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Dell becomes carbon neutral by saving endangered lemurs

Shift from poverty-driven to industry-driven deforestation may help conservation

Corporations become prime driver of deforestation, providing clear target for environmentalists

Conservation groups could augment poverty alleviation in some remote areas

Secret power plan would devastate Sarawak’s rainforest with 12 new hydropower plants

Implementing a butterfly farm: Iwokrama reserve’s latest sustainable initiative

Forests cover 1/3 of U.S. but are responsible for 2/3 of its water supply

$4 gas translates to fewer driving deaths

Parks help people to the detriment of biodiversity, suggests study

California plan would cut emissions 30% by 2020

Britain, Norway commit $210 million towards Congo rainforest conservation

The green movement has to become a rainbow-colored movement in order to be successful

Miles-per-gallon misrepresents gains in fuel efficiency from scrapping worst gas-guzzlers

Reforestation a growing, but complicated, initiative

Kayapo tribe gets trust fund for Amazon protection

Madagascar signs big carbon deal to fund rainforest conservation

Colombia creates rainforest reserve to protect medicinal plants

Dried-up Colorado takes toll on giant Mexican fish

Roads are a major killer of amphibians, reveals study

Brazil to establish huge Amazon preservation fund

Congo pygmies use GPS to map eco-certified timber concession

Forest carbon credits could guide development in Congo

Biofuels expansion in Africa may impact rainforests, wetlands

Greenpeace says carbon fund will save forests and climate

Defaunation, like deforestation, threatens global biodiversity

Carbon market could fund rainforest conservation, fight climate change

Global ban on biofuels would lead to immediate decline in food prices

Brazil will forge its own path for developing the Amazon

Brazil’s environmental minister resigns after losing Amazon fight

Will earthquake slow dam-building spree in China?

U.S. climate policy could help save rainforests

Al Gore’s investment firm bets that rainforest conservation will be profitable

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