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Congo Pygmies Losing Fight for Their Forests

The Associated Press 6 Mar 2006

Malaria linked to Amazon deforestation

Rhett A. Butler 2 Feb 2006

New tropical timber pact takes aims at illegal logging

Rhett A. Butler 1 Feb 2006

Parks, indian reserves slow Amazon deforestation

Rhett A. Butler 25 Jan 2006

Venezuela plans 5000-mile pipeline across Amazon rain forest

Rhett A. Butler 25 Jan 2006

Deforestation rates jump in Uganda and Burundi, fall in Rwanda

Rhett A. Butler 25 Jan 2006

Study finds deforestation has pushed orangutans to brink of extinction

Cardiff University 24 Jan 2006

Goodbye to West Africa’s Rainforests

Rhett A. Butler 22 Jan 2006

Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland, disappearing finds new report

Rhett A. Butler 10 Jan 2006

Logging may increase the risk of forest fire

Rhett A. Butler 5 Jan 2006

Scent-tagging wood could cut illegal timber smuggling

Mongabay.com 5 Jan 2006

Tropical deforestation rates continue to climb

Rhett A. Butler 4 Jan 2006

Malaysia’s deforestation rate increasing rapidly – 86% jump since 1990s

Rhett A. Butler 28 Dec 2005

Dangerous times on Brazil’s Amazon frontier

Reuters 22 Dec 2005

Tsunami relief risks rainforest destruction

Tina Butler 19 Dec 2005

Australia warns neighbors to stop illegal rainforest logging

Rhett A. Butler 19 Dec 2005

Deforestation causes 25% of greenhouse gas emissions

Rhett A. Butler 10 Dec 2005

Changes in forest cover could affect climate as much as greenhouse gases in some areas

Rhett A. Butler 9 Dec 2005

70 years after logging, forests don’t hold as much carbon as original forests

Mongabay.com 5 Dec 2005

Congo rainforest – 600,000 sq km slated for logging

Rhett A. Butler 5 Dec 2005

Amazon deforestation slows in Brazil for 2005

Rhett A. Butler 5 Dec 2005

Governments making progress in fight against illegal logging says FAO

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2005

Tropical Atlantic cooling and deforestation correlate to drought in Africa

University Of California - Santa Barbara 2 Dec 2005

Britain is largest importer of illegal timber in EU says WWF

Rhett A. Butler 21 Nov 2005

Forests flushed down the toilet

Wwf 21 Nov 2005

Nigeria has worst deforestation rate, FAO revises figures

November 17 17 Nov 2005

United States has 7th highest rate of primary forest loss

November 16 16 Nov 2005

World deforestation rates and forest cover statistics, 2000-2005

Rhett A. Butler 16 Nov 2005

Global deforestation rates fall, but area the size of Panama still disppears each year

Rhett A. Butler 14 Nov 2005

FAO deforestation stats are bogus

Rainforest Foundation News 14 Nov 2005

Logging threatens Mayan ruin, forest in Guatemala

Rhett A. Butler 13 Nov 2005

20% of the world’s mangroves lost since 1980

Rhett A. Butler 11 Nov 2005

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