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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

80% of agricultural expansion since 1980 came at expense of forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Feb 2009

Indonesia may allow conversion of peatlands for palm oil

Mongabay.com 15 Feb 2009

Payments for eco services could save the Amazon

Mongabay.com 12 Feb 2009

Political violence in Madagascar may lead Daewoo to abandon controversial farm project

Mongabay.com 10 Feb 2009

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

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2009

Heart of Borneo conservation initiative at risk from Indonesian development plan

Mongabay.com 4 Feb 2009

Malaysian government says forest reserve ‘plundered’ for oil palm development

Mongabay.com 3 Feb 2009

Cellulosic ethanol healthier, better for the environment, than corn ethanol

Mongabay.com 3 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

What does slowing economy mean for rainforest conservation?

Mongabay.com 26 Jan 2009

Palm oil may be single most immediate threat to the greatest number of species

Mongabay.com 26 Jan 2009

Symposium tackles big question: how many species will survive our generation

Jeremy Hance 16 Jan 2009

Corn expansion is hurting ladybugs

Mongabay.com 15 Dec 2008

Finland, Sweden push for loophole that would drive destruction of peatlands around the world

Mongabay.com 9 Dec 2008

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