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Will Amazon species lose the climate change race?

Thomas Handley 14 Feb 2013

Brazilian agency rejects Canadian company’s bid to mine controversial Amazon dam site for gold

Mongabay.com 13 Feb 2013

After Indonesian paper giant commits to no deforestation, pressure mounts on its biggest competitor

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Feb 2013

Rosewood in Belize: the truth behind the smoke

Ya'axché Conservation Trust 11 Feb 2013

Activists blast World Bank on continued support of industrial rainforest logging

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Feb 2013

Fossil fuel company looking to exploit deposits in Manu National Park

Jeremy Hance 11 Feb 2013

Amazon river ecosystems being rapidly degraded, but remain neglected by conservation efforts

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Feb 2013

China’s forest privatization move threatens pandas

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Feb 2013

Report: nearly half the timber from Mozambique to China is illegal

Jeremy Hance 7 Feb 2013

The beginning of the end of deforestation in Indonesia?

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Feb 2013

Palm oil, paper, biofuels production on peatlands drive large GHG emissions

Mongabay.com 31 Jan 2013

From slash-and-burn to Amazon heroes: new video series highlights agricultural transformation

Jeremy Hance 31 Jan 2013

Controversial research outlines physics behind how forests may bring rain

Jeremy Hance 30 Jan 2013

Loans tied to environmental compliance reduced Amazon deforestation by 15%

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jan 2013

World Bank’s forestry investments failing to meet conservation, rights, and anti-poverty goals, finds internal audit

Mongabay.com 30 Jan 2013

100 companies disclose their forest impact

Mongabay.com 30 Jan 2013

Miners win ruling over indigenous groups in Guyana

Jeremy Hance 29 Jan 2013

New palm oil concession imperils orangutan population in Borneo

Jeremy Hance 28 Jan 2013

Helping Borneo’s indigenous people fight for their forests

Allison Hanes 28 Jan 2013

Bolivia takes step to boost agriculture and curb surging deforestation

Mongabay.com 28 Jan 2013

Large blocks of Sumatra’s endangered rainforest may be put up for mining, logging

Mongabay.com 28 Jan 2013

Illegally logged trees to start calling for help

Jeremy Hance 24 Jan 2013

Scientists point to research flaw that has likely exaggerated the impact of logging in tropical forests

Jeremy Hance 23 Jan 2013

Amazon deforestation rate pacing ahead of last year

Mongabay.com 18 Jan 2013

Palm oil sustainability initiative must rule out deforestation, says group

Mongabay.com 18 Jan 2013

Bureaucratic reform plays a part in reducing deforestation in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Jan 2013

Gold mine approved in French Guiana’s only national park

Jeremy Hance 15 Jan 2013

Malaysian candidate pledges to drop controversial dam in Sarawak if elected

Jeremy Hance 14 Jan 2013

World Bank REDD+ forest carbon fund gets $180m injection

Mongabay.com 11 Jan 2013

Dead tigers, dead people: logging by paper industry worsens human-tiger conflict in Sumatra, alleges report

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Jan 2013

Paradigm shift needed to avert global environmental collapse, according to author of new book The Blueprint: Averting Global Collapse

Dr Liz Kimbrough 10 Jan 2013

The year in rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2012

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