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There is enough water for everyone provided it is well-managed and distributed

Jeremy Hance 21 Aug 2008

Markets could save rainforests: an interview with Andrew Mitchell

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Aug 2008

Marine ‘dead zones’ double every decade

Jeremy Hance 14 Aug 2008

Climate change to hurt Brazil’s farm exports by 2020

Mongabay.com 11 Aug 2008

Brazil may ban new sugar cane cultivation in the Pantanal

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2008

NASA study shows global warming will diminish rainfall in East Africa, worsening hunger

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2008

Shift from poverty-driven to industry-driven deforestation may help conservation

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2008

Corporations become prime driver of deforestation, providing clear target for environmentalists

Jeremy Hance 5 Aug 2008

Future threats to the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Jul 2008

Facing criticism, biofuels industry forms new lobby group to influence lawmakers

Mongabay.com 25 Jul 2008

Fertilizer prices increase 235% over past year

Mongabay.com 23 Jul 2008

Biofuels can reduce emissions, but not when grown in place of rainforests

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2008

Beyond high food prices, little to show for $11B/yr in biofuel support, says OECD report

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2008

Amazon deforestation forecast for 2008 revised downward

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2008

Orangutans persist in islands amid a sea of oil palm plantations

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2008

U.S. dead zones may reach record levels this summer

Mongabay.com 15 Jul 2008

Using farm waste for ethanol may hurt crop yields in some areas

Mongabay.com 15 Jul 2008

Biofuels, food demand may doom tropical forests

Mongabay.com 14 Jul 2008

Britain urges ‘cautious approach’ on biofuels

Mongabay.com 7 Jul 2008

Brazil signs sustainable ethanol deal with Sweden

Mongabay.com 27 Jun 2008

Nestle Chairman: Biofuels are “ethically indefensible”

Mongabay.com 14 Jun 2008

More than 8% of the Brazilian Amazon is illegally owned

Mongabay.com 14 Jun 2008

Does logging contribute to AIDS deaths in Africa?

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Jun 2008

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

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2008

Big Farms Can Make the Leap to Organic Farming, Study Suggests

Erin Digitale 4 Jun 2008

Food miles are less important to environment than food choices, study concludes

Jane Liaw 2 Jun 2008

Cellulosic biofuels may be viable alternative to gas within 5 years

Madolyn Rogers 2 Jun 2008

Forest carbon credits could guide development in Congo

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 May 2008

Global ban on biofuels would lead to immediate decline in food prices

Mongabay.com 16 May 2008

Massive deforestation of mangroves may have worsened scale of disaster in Burma

Jeremy Hance 13 May 2008

China to push for overseas acquisition of farmland to improve food security

Mongabay.com 13 May 2008

46% of Brazil’s energy comes from renewable sources

Mongabay.com 13 May 2008

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