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‘A remarkable conservation achievement’: Ecuador reserve expands as forest disappears

Morgan Erickson-Davis 9 Oct 2014

Forest fragmentation’s carbon bomb: 736 million tonnes C02 annually

Jeremy Hance 9 Oct 2014

Brazil unlikely to sustain gains in reducing deforestation without new incentives for ranchers, says study

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Oct 2014

Report rates palm oil companies on sustainability commitments

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Oct 2014

Central Kalimantan to set up palm oil monitoring system to in bid cut deforestation 80%

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Oct 2014

Companies hire local communities to evade palm oil restrictions in Indonesia

Loren Bell 4 Oct 2014

Despite high deforestation, Indonesia making progress on forests, says Norwegian official

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Oct 2014

High Court denies appeal by palm oil company that cleared protected peat forest

Loren Bell 30 Sep 2014

Malaysian palm oil company destroys Borneo forests, despite buyer’s zero deforestation commitment

Mongabay.com 30 Sep 2014

Climate change to boost farmland, diminish harvests, says new study

John Cannon 29 Sep 2014

Diverse, deceptive, declining: orchids threatened by deforestation in South America

Julian Moll-rocek 26 Sep 2014

Coal mine has heavy impact in Indonesian Borneo

Loren Bell 26 Sep 2014

Reintroduction program ups Mexico’s scarlet macaw population by 34 percent in one year

Morgan Erickson-Davis 25 Sep 2014

Four countries pledge to restore 30 million hectares of degraded lands at UN Summit

Jeremy Hance 25 Sep 2014

Termites suffer in logged forests and palm oil plantations

Heather D'angelo 25 Sep 2014

Turning point for Peru’s forests? Norway and Germany put muscle and money behind ambitious agreement

Jeremy Hance 24 Sep 2014

Cargill commits to zero deforestation across entire global supply chain: all commodities

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Sep 2014

Norway to pay Liberia to stop deforestation

Morgan Erickson-Davis 23 Sep 2014

Fragmented forests hurt some bat species, may benefit others

Anna Ikarashi 23 Sep 2014

Dissolving pulp: the threat to Indonesia’s forests you’ve probably never heard of

Mike Gaworecki 23 Sep 2014

Feeding the planet while saving forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Sep 2014

Extinction island? Plans to log half an island could endanger over 40 species

Jeremy Hance 22 Sep 2014

Legislation protecting Indonesia’s indigenous communities is not good enough, says advocacy group

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 18 Sep 2014

The cheap option on climate change: recognize indigenous rights to forests

Jeremy Hance 18 Sep 2014

‘The green Amazon is red with indigenous blood’: authorities pull bodies from river that may have belonged to slain leaders

Jeremy Hance 17 Sep 2014

Activists urge outgoing Indonesian president to protect key forest area before he steps down

Mongabay.com 17 Sep 2014

From ‘production’ forests to protected forests, groups work to save Sumatran orangutan habitat. But will it be enough?

Ethan Harfenist 16 Sep 2014

Brazil’s planned Tapajós dams would increase Amazon deforestation by 1M ha

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Sep 2014

As Bolivia plans dramatic agro-expansion, forests may pay the price (PART II)

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 12 Sep 2014

Palm oil company continues to operate illegal plantation despite court ruling

Loren Bell 12 Sep 2014

Brazil confirms last year’s rise in Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Sep 2014

Illegal tropical deforestation driven globally by “agro-conversion”

John Cannon 11 Sep 2014

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