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China’s hunger for resources has big environmental impact in Latin America

Jonathan Watts 29 Mar 2013

Brazilian govt confirms rise in deforestation

Mongabay.com 28 Mar 2013

Conflict zones have higher deforestation rates in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Mar 2013

Brazilian supermarkets ban beef linked to Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 27 Mar 2013

APP suppliers allegedly slashing forests and peatlands in Indonesia, despite new ‘no deforestation’ policy

Diana Parker 27 Mar 2013

As massive deforestation continues in Sumatra’s Tesso Nilo, Indonesian lawmakers pin blame on ‘foreign’ NGOs

Diana Parker 25 Mar 2013

Humans killed over 10 percent of the world’s bird species when they colonized the Pacific Islands

Jeremy Hance 25 Mar 2013

Conservation scientists: Aceh’s spatial plan a risk to forests, wildlife, and people

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Mar 2013

Roads could help protect the environment rather than destroy it, argues Nature paper

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Mar 2013

Controversial chief minister of Sarawak asked to step down until corruption allegations resolved

Mongabay.com 22 Mar 2013

Tropical croplands expand by 48m ha in 10 years, raising environmental concerns

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Mar 2013

Indonesian palm oil giant launches conservation pilot project

Diana Parker 19 Mar 2013

Environmentalists target controversial logging practices in California

Mongabay.com 19 Mar 2013

Peruvian night monkey threatened by vanishing forests, lost corridors

Jeremy Hance 18 Mar 2013

Deforestation in key Madagascar park accelerated after 2009 coup d’etat, finds satellite analysis

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Mar 2013

Aceh claims deal to open 1.2M ha of protected forest to logging, mining is near

Mongabay.com 14 Mar 2013

Burning coal may be killing over 100,000 people in India every year

Jeremy Hance 13 Mar 2013

Strong ‘no deforestation’ commitments save forests and feed people

Scott Poynton 12 Mar 2013

Norway’s wealth fund dumps 23 palm oil companies under new deforestation policy

Mongabay.com 11 Mar 2013

Rainforests may be more resilient to global warming – in isolation – than previously forecast

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Mar 2013

New plantation concessions threaten Borneo pygmy elephants

Diana Parker 10 Mar 2013

The need to jump-start REDD to save forests

Michael Jenkins 8 Mar 2013

Dozens arrested after community fights deforestation by paper company in Indonesia

Diana Parker 7 Mar 2013

Wildfire forces anti-logging activist from tree after 449-day vigil

Mongabay.com 7 Mar 2013

A promising initiative to address deforestation in Brazil at the local level

Beto Veríssimo 5 Mar 2013

Palm oil company destroys 7,000 ha of Amazon rainforest in Peru

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Mar 2013

New illegal logging ban in EU could sever all ties with companies working in DRC

Jeremy Hance 4 Mar 2013

Extinction warning: racing to save the little dodo from its cousin’s fate

Jeremy Hance 4 Mar 2013

Saving forests by stemming agricultural sprawl

Jason Clay 1 Mar 2013

Malaysian NGOs boldly demand forest conservation action in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Feb 2013

Guide for filing complaints on rule-breaking by palm oil companies published

Mongabay.com 28 Feb 2013

Warlords, sorcery, and wildlife: an environmental artist ventures into the Congo

Jeremy Hance 25 Feb 2013

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