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Can China Go Green?

Orangutan should become symbol of palm-oil opposition

Lack of A-bomb signatures suggest 50 years of shrinking Tibetan glaciers

Japan cancels plan to kill 50 humpback whales

Thailand’s forests could support 2,000 tigers

Will carbon credits-for-forests scheme be undermined by carbon negative bioenergy?

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

U.S. contributes $0 to World Bank’s new $300m forest carbon fund

U.S. hijacks climate talks, kills rainforest conservation plan

10% of global CO2 emissions result from swamp destruction

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

New theory on the evolution of pygmies

A comprehensive look at the use of animals in Brazilian medicine

Rainforest destruction continues in tropical Asia

Aceh, Papua, Amazonas governors sign carbon-for-forests pact

REDD will fail if needs of forest communities aren’t addressed

Bali talks update: Brazil blocks deforestation initiative, US stalls

Rainforest logging moratorium established in Indonesian provinces, Amazonas state

Peatlands restoration is a cheap way to cut CO2 emissions

Merrill Lynch announces carbon credits-for-forest conservation partnership

China relaxing its control over the forestry sector

Kyoto pact ignores CO2 emissions from biofuels

China boosts wheat production with new high-yielding varieties

Earthquake triggers decline in a frog species

Largest-ever climate meeting begins in Bali

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

Can wildlife conservation banking generate investment returns?

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