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Copper mine triggers controversy in Armenia

Jeremy Hance 28 Jan 2008

55% of the Amazon may be lost by 2030

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Jan 2008

U.S. biofuels policy drives deforestation in Indonesia, the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Jan 2008

America’s largest monkey recovering after brush with extinction

Jeremy Hance 10 Jan 2008

Rainforest destruction increasingly driven by corporate interests, not poverty

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Dec 2007

70% of rainforest island to be cleared for palm oil

Jeremy Hance 13 Dec 2007

U.S. corn subsidies drive Amazon destruction

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Dec 2007

Rainforest destruction continues in tropical Asia

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Dec 2007

Forest carbon may not fully offset fossil carbon, says expert

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2007

Could the carbon market save the Amazon rainforest?

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Nov 2007

Carbon credits for forest conservation concept faces challenges

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Nov 2007

7-year old nature guide becomes Belize environmental hero as adult

Mongabay.com 16 Nov 2007

Law enforcement key to saving Borneo’s rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Nov 2007

Proposed gold mine proves controversial in French Guiana rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Nov 2007

Carbon-negative bioenergy to cut global warming could drive deforestation

Mongabay.com 6 Nov 2007

Climbing Africa’s second highest mountain

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Nov 2007

Does palm oil alleviate rural poverty in Malaysia?

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Oct 2007

2007 Amazon fires among worst ever

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Oct 2007
Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest canopy. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Is Amazon conservation worth more than clearing for cattle or soy?

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Oct 2007

Can remittances and globalization help the environment?

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Sep 2007

Investigation finds evidence of Borneo forest clearing for palm oil

Mongabay.com 2 Sep 2007

How private equity can profit from carbon offsets in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Aug 2007

Indonesia’s peatlands may offer U.S. firms global warming offsets

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Aug 2007

European blood-sucker falls victim to global warming

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Aug 2007

Could peatlands conservation be more profitable than palm oil?

Mongabay.com 22 Aug 2007

Biofuels driving destruction of Brazilian cerrado

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Aug 2007

Amazon deforestation in Brazil falls 29% for 2007

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Aug 2007

Climate change claims a snail

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Aug 2007

Amazon deforestation rate falls to lowest on record

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Aug 2007

Dr. Marc Van Roosmalen, discover of unknown monkey species, freed in Brazil

Mongabay.com 8 Aug 2007

Primatologist freed but questions remain for Brazil after “attack on science”

Mongabay.com 8 Aug 2007

Afghanistan’s recovery effort drives poaching of rare wildlife

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Aug 2007

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