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Palm oil developer abandons plan to log 70% of Woodlark Island

Mongabay.com 14 Jan 2008

DR Congo has great potential for biofuels says U.N. official

Mongabay.com 9 Jan 2008

Switchgrass a better biofuel source than corn

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Jan 2008

Scientists propose conservation areas for the unique island of Sulawesi

Jeremy Hance 6 Jan 2008

Leading biofuels wreak environmental havoc

Mongabay.com 3 Jan 2008

Global food prices rise 40% in 2007 to new record

Mongabay.com 27 Dec 2007

Brazil bans illegal soy and cattle production in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 24 Dec 2007

Uganda renews plans to log rainforest reserve for sugar cane

Mongabay.com 21 Dec 2007

Rainforest destruction continues in tropical Asia

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Dec 2007

China boosts wheat production with new high-yielding varieties

Mongabay.com 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

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

Palm oil industry announces “eco” standards for production

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2007

Transgenic plant may thrive under global warming-induced drought

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2007

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

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2007

Past climate change triggered wars, population decline

Abby Vogel 21 Nov 2007

Carbon offset returns beat forest conversion for agriculture in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 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

Targeted payments to farmers could protect environment

Mongabay.com 15 Nov 2007

Carbon-negative bioenergy to cut global warming could drive deforestation

Mongabay.com 6 Nov 2007

Agriculture is primary driver of mangrove destruction

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2007

Dutch: no subsidies for biofuels-driven rainforest destruction

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2007

Study reveals that nitrogen fertilizers deplete soil organic carbon

University Of Illinois At Urbana-champaign 30 Oct 2007

Does palm oil alleviate rural poverty in Malaysia?

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Oct 2007

Biodiesel demand could destroy world’s forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Oct 2007

Environmentalists and palm oil producers should work together

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Sep 2007

World needs a 10% meat diet to fight global warming

Mongabay.com 12 Sep 2007

China urged to join sustainable soy efforts in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 12 Sep 2007

Tree resprouting offers hope in former pastures of Brazil’s cerrado

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Sep 2007

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