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Fire contributes 20% of global warming emissions

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Apr 2009

Reserves with roads still vital for reducing fires in Brazilian Amazon

Jeremy Hance 8 Apr 2009

Amazonian region likely to become savannah due to burning, deforestation

Jeremy Hance 31 Mar 2009

Fire in Kenya threatens some of the world’s most beloved parks

Jeremy Hance 24 Mar 2009

Drought threatens the Amazon rainforest as a carbon sink

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Mar 2009

New fire record for Borneo, Sumatra shows dramatic increase in rainforest destruction

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Feb 2009

Amazon rainforest in big trouble, says UN

Mongabay.com 19 Feb 2009

Burning rainforests, melting tundra could accelerate global warming well beyond current projections

Mongabay.com 16 Feb 2009

Global warming may drive the Amazon rainforest toward seasonal forests rather than savanna

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Feb 2009

Drought and deforestation in southeast Asia linked to climate change

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Dec 2008

Climate change will damage forests, creating hardship for rural communities

Mongabay.com 28 Nov 2008

Amazon deforestation rises slightly to 4,600 square miles in 2008

Mongabay.com 28 Nov 2008

Climate change will cost California billions

Mongabay.com 14 Nov 2008

Haze risk returns as fires increase in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 26 Aug 2008

Smoke from Amazon fires reduces local rainfall

Mongabay.com 14 Aug 2008

Geology, climate links make Guiana Shield region particularly sensitive to change

Mongabay.com 14 Jun 2008

Land invasions undermine Amazon forest law

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Apr 2008

Fire monitoring by satellite becomes key conservation tool

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Mar 2008

Industry-driven road-building to fuel Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Mar 2008

Cellulosic energy may trigger dramatic collapse in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Mar 2008

Emissions from deforestation offset by increased tree growth in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Mar 2008

Human impacts on primate conservation in central Amazonia

Sarah Boyle 3 Mar 2008

Half the Amazon rainforest will be lost within 20 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Feb 2008

Small fires a big threat to Amazon rainforest biodiversity

Rhet A. Butler 27 Feb 2008

Deforestation a greater threat to the Amazon than global warming

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2008

Ancient Amazon fires linked to human populations

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Feb 2008

Global warming – not el Nino – drove severe Amazon drought in 2005

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Feb 2008

Fire policy is key to reducing the impact of drought on the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Feb 2008

Small Amazon farmers especially vulnerable to climate change

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Feb 2008

How much would it cost to end Amazon deforestation?

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2008

7000 sq km of Amazon rainforest destroyed in late 2007 says Greenpeace

Mongabay.com 25 Jan 2008

Amazon deforestation jumps in the second half of 2007

Mongabay.com 24 Jan 2008

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