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Second “uncontacted” tribe in Amazon rain forest threatened by loggers

World Bank aims to reduce deforestation rates by 10% by 2010 with help from WWF

Recordings of coral reef sounds attract fish

Green party quits government to protest Amazon deforestation

Tsunami relief, rainforest attack; aid groups conflict over deforestation and reconstruction

Rainforest loss in the Amazon tops 200,000 square miles, new figures from Brazilian government

Why sustainably-managed eco-friendly wood is more expensive for consumers

Farming the world’s largest fish – an alternative to deforestation

Vampire Fish discovered in the Amazon

Should environmentalists fear logging or learn to understand its impact?

How did rainforest shamans gain their boundless knowledge on medicinal plants?

In Madagascar, Woodworking Zafimaniry remember lost forests

Rebuilding tsunami-ravaged Indonesia without further deforestation

New fox species discovered in jungle of Borneo

Reefs worth more for tourism than fishing in Australia

Wood Smuggling Link between Indonesia and China

Hardwood flooring linked to illegal timber smuggling ring, says group

Illegal loggers make a fortune; American forestry companies attempt to fight back

Ethnologists attempt to show forest dwellers perils of leaving the rain forest

For What It’s Worth: Ecological Services and conservation

Borneo’s disappearing forests

Amazon rain forest continues to fall; 200,000 square miles gone since 1978

Down a river of blood into a remote canyon in Madagascar: Exploring the Manambolo River

Drought, fire called biggest threats to Amazon rainforest ecosystem

Farmers and landless poor battle over the Amazon

Studying the rainforest canopy

Okapi, other wildlife saved in the Congo by forest protector

Borneo’s peat lands going up in smoke

Timber hungry China moves into Africa

Are rainforests still worth saving?

Bioprospecting in Panama

Another look at global rainforest conservation

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