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Congo biochar initiative will reduce poverty, protect forests, slow climate change

Obama to increase fuel economy standard to 35 mpg by 2016

Chimpanzee population plummets 90 percent in supposedly strong region

New legislation in Brazil opens up road-paving across country, threatening Amazon

Illegal hunting in Laos takes toll on wildlife

Bird migrations lengthen due to global warming, threatening species

Group devoted to cutting human population receives boost from David Attenborough

Reserves with roads still vital for reducing fires in Brazilian Amazon

Marine Protected Areas too small for whales and dolphins

New technology allows researchers to study mass migrations of fish

Protecting watersheds secures freshwater and saves billions of dollars

Mr. President, it is time for a speech on climate change

Dams in Laos threaten Asia’s largest waterfall, critically endangered river dolphin

New greenhouse gas ‘4,800 times more potent’ than carbon

Clean energy investment moving too slowly to avoid irreversible climate change

Largest US protest on climate change today

Payments for eco services could save the Amazon

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

Middle class communities are worst managers of fisheries

Brazil to boost spending on infrastructure to counter economic crisis

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

Heart of Borneo conservation initiative at risk from Indonesian development plan

Beef drives 80% of Amazon deforestation

Obama pushes for better mileage standards

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

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

Secondary forest should become new conservation initiative

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

20 years ago the Amazon lost its strongest advocate

Tool helps overcome miles-per-gallon illusion

Photos of new species discovered in the Greater Mekong

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

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