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Rainforest destruction increasingly driven by corporate interests, not poverty

Palm oil is a net source of CO2 emissions when produced on peatlands

Photos: Two unknown mammal species discovered in “lost world”

Bali delegates agree to support forests-for-climate (REDD) plan

70% of rainforest island to be cleared for palm oil

Communities must benefit for forest carbon schemes to be effective

10% of global CO2 emissions result from swamp destruction

Photos: Elusive long-eared jerboa caught on film for the first time

Rainforest destruction continues in tropical Asia

China relaxing its control over the forestry sector

Kyoto pact ignores CO2 emissions from biofuels

Earthquake triggers decline in a frog species

Largest-ever climate meeting begins in Bali

Can wildlife conservation banking generate investment returns?

Carbon credits for forest conservation concept faces challenges

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

Asian countries sign symbolic global warming pact

Carbon offset returns beat forest conversion for agriculture in Indonesia

Indonesia will need 7 years to stop illegal logging

Law enforcement key to saving Borneo’s rainforests

Sun Bears reclassified by IUCN as Vulnerable

Greenwashing the palm oil industry

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

China begins blocking river for second largest dam

Sun bear gets ‘vulnerable’ listing due to deforestation, poaching

Oil palm does not store more carbon than forests

Saving tigers in India

Asia’s tigers could get big boost from small conservation efforts

China’s coal pollutes the U.S.

Agriculture is primary driver of mangrove destruction

WSJ inquiry pushes FSC to cancel logging certification in endangered forest

China struggles with urban pollution

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