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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service program restores bird habitat on farms and ranches

Valerie Traina 28 Oct 2008

Organic farming could break cycle of famine and poverty in Africa

Mongabay.com 22 Oct 2008

33 countries face “alarming” levels of hunger

Mongabay.com 14 Oct 2008

Snares set by palm oil workers taking a toll on pygmy elephants of Borneo

Mongabay.com 12 Oct 2008

Paraguay extends zero deforestation law

Mongabay.com 10 Oct 2008

Global food crisis expands – number of hungry increases since 2004

Mongabay.com 10 Oct 2008

Palm oil industry relies on greenwashing to mislead consumers, alleges report

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2008

Eco-friendly shade-grown coffee buffers farmers against climate change

Mongabay.com 3 Oct 2008

Monoculture tree plantations are “green deserts” not forests, say activists

Jeremy Hance 19 Sep 2008

Pollination worth $216 billion/yr for food production

Mongabay.com 16 Sep 2008

New rainforest sanctuary in Cameroon already at risk from plantations, hunting

Mongabay.com 15 Sep 2008

Mangrove destruction for fish trade may undermine fishermen in West Africa

Mongabay.com 15 Sep 2008

Loss of wildlife is threatening biodiverse forests in northeastern India

Mongabay.com 15 Sep 2008

Independent of climate, forest cover in southern Amazon may fall to 20% by 2016

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Sep 2008

Did prehistoric farmers drive early global warming?

Jeremy Hance 3 Sep 2008

Palm oil producers in Indonesia reject moratorium on forest destruction

Mongabay.com 28 Aug 2008

Two large populations of endangered monkeys discovered in Cambodia

Mongabay.com 28 Aug 2008

Pre-Colombian Amazonians lived in sustainable ‘urban’ society

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Aug 2008

Biofuels 200 times more expensive than forest conservation for global warming mitigation

Mongabay.com 27 Aug 2008

Malaysia targets Africa and the Amazon for oil palm expansion

Mongabay.com 25 Aug 2008

Malaysia’s rainforest logging plan may proceed despite risk to water supplies

Mongabay.com 22 Aug 2008

Biofuel production in Brazil may not hurt Amazon, food supply

Mongabay.com 21 Aug 2008

There is enough water for everyone provided it is well-managed and distributed

Jeremy Hance 21 Aug 2008

The long-ignored ocean emergency and what can be done to address it

Jeremy Hance 18 Aug 2008

Markets could save rainforests: an interview with Andrew Mitchell

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Aug 2008

Marine ‘dead zones’ double every decade

Jeremy Hance 14 Aug 2008

Climate change to hurt Brazil’s farm exports by 2020

Mongabay.com 11 Aug 2008

Brazil may ban new sugar cane cultivation in the Pantanal

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2008

NASA study shows global warming will diminish rainfall in East Africa, worsening hunger

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2008

Shift from poverty-driven to industry-driven deforestation may help conservation

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2008

Corporations become prime driver of deforestation, providing clear target for environmentalists

Jeremy Hance 5 Aug 2008

Future threats to the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Jul 2008

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