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Half the Amazon rainforest will be lost within 20 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Feb 2008

Carbon trading could protect forests, reduce rural poverty

Mongabay.com 26 Feb 2008

Reducing deforestation rates 10% could generate $13B in carbon trading under REDD

Mongabay.com 25 Feb 2008

Brazil’s ecosystem payments system offers clues for REDD implementation

Mongabay.com 24 Feb 2008

Is Guyana’s logging deal in its best interests?

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Feb 2008

World fertilizer prices surge 200% in 2007, hurting the poor

Mongabay.com 20 Feb 2008

Carbon traders, not conservationists, could save Cameroon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Feb 2008

First rainforest-for-carbon-credits deal becomes a reality

Rhett A. Butler 7 Feb 2008

How much would it cost to end Amazon deforestation?

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2008

55% of the Amazon may be lost by 2030

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Jan 2008

Rich countries grow at ecological expense of poor countries

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Jan 2008

Invasive species hurt developing world economies

Mongabay.com 18 Jan 2008

The hidden value of Bali: Why saving the world’s rainforests is good for the climate and the US economy

Avoided Deforestation Partners 10 Jan 2008

DR Congo has great potential for biofuels says U.N. official

Mongabay.com 9 Jan 2008

Bali delegates agree to support forests-for-climate (REDD) plan

Mongabay.com 16 Dec 2007

Bloomberg calls for a carbon tax

Mongabay.com 13 Dec 2007

Communities must benefit for forest carbon schemes to be effective

Rezal Kusumaatmadja 13 Dec 2007

U.S. contributes $0 to World Bank’s new $300m forest carbon fund

Mongabay 11 Dec 2007

U.S. hijacks climate talks, kills rainforest conservation plan

Mongabay.com 11 Dec 2007

10% of global CO2 emissions result from swamp destruction

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Dec 2007

Aceh, Papua, Amazonas governors sign carbon-for-forests pact

Mongabay.com 8 Dec 2007

REDD will fail if needs of forest communities aren’t addressed

Mongabay.com 7 Dec 2007

Bali talks update: Brazil blocks deforestation initiative, US stalls

Tropical Forest Group 7 Dec 2007

Rainforest logging moratorium established in Indonesian provinces, Amazonas state

Mongabay.com 7 Dec 2007

Peatlands restoration is a cheap way to cut CO2 emissions

Mongabay.com 7 Dec 2007

Merrill Lynch announces carbon credits-for-forest conservation partnership

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2007

Global warming accelerates destruction of the Amazon

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2007

conservation promotes larger fish stocks and higher profits for fishermen

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2007

Tropical forests face huge threat from industrial agriculture

Mongabay.com 5 Dec 2007

Rare gorillas use weapons to attack forest-intruding humans

Mongabay.com 5 Dec 2007

Amazon deforestation could be eliminated with carbon priced at $3

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Dec 2007

Returns from carbon offsets could beat palm oil in Congo DRC

Rhett A. Butler 4 Dec 2007

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