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Computer hackers are helping illegal loggers destroy the Amazon rainforest

Lula pledges big cuts in Amazon deforestation — after he leaves office

Rainforests continue to fall but hope may rest in a market solution

Deal on forests falls short

Africa calls for “full-range” of bio-carbon as climate solution

Indigenous people win voice in climate negotiations

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

Wildlife banking gets a marketplace

Drought and deforestation in southeast Asia linked to climate change

In Poznan, France pushes initiative to save rainforests

Peru seeks $200 million to save its rainforests

New standards ensure forest carbon projects protect indigenous people, biodiversity

Little progress on avoided deforestation at climate meeting in Poland

REDD faces challenges but can succeed, says report

Salvage logging offers hope for forests, communities devastated by industrial logging

Rainforest canopy-penetrating technology gets boost for forest carbon monitoring

WWF criticizes Brazil’s plan to cut Amazon deforestation

Degraded grasslands better option for palm oil production relative to rainforests, finds study

REDD may harm forest people, alleges report

Agricultural firms cut incentives for Amazon deforestation

HSBC to cut lending to questionable oil palm and logging companies

Brazil to cut Amazon deforestation by 70% to fight global warming

Amazon deforestation rises slightly to 4,600 square miles in 2008

Guide to reducing emissions through forest conservation released

Carbon market could pay poor farmers to adopt sustainable cultivation techniques

Malaysia’s indigenous people to get land rights for first time

Brazil to use body-heat sensing technology to find uncontacted Amazon tribes

Last uncontacted tribe in Paraguay rapidly losing homeland

California joins effort to fight global warming by saving rainforests

Illegal drug use destroys rainforests

New rules establish market for saving rainforests through carbon trading

Coordinated effort needed to cut deforestation via carbon markets

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