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Environmental groups increasingly powerful, says researcher

Mongabay.com 12 Jul 2009

Illegal Amazon timber passed off as eco-certified in massive wood laundering scheme

Mongabay.com 12 Jul 2009

Auckland Zoo bans Cadbury chocolate due to palm oil content

Mongabay.com 12 Jul 2009

Failure to support greener palm oil may lead industry to abandon environmental measures

Mongabay.com 8 Jul 2009

Brazil’s development bank to require beef-tracking system to avoid illegal Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Jul 2009

Brazilian cattle giant declares moratorium on Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Jun 2009

World Bank revokes loan to Brazilian cattle giant accused of Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 13 Jun 2009

Wal-Mart bans beef illegally produced in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 12 Jun 2009

Nike, Unilever, Burger King, IKEA may unwittingly contribute to Amazon destruction, says Greenpeace

Mongabay.com 1 Jun 2009

Consumers show no interest in eco-certified palm oil; WWF threatens naming and shaming campaign

Mongabay.com 13 May 2009

Rainforest soy moratorium shows success in the Brazilian Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Apr 2009

Economic crisis hurts forestry sector, sustainability initiatives

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Mar 2009

Whole Foods bans unsustainable palm oil from its products

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Feb 2009

Illegal timber trade to face tough penalties in the E.U.

Mongabay.com 18 Feb 2009

Beef consumption fuels rainforest destruction

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Feb 2009

Indonesian ecolabeling initiative providing cover for rainforest destruction

Mongabay.com 10 Feb 2009

New model uses carbon credits, sustainable palm oil to save Indonesia’s rainforests

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2009

Indigenous rights’ groups to oppose effort to certify ‘sustainable’ aquaculture

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2009

Beef drives 80% of Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Jan 2009

ADM takes step towards more sustainable soy production in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2009

How to save the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2009

Wood chemistry used to track origin of timber

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Dec 2008

Wildlife banking gets a marketplace

Mongabay.com 9 Dec 2008

Drought and deforestation in southeast Asia linked to climate change

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Dec 2008

New standards ensure forest carbon projects protect indigenous people, biodiversity

Mongabay.com 8 Dec 2008

Salvage logging offers hope for forests, communities devastated by industrial logging

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Dec 2008

Degraded grasslands better option for palm oil production relative to rainforests, finds study

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Dec 2008

Palm oil companies propose satellite monitoring of their plantations to ensure sustainability

Mongabay.com 5 Nov 2008

Forest certification system needs reform to ensure sustainability – report

Mongabay.com 4 Nov 2008

EU moves slowly towards a pact on illegal logging

Mongabay.com 30 Oct 2008

Indonesia to audit all timber operations to cut illegal logging

Mongabay.com 17 Oct 2008

Rainforest Action Network to review support for FSC certification

Mongabay.com 16 Oct 2008

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