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Southern U.S. logging soars to meet foreign biofuel demand

Monitor lizards vanishing to international trade in pets and skins

Indonesian official arrested for running $150m illegal logging ring

Bulk of Ghana timber exports may be illegal

Prince Charles: take the war to the poachers

Peru delays oil drilling in the Amazon to consult with indigenous peoples

NGO: conflict of interests behind Peruvian highway proposal in the Amazon

Brazil’s satellite monitoring reduced Amazon deforestation by 60,000 sq km in 5 years

Central America’s largest forest under siege by colonists

Court rules for palm oil company in controversial deforestation case

Conservation without supervision: Peruvian community group creates and patrols its own protected area

Obama Administration to propose stripping protection from all gray wolves

Bizarre, little-known carnivore sold as illegal pet in Indonesian markets (photo)

‘Carbon bubble’ could cause next global financial crisis

A new tool against illegal logging: tree DNA technology goes mainstream

Brazil threatens $282m in fines for beef linked to Amazon deforestation

Judge halts military-backed dam assessment in Brazil’s Amazon

Civet poop coffee may be threatening wild species

Double bad: Chinese vessel that collided with protected coral reef holding 22,000 pounds of pangolin meat

Killings over land continues in the Amazon

Burning coal may be killing over 100,000 people in India every year

Prayers for dying elephants: Buddhists hold prayer ceremony for elephants decimated by poachers

Sharks and rays win protections at CITES

New illegal logging ban in EU could sever all ties with companies working in DRC

CITES 40th Anniversary: Reflections of CITES Secretary-General John Scanlon

Thailand’s Prime Minister commits to ending ivory trade

First strike: nearly 200 illegal loggers arrested in massive sting across 12 countries

Biofuel company caught clearing elephant habitat in Sri Lanka

Rosewood in Belize: the truth behind the smoke

Pity the pangolin: little-known mammal most common victim of the wildlife trade

U.S. proposes to list wolverine under Endangered Species Act

Asian bear farming: breaking the cycle of exploitation (warning: graphic images)

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