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U.S. needs environmental standards for biofuels

Brazilian government is biggest destroyer of the Amazon rainforest

Brazil plans to cut Amazon deforestation to zero by 2015

U.S. ignores laws on e-waste disposal

Obama talks science: ocean health, water scarcity, climate change, and more

Cameroon and Nigeria to protect world’s rarest gorilla

Ghana becomes first country to sign sustainable timber pact with the E.U.

Independent of climate, forest cover in southern Amazon may fall to 20% by 2016

Indonesian raids on tiger traffickers yielding arrests in Sumatra

Amazon deforestation jumps 69% in 2008

Indian protesters win land rights battle against Peru’s President Garcia

Scientists condemn Bush plan for endangered species

Biofuels 200 times more expensive than forest conservation for global warming mitigation

In Peru, a showdown between the president and tribes over mining and drilling in the Amazon

Brazil may allow mining on indigenous lands in the Amazon

Brazil to establish oil palm plantations on degraded Amazon rainforest lands

Markets could save rainforests: an interview with Andrew Mitchell

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon won’t increase significantly for 2008

Aquarium fish trade linked to cocaine, timber smuggling in Brazil

Chevron lobbies Bush Administration for bail out on lawsuit by Amazon tribes

Bush Administration moves to weaken endangered speices protection

Logging company Danzer accused of tax fraud in the Congo

Brazil to send more police into the Amazon to fight illegal logging

Planet of the Apes Has Arrived, and It Is Spain

Chinese prefer tigers in the wild over tigers on their plates

Nepal’s tiger population plummets due to poaching

Brazil fines 24 ethanol producers for illegal forest clearing

The Importance of Immediate Action for Climate Mitigation

Brazil seizes cattle illegally grazing on Amazon forest lands

More than 8% of the Brazilian Amazon is illegally owned

Biodiversity data gap impedes research and conservation efforts

Amazon beef producer creates eco-certified meat product with help of scientists

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