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Indonesia may allow conversion of peatlands for palm oil

Mongabay.com 15 Feb 2009

Political violence in Madagascar may lead Daewoo to abandon controversial farm project

Mongabay.com 10 Feb 2009

Secretary of Energy warns of dire future for agriculture in California

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2009

Sustainable farming is the only way to feed the planet going forward

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2009

Beef drives 80% of Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Jan 2009

Symposium tackles big question: how many species will survive our generation

Jeremy Hance 16 Jan 2009

Selective logging occurs in 28 percent of world’s rainforests

Jeremy Hance 13 Jan 2009

Biochar and its Role in Mitigating Climate Change

Salman Zafar 17 Dec 2008

Corn expansion is hurting ladybugs

Mongabay.com 15 Dec 2008

Finland, Sweden push for loophole that would drive destruction of peatlands around the world

Mongabay.com 9 Dec 2008

How youth in Kenya’s largest slum created an organic farm

Jeremy Hance 9 Dec 2008

Madagascar hit by deadly vanilla-killing fungus

Mongabay.com 8 Dec 2008

Linking rural health care to forest conservation proving a success in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Dec 2008

Saline agriculture may be the future of farming

Jeremy Hance 4 Dec 2008

Degraded grasslands better option for palm oil production relative to rainforests, finds study

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Dec 2008

REDD may harm forest people, alleges report

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2008

Agricultural firms cut incentives for Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2008

Fall in palm oil price may lead to industry consolidation

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2008

Carbon market could pay poor farmers to adopt sustainable cultivation techniques

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2008

Madagascar denies ‘land grab’ by South Korean conglomerate

Mongabay.com 22 Nov 2008

American fast food is almost entirely made of corn

Mongabay.com 10 Nov 2008

Rainforest agriculture preserves bird biodiversity in India

Jeremy Hance 4 Nov 2008

Rainforest fungus generates biodiesel, may drive energy of the future

Jeremy Hance 4 Nov 2008

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service program restores bird habitat on farms and ranches

Valerie Traina 28 Oct 2008

Organic farming could break cycle of famine and poverty in Africa

Mongabay.com 22 Oct 2008

Global food crisis expands – number of hungry increases since 2004

Mongabay.com 10 Oct 2008

Eco-friendly shade-grown coffee buffers farmers against climate change

Mongabay.com 3 Oct 2008

Pollination worth $216 billion/yr for food production

Mongabay.com 16 Sep 2008

Mangrove destruction for fish trade may undermine fishermen in West Africa

Mongabay.com 15 Sep 2008

Did prehistoric farmers drive early global warming?

Jeremy Hance 3 Sep 2008

Malaysia’s rainforest logging plan may proceed despite risk to water supplies

Mongabay.com 22 Aug 2008

Biofuel production in Brazil may not hurt Amazon, food supply

Mongabay.com 21 Aug 2008

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