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Orangutan should become symbol of palm-oil opposition

As amphibians leap toward extinction, alliance pushes “The Year of the Frog”

Lack of A-bomb signatures suggest 50 years of shrinking Tibetan glaciers

Global food prices rise 40% in 2007 to new record

Demise of deep-sea species could lead to collapse of ocean ecosystems

Brazil bans illegal soy and cattle production in the Amazon rainforest

Japan cancels plan to kill 50 humpback whales

Uganda renews plans to log rainforest reserve for sugar cane

6 species of giraffe “discovered”

Thailand’s forests could support 2,000 tigers

Migrating frogs fare poorly when habitat altered

Did U.S. negotiators go against the Bush administration in Bali?

Will carbon credits-for-forests scheme be undermined by carbon negative bioenergy?

Study shows that sea turtles can recover

Rainforest destruction increasingly driven by corporate interests, not poverty

Palm oil is a net source of CO2 emissions when produced on peatlands

Photos: Two unknown mammal species discovered in “lost world”

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

Photo: African wild dog pup gets a health check up

Scientists: cut emissions now to avoid climate tipping point

Christmas shopping habits help drive global warming

70% of rainforest island to be cleared for palm oil

Fish farms are killing wild salmon in British Columbia

U.S. corn subsidies drive Amazon destruction

Global warming will degrade 98% of coral reefs by 2050

Bloomberg calls for a carbon tax

Communities must benefit for forest carbon schemes to be effective

Natural climate variations have larger effect on hurricanes than global warming

Climate change already affecting water supplies in the Western U.S.

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

Threatened birds may be rarer than previously thought, finds study

Greenland ice sheet melting hits record in 2007

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