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Carbon pricing could save millions of hectares of tropical forest: new study

John Cannon 5 Feb 2018

Counterintuitive: Global hydropower boom will add to climate change

Claire Salisbury 14 Feb 2017

Is Brazil green washing hydropower? The case of the Teles Pires dam

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 18 Jan 2017

Going green with the aviation industry (commentary)

Devan Wardwell, Jeffrey Chatellier 29 Sep 2016
Goejet Miranda crosses the part of the Tabasará River still flowing near his community of Kiad. Photo by Camilo Mejia Giraldo

PHOTOS: Panama begins “test-flooding” dam over indigenous protests

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 15 Sep 2016
Aerial photo shows the town of San Pablo de Amalí, the Dulcepamba River, and the Hidrotambo dam facility. Photo by Santiago Pastór

Dam opponents claim criminalization by Ecuadorian government

Martha Pskowski 9 Sep 2016
Ricardo Miranda, one of the protest leaders and member of the M10 movement representing Ngäbe communities affected by the dam. Photo by Camilo Mejia Giraldo

PHOTOS: Panama revives stalled dam over strong indigenous opposition

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 25 Aug 2016
Blue color form of Dendrobates auratus dart frog. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

10 conservation “fads”: how have they worked in Latin America?

Aldo Orellana López and Alan Forsberg 17 Jun 2016

Climate negotiators focus on carbon credits, underplay human rights

Justin Catanoso 23 May 2016

‘Maybe that’s why there’s so many fires’: Was a peat swamp illegitimately stripped of protected status in Indonesia?

Jay Fajar, Sapariah Saturi 2 Oct 2015

Damming Dissent: Community leaders behind bars in Guatemala after opposing hydro projects

Sandra Cuffe 2 Jul 2015

$4.5 Billion Spent On Voluntary Carbon Offsets Over Past Decade: Report

Mike Gaworecki 16 Jun 2015

World Bank’s forest carbon program falls short on indigenous peoples’ rights, argues report

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2015

REDD+ could fail without near-term financial support

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Feb 2014

Panel lays out best practices for REDD+ credits in California’s carbon market

Mongabay.com 19 Jul 2013

Market for REDD+ carbon credits declines 8% in 2012

Mongabay.com 30 May 2013

Debate heats up over California’s plan to reduce emissions via rainforest protection

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 May 2013

A promising initiative to address deforestation in Brazil at the local level

Beto Veríssimo 5 Mar 2013

World Bank REDD+ forest carbon fund gets $180m injection

Mongabay.com 11 Jan 2013

Brazil sues to block unlicensed REDD deal between Irish company and indigenous group

Mongabay.com 17 Dec 2012

As forest carbon credit market grows, REDD fails to keep pace, finds report

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Nov 2012

Will mega-dams destroy the Amazon?

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Apr 2012

Carbon credit market for HFC-23 racked by fraud

Jeremy Hance 30 Nov 2011

Australia passes national carbon trading scheme for agriculture, forestry

Mongabay.com 22 Aug 2011

Ahead of meeting, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) loses another supporter

Jeremy Hance 19 Jun 2011

Can ‘water footprinting’ help cut the 500 liters of H2O needed to produce a carton of OJ?

Hannah Kett 11 Feb 2011

First validated REDD forest carbon credits issued

Mongabay.com 9 Feb 2011

Jackpot: how international community could raise $141 billion for biodiversity

Jeremy Hance 20 Oct 2010

Oil palm plantations on peatlands won’t get carbon credits under CDM

Mongabay.com 19 Sep 2010

Dapatkah Biochar Selamatkan Dunia?

Oleh Jeremy Hance 1 Sep 2010

Could biochar save the world?

Jeremy Hance 16 Aug 2010

Reforestation of rainforests sequesters more carbon than plantations

Jeremy Hance 3 Aug 2010

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