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Investing to save rainforests

Rhett A. Butler 2 Apr 2008

Global warming solutions are harming indigenous people, says U.N.

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2008

Private equity firm buys rights to ecosystem services of Guyana rainforest

Rhett A. Butler 27 Mar 2008

Half the Amazon rainforest will be lost within 20 years

Rhett A. Butler 27 Feb 2008

Carbon trading could protect forests, reduce rural poverty

Mongabay.com 26 Feb 2008

Reducing deforestation rates 10% could generate $13B in carbon trading under REDD

Mongabay.com 25 Feb 2008

Brazil’s ecosystem payments system offers clues for REDD implementation

Mongabay.com 24 Feb 2008

Planktos kills iron fertilization project due to environmental opposition

Mongabay.com 19 Feb 2008

Carbon traders, not conservationists, could save Cameroon rainforest

Rhett A. Butler 15 Feb 2008

$1 trillion carbon market in the U.S. by 2020 says study

Mongabay.com 14 Feb 2008

First rainforest-for-carbon-credits deal becomes a reality

Rhett A. Butler 7 Feb 2008

Forests Finally Emerging as Climate Issue

Fred Stolle 30 Jan 2008

55% of the Amazon may be lost by 2030

Rhett A. Butler 23 Jan 2008

The hidden value of Bali: Why saving the world’s rainforests is good for the climate and the US economy

Avoided Deforestation Partners 10 Jan 2008

Too early to say if iron seeding will slow global warming – scientists

Mongabay.com 10 Jan 2008

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

Mongabay 11 Dec 2007

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

Mongabay.com 11 Dec 2007

10% of global CO2 emissions result from swamp destruction

Rhett A. Butler 10 Dec 2007

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

Mongabay.com 8 Dec 2007

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

Mongabay.com 7 Dec 2007

Merrill Lynch announces carbon credits-for-forest conservation partnership

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2007

Tropical forests face huge threat from industrial agriculture

Mongabay.com 5 Dec 2007

Amazon deforestation could be eliminated with carbon priced at $3

Rhett A. Butler 4 Dec 2007

Returns from carbon offsets could beat palm oil in Congo DRC

Rhett A. Butler 4 Dec 2007

Forest carbon may not fully offset fossil carbon, says expert

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2007

Could the carbon market save the Amazon rainforest?

Rhett A. Butler 29 Nov 2007

Carbon credits for forest conservation concept faces challenges

Rhett A. Butler 27 Nov 2007

Dutch bank arranges carbon-conservation deal in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 27 Nov 2007

Guyana’s forests offered as massive carbon offset

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2007

Carbon offset returns beat forest conversion for agriculture in Indonesia

Rhett A. Butler 21 Nov 2007

Indonesia will need 7 years to stop illegal logging

Mongabay.com 16 Nov 2007

Targeted payments to farmers could protect environment

Mongabay.com 15 Nov 2007

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