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Cheap ranch loans may be driving jump in Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Feb 2008

How much would it cost to end Amazon deforestation?

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2008

55% of the Amazon may be lost by 2030

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Jan 2008

Brazil bans illegal soy and cattle production in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 24 Dec 2007

Global warming accelerates destruction of the Amazon

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2007

Amazon deforestation could be eliminated with carbon priced at $3

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Dec 2007

Could the carbon market save the Amazon rainforest?

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Nov 2007

Dutch bank arranges carbon-conservation deal in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 27 Nov 2007
Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest canopy. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Is Amazon conservation worth more than clearing for cattle or soy?

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Oct 2007

World needs a 10% meat diet to fight global warming

Mongabay.com 12 Sep 2007

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

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Sep 2007

Loss of livestock breeds put food supplies at risk in poor countries

Mongabay.com 3 Sep 2007

U.S. grazing lands at risk due to rising CO2 levels

Mongabay.com 27 Aug 2007

Biofuels driving destruction of Brazilian cerrado

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Aug 2007

Clearing rainforest for cattle pasture drives surge in vampires

Mongabay.com 15 Aug 2007

Pound of beef produces 36 pounds of CO2 emissions

Mongabay.com 18 Jul 2007

Amazon deforestation rates fall 89% for 2007

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2007

Dorothy Stang fought for social equity in the Amazon

David Stang 7 Jun 2007

Can cattle ranchers and soy farmers save the Amazon?

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Jun 2007

Globalization could save the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Jun 2007

Amazon nun-killer sentenced to 30 years in Brazil

Mongabay.com 15 May 2007

Better forest policies would reduce illegal logging in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 May 2007

Can new loan really bring sustainable cattle ranching to the Amazon?

Mongabay.com 12 Mar 2007

Cattle produce more global warming gases than cars

Mongabay.com 1 Dec 2006

Amazon deforestation lower than last year says Brazil

Rhett A. Butler 27 Aug 2005

Landowner caught burning 2 million trees in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 3 Aug 2005

Brazil’s grasslands could replace food production of American heartland

Tina Butler 1 Aug 2005

Saving the Amazonian Rainforest Through Agricultural Certification

Tina Butler 3 Jun 2005

Farmers and landless poor battle over the Amazon

Reuters 22 Apr 2005

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