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Brazil passes controversial Forest Code reform environmentalists say will be ‘a disaster’ for the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Dec 2011

Palm oil, pulp companies commit to zero-tolerance policy for orangutan killing

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Dec 2011

Picture of the day: Amazonian shaman with hallucinogenic frog

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2011

On the edge of extinction, giant ibis discovered in new region of Cambodia

Jeremy Hance 6 Dec 2011

Seismic trails cut by U.S. oil firm in Belizean national park used by illegal loggers

Robin Oisín Llewellyn 6 Dec 2011

Current emission pledges will raise temperature 3.5 degrees Celsius

Jeremy Hance 6 Dec 2011

Jump-starting REDD finance: $3 billion Forest Finance Facility needed to halve deforestation within a decade

Guest Donald P. Kanak 6 Dec 2011

Featured video: saving baby orphaned sloths

Jeremy Hance 6 Dec 2011

Feeding the world’s population and saving forests aren’t mutually exclusive

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2011

Amazon rainforest loss in Brazil drops to lowest ever reported

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Dec 2011

Picture of the day: Red-eyed tree frog relaxing on a branch

Mongabay.com 5 Dec 2011

Photos: biologists surprised by world’s biggest leopard in Afghanistan

Jeremy Hance 5 Dec 2011

At least 74 percent of current warming caused by us

Jeremy Hance 5 Dec 2011

REDD project gets initial go-ahead in Cameroon

Mongabay.com 5 Dec 2011

Wildlife official: palm oil plantations behind decline in proboscis monkeys

Jeremy Hance 5 Dec 2011

Effort to save world’s rarest frogs recognized with conservation award

Mongabay.com 5 Dec 2011

Volcano and cloud forests conserved in Ecuador

Jeremy Hance 5 Dec 2011

Wolverines live up to tough reputation

Jeremy Hance 5 Dec 2011

Little to show for tens of millions spent on tiger conservation, says new National Geographic story.

Mongabay.com 5 Dec 2011

Sarawak ruler has acquired billions in ‘illicit’ assets, alleges investigation

Mongabay.com 4 Dec 2011

World’s most endangered primate still losing habitat

Jeremy Hance 4 Dec 2011

Global carbon emissions rise 49 percent since 1990

Jeremy Hance 4 Dec 2011

China’s imports of hardwood chips hit record volume

Mongabay.com 4 Dec 2011

Protections for indigenous rights, biodiversity weakened in latest REDD+ text

Mongabay.com 4 Dec 2011

Global map of REDD+ projects released

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2011

REDD+ text for saving forests released in Durban

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2011

Sierra Leone creates rainforest park

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2011

Deforestation and forest degradation slows in Brazil’s Amazon since August

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2011

Yeti crab cultivates bacteria on its claws to feed itself

Mongabay.com 2 Dec 2011

Environmental news in review: Keystone pipeline delayed, Dole exits banana project, a rhino goes extinct

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2011

Africa, China call out Canada for climate betrayal

Jeremy Hance 1 Dec 2011

Royal Society offers free special issue on rainforest conservation

Jeremy Hance 1 Dec 2011

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