar

Can carbon credits from REDD compete with palm oil?

Malaysian palm oil targets the Amazon

Will palm oil drive deforestation in the Amazon?

Loss of genetic diversity hurts agriculture

Land rights victory for Amazon Indians in Brazil

Economic crisis hurts forestry sector, sustainability initiatives

Pricing emissions from farming, logging could shift land use towards conservation

80% of agricultural expansion since 1980 came at expense of forests

Indonesia may allow conversion of peatlands for palm oil

Political violence in Madagascar may lead Daewoo to abandon controversial farm project

Secretary of Energy warns of dire future for agriculture in California

Brazil to boost spending on infrastructure to counter economic crisis

Sustainable farming is the only way to feed the planet going forward

Chocolate has been a delicacy north of Mexico for a thousand years

Beef drives 80% of Amazon deforestation

Palm oil may be single most immediate threat to the greatest number of species

Secondary forest should become new conservation initiative

Selective logging occurs in 28 percent of world’s rainforests

Shade-grown coffee preserves native tree diversity

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