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Innovative conservation: wild silk, endangered species, and poverty in Madagascar

Jeremy Hance 20 Feb 2012

Humans drove rainforest into savannah in ancient Africa

Jeremy Hance 9 Feb 2012

Disease kills 6 million bats in North America

Jeremy Hance 18 Jan 2012

Prehistoric Peruvians enjoyed popcorn

Jeremy Hance 18 Jan 2012

Targeting methane, black carbon could buy world a little time on climate change

Jeremy Hance 12 Jan 2012

Colonization program remains important driver of deforestation in Brazil

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Jan 2012

As Amazon deforestation falls, food production rises

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Jan 2012

Biofuel aspirations spur ‘land grabs’ that hurt the poor, says report

Mongabay.com 14 Dec 2011

Evidence mounts that Maya did themselves in through deforestation

Jeremy Hance 8 Dec 2011

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

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2011

Carbon debt for some biofuels lasts centuries

Jeremy Hance 30 Nov 2011

Dole abandons banana plantation in National Park

Jeremy Hance 21 Nov 2011

World’s largest beef company breaks commitment on avoiding Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 19 Oct 2011

Fertilizer trees boost yields in Africa

Jeremy Hance 16 Oct 2011

Five ways to feed billions without trashing the planet

Jeremy Hance 13 Oct 2011

Dole responds to allegations it is illegally growing bananas in national park

Jeremy Hance 2 Oct 2011

Organic farming can be more profitable in the long-term than conventional agriculture

Jeremy Hance 1 Sep 2011

Controversial study finds intensive farming partnered with strict protected areas is best for biodiversity

Jeremy Hance 1 Sep 2011

Innovative program saves wildlife, protects forests, and fights poverty in Africa

Jeremy Hance 23 Aug 2011

Uganda resurrects plan to hand over protected forest to sugar company

Jeremy Hance 22 Aug 2011

Dole destroying forest in national park for bananas

Jeremy Hance 14 Aug 2011

Balancing agriculture and rainforest biodiversity in India’s Western Ghats

Jeremy Hance 8 Aug 2011

Despite moratorium, soy still contributes indirectly to Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Jul 2011

Brazilian senator: Forest Code reform necessary to grow farm sector

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Jul 2011

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon continues to rise; clearing highest near Belo Monte dam site

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Jun 2011

Record dead zone projected due to Midwest floods

Mongabay.com 16 Jun 2011
Google Earth image showing deforestation frontier in the Brazilian Amazon.

Could palm oil help save the Amazon? (2011)

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Jun 2011

Could palm oil help save the Amazon?

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Jun 2011

Profit, not poverty, increasingly the cause of deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Jun 2011

Majority of Brazilians reject changes in Amazon Forest Code

Rhett A. Butler 11 Jun 2011

Rash of murders threatens to silence environmental and social activism in Brazil

Karimeh Moukaddem 10 Jun 2011

Can Brazil meet deforestation, climate goals and still grow its cattle industry?

Karimeh Moukaddem 9 Jun 2011

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