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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

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

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