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Could the carbon market save the Amazon rainforest?

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Nov 2007

U.S. wildlife refuges generate 4x return on investment

Mongabay.com 28 Nov 2007

Can wildlife conservation banking generate investment returns?

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Nov 2007

Carbon credits for forest conservation concept faces challenges

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Nov 2007

Dutch bank arranges carbon-conservation deal in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 27 Nov 2007

Guyana’s forests offered as massive carbon offset

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2007

Is the oil-palm industry using global warming to mislead the public?

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Nov 2007

Carbon offset returns beat forest conversion for agriculture in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Nov 2007

Targeted payments to farmers could protect environment

Mongabay.com 15 Nov 2007

Hurricane Katrina released large amounts of carbon by destroying 320m trees

Mongabay.com 15 Nov 2007

Oil palm does not store more carbon than forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Nov 2007

Avoided deforestation beats timber, palm oil, in tax revenue for Indonesia

Mongabay.com 29 Oct 2007
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

Climate change will impact U.S. economy

Mongabay.com 16 Oct 2007

World Bank offers $300M for forest conservation, emissions reductions

Mongabay.com 15 Oct 2007

Rainforest tribe establishes massive sustainable-use reserve

Mongabay.com 4 Oct 2007

Forests reduce flooding

Mongabay.com 4 Oct 2007

Carbon for forests will help Aceh recover from war, tsunami

Mongabay.com 18 Sep 2007

Do Costa Rica’s payments for environmental services work?

Mongabay.com 17 Sep 2007

Carbon tax, not subsidies, will spur nuclear power

Mongabay.com 9 Sep 2007

Australia puts $100M toward protecting forest in Borneo

Mongabay.com 9 Sep 2007

Billions of disappearing bees linked to virus

Mongabay.com 6 Sep 2007

Education key to financial support for biodiversity

Jeremy Hance 6 Sep 2007

Can remittances and globalization help the environment?

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Sep 2007

How private equity can profit from carbon offsets in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Aug 2007

Indonesia’s peatlands may offer U.S. firms global warming offsets

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Aug 2007

Could peatlands conservation be more profitable than palm oil?

Mongabay.com 22 Aug 2007

Fines on bycatch could help make conservation groups, industry accountable

Mongabay.com 18 Jul 2007

Is peat swamp worth more than palm oil plantations?

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Jul 2007

Procter & Gamble looks to poor markets for growth

Mongabay.com 15 Jul 2007

Indonesia’s peat swamps worth $39B/year

Mongabay.com 11 Jul 2007

Mangroves more threatened than rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Jul 2007

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