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Brazilian miner Vale signs $500M palm oil deal in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Jun 2009

UK firm plans to log habitat of critically endangered orangutan for palm oil production

Mongabay.com 23 Jun 2009

Malaysian palm oil chief claims oil palm plantations help orangutans

Mongabay.com 18 Jun 2009

Forest fires burn in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 15 Jun 2009

Malaysian palm oil firms seek 100,000 ha in the Philippines

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2009

REDD can compete financially with palm oil in Indonesia peatlands while protecting endangered species

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jun 2009

Peatlands conversion for oil palm a ‘monumental mistake’ for Indonesia’s long-term prosperity, sustainability

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jun 2009

Orangutan guerrillas fight palm oil in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Jun 2009

Did Malaysia cancel plans for palm oil development in the Amazon?

Mongabay.com 21 May 2009

APP, Sinar Mas plan to log habitat of critically endangered orangutans

Mongabay.com 20 May 2009

Orangutan population in Borneo park plunges 90% in 5 years

Mongabay.com 16 May 2009

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

Mongabay.com 13 May 2009

Sime Darby signs palm oil deal in Liberia

Mongabay.com 4 May 2009

Global warming to cripple Southeast Asia economically

Jeremy Hance 28 Apr 2009

Environmental campaign blocks palm oil project in Cote d’ Ivoire wetland

Mongabay.com 25 Apr 2009

Republic of Congo to turn over 25 M acres of land to South African farmers

Mongabay.com 20 Apr 2009

Brazil could triple agricultural output without touching the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Apr 2009

Rainforest soy moratorium shows success in the Brazilian Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Apr 2009

Global warming will hit corn yields, costing US over a billion dollars annually

Jeremy Hance 10 Apr 2009

Brazil: ‘Soy King’, Environment Minister strike deal on Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2009

Can carbon credits from REDD compete with palm oil?

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Mar 2009

Greenpeace accuses Sinar Mas corporation of violence toward its protestors

Jeremy Hance 26 Mar 2009

Malaysian palm oil targets the Amazon

Mongabay.com 25 Mar 2009

REDD in Indonesia could evict forest people from their lands, warns U.N. committee

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2009

Will palm oil drive deforestation in the Amazon?

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Mar 2009

Amazon deforestation drops 70% for Nov 2008-Jan 2009 period

Mongabay.com 4 Mar 2009

Deforestation blamed for tiger maulings in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 27 Feb 2009

Whole Foods bans unsustainable palm oil from its products

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Feb 2009

24% of Papua New Guinea’s rainforest destroyed or degraded by logging in 30 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Feb 2009

New fire record for Borneo, Sumatra shows dramatic increase in rainforest destruction

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Feb 2009

Clinton, Obama botch opportunity on climate, forest conservation

Mongabay.com, Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Feb 2009

Indonesia confirms that peatlands will be converted for plantations

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Feb 2009

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