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Payments for eco services could save the Amazon

Mongabay.com 12 Feb 2009

France’s Suez liable for illegal deforestation, “dynamite fishing” in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 11 Feb 2009

Middle class communities are worst managers of fisheries

Mongabay.com 11 Feb 2009

Brazil to boost spending on infrastructure to counter economic crisis

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2009

Sustainable farming is the only way to feed the planet going forward

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2009

Heart of Borneo conservation initiative at risk from Indonesian development plan

Mongabay.com 4 Feb 2009

Beef drives 80% of Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Jan 2009

Obama pushes for better mileage standards

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2009

Deadly ‘brown cloud’ over South Asia caused by wood and dung burning

Jeremy Hance 23 Jan 2009

High coffee prices spurred deforestation in Sumatra but effective law enforcement slowed forest loss

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jan 2009

Secondary forest should become new conservation initiative

Jeremy Hance 19 Jan 2009

Reindeer, a symbol of the holidays, is under increasing threat

Jeremy Hance 26 Dec 2008

20 years ago the Amazon lost its strongest advocate

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Dec 2008

Tool helps overcome miles-per-gallon illusion

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Dec 2008

Photos of new species discovered in the Greater Mekong

Mongabay.com 15 Dec 2008

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

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Dec 2008

Deal on forests falls short

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Dec 2008

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

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Dec 2008

Indigenous people win voice in climate negotiations

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Dec 2008

How youth in Kenya’s largest slum created an organic farm

Jeremy Hance 9 Dec 2008

New standards ensure forest carbon projects protect indigenous people, biodiversity

Mongabay.com 8 Dec 2008

Linking rural health care to forest conservation proving a success in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Dec 2008

Madagascar hit by deadly vanilla-killing fungus

Mongabay.com 8 Dec 2008

REDD may harm forest people, alleges report

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2008

Rural depopulation to have biodiversity impacts

Mongabay.com 1 Dec 2008

Climate change will damage forests, creating hardship for rural communities

Mongabay.com 28 Nov 2008

Captive breeding of monster Amazon fish could feed people and save it from depletion

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2008

Guide to reducing emissions through forest conservation released

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2008

Carbon market could pay poor farmers to adopt sustainable cultivation techniques

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2008

California joins effort to fight global warming by saving rainforests

Mongabay.com, Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Nov 2008

New rules establish market for saving rainforests through carbon trading

Mongabay.com, Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Nov 2008

Coordinated effort needed to cut deforestation via carbon markets

Mongabay.com, Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Nov 2008

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