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World’s biggest palm oil company makes zero deforestation commitment

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Dec 2013

Green investors urge companies to clean up palm oil industry

Mongabay.com 4 Dec 2013

Greener palm oil on the horizon?

Mongabay.com 18 Nov 2013

Why is Amazon deforestation climbing?

Daniel Nepstad 17 Nov 2013

85% of Brazilian leather goes to markets sensitive to environmental concerns

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Aug 2013

Deforestation rate falls in Congo Basin countries

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jul 2013

Brazilian state to pay counties that cut Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 1 Jul 2013

World’s biggest companies lay out path toward zero-deforestation commodities

Mongabay.com 28 Jun 2013

U.S. govt has role to play in stopping commodity-driven deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Jun 2013

Palm oil expansion endangering rare frogs in Malaysia

Mongabay.com 4 Jun 2013

Mining in Indonesia taking a heavy social, environmental toll

Anne Usher 3 Jun 2013

Brazil’s success in reducing deforestation will be hard to replicate

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Apr 2013

Brazil threatens $282m in fines for beef linked to Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 17 Apr 2013

6 lessons for stopping deforestation on the frontier

Daniel Nepstad 9 Apr 2013

30% of Brazil’s emissions from deforestation are export-driven

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Apr 2013

Agriculture causes 80% of tropical deforestation

Mongabay.com 27 Sep 2012

Chart: Forest loss in Latin America

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Aug 2012
Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest canopy. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Is Amazon conservation worth more than clearing for cattle or soy?

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Oct 2007

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