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New reserve created in Cambodia with REDD in mind

Amazonian natives say they will defend tribal lands from Hunt Oil with “their lives”

Emotional call for palm oil industry to address environmental problems

Brazilian beef giants agree to moratorium on Amazon deforestation

Palm oil industry pledges wildlife corridors to save orangutans

EU biofuels policy undermines governance in Indonesia, alleges report

Brazil may ban sugarcane plantations from the Amazon, Pantanal

Fifteen indigenous leaders arrested in Borneo for protesting dams that would flood their lands

Independent review finds logging company has abused rights of indigenous Penan in Borneo

Economists, scientists warn that world crises require new order of international cooperation and enforcement

France announces carbon tax

Concerns over deforestation may drive new approach to cattle ranching in the Amazon

Could DNA barcodes help fight the commercial wildlife trade? [warning: graphic image]

Van Jones resigns amid controversy

Vietnam outsources deforestation to neighboring countries

The Pope: “creation is under threat”

World’s largest bat threatened with extinction due to legal hunting

Gold mining threatens world’s most infamous reptile, the Komodo dragon

Environmental disappointments under Obama

Idaho to allow 25 percent of its wolf population to be killed in one season

Despite legal protection, Indian turtles are poached for restaurant trade

Madagascar issues fines for timber stolen from national parks during political crisis

Alcoa mine to clear 25,000 acres of rainforest, suck 133,407 gallons of water per hour from the Amazon

Chinese companies to be held liable for environmental damage caused overseas

Chevron expects to lose $27B suit but will refuse to pay damages

China to support greener palm oil

Indonesia releases revenue sharing rules for REDD forest carbon projects

Multinational corporation continues destruction of orangutan habitat in Indonesia

Brazil approves land tenure law that grants 260,000 sq mi of rainforest to settlers, speculators

Implications of the American Clean Energy and Security Act for conservation

Global warming bill passes the House

Scientists call on Obama for ‘maximum personal leadership’ to combat global warming

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