Returns from carbon offsets could beat palm oil in Congo DRC
Returns from carbon offsets could beat palm oil in Congo DRC Returns from carbon offsets could beat palm oil in Congo DRC Rhett Butler, mongabay.com December 4, 2007 A proposal…
Forests and Democratic Republic Of Congo News
Rainforest Reserve Established in DR Congo to save bonobo
 Rainforest Reserve Established in DR Congo to save bonobo Rainforest Reserve Established in DR Congo to save bonobo Bonobo Conservation Initiative November 19, 2007 Editor's summary: The government of…
Congo pygmies to meet World Bank President Zoellick over forest destruction
Congo pygmies to meet World Bank President Zoellick over forest destruction Congo pygmies to meet World Bank President Zoellick over forest destruction mongabay.com October 17, 2007 A delegation of 'Pygmies'…
NASA images show expansion of logging in Congo rainforest
NASA images show expansion of logging in Congo rainforest NASA images show expansion of logging in Congo rainforest mongabay.com July 15, 2007 New high resolution images of logging roads in…
Logging roads rapidly expanding in Congo rainforest
Logging roads rapidly expanding in Congo rainforest Logging roads rapidly expanding in Congo rainforest mongabay.com June 7, 2007 Logging roads are rapidly expanding in the Congo rainforest, report researchers who…
Illegal logging threatens Congo’s forests, global climate
Despite government and World Bank assurances to the contrary. a new report from Greenpeace finds that illegal logging is rampant in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The report, Carving…
Congo cancels logging contracts
Congo cancels logging contracts, calls for sustainable forest management Congo cancels logging contracts, calls for sustainable forest management Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com April 9, 2007 The new government of the…
Congo forest elephants declining from logging roads, illegal ivory
Congo forest elephants declining due to logging roads, illegal ivory trade Congo forest elephants declining from logging roads, illegal ivory Rhettt A. Butler, mongabay.com April 1, 2007 Fast-expanding logging roads…
Avoided deforestation could send $38 billion to third world under global warming pact
Avoided deforestation help fight third world under global warming pact Avoided deforestation could help fight third world poverty under global warming pact $43 billion could flow into developing countries Rhett…
Congo’s forests get some relief from World Bank grant
Congo's forests get some relief from new World Bank grant Congo's forests get some relief from World Bank grant Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 15, 2005 Last week the Democratic…
Congo rainforest – 600,000 sq km slated for logging
Congo rainforest - 600,000 sq km slated for logging Congo rainforest - 600,000 sq km slated for logging Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 5, 2005 Environmentalists ask World Bank to…
Rainforests worth $1.1 trillion for carbon alone in Coalition nations
Rainforests worth $1.1 trillion for carbon alone in "Coalition" nations Rainforests worth $1.1 trillion for carbon alone in "Coalition" nations Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com November 29, 2005 [2006 update] If…
The Congo rain forest, an overview of a threatened ecosystem
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Forest Trackers
- Bolivia’s El Curichi Las Garzas protected area taken over by land-grabbers
- Authorities struggle to protect Bolivian national park from drug-fueled deforestation
- Poverty and plantations: Nigerian reserve struggles against the odds
- Logging, road construction continue to fuel forest loss in Papua New Guinea
Oceans
- Fewer fish and more rules lead to illegal catches, Italian fishers say
- Fishing by dodgy fleets hurts economies, jobs in developing countries: Report
- Warming seas push India’s fishers into distant, and more dangerous, waters
- No protection from bottom trawling for seamount chain in northern Pacific
Amazon Conservation
- Deforestation haunts top Peruvian reserve and its Indigenous communities
- Amid record-high fires across the Amazon, Brazil loses primary forests
- A web of front people conceals environmental offenders in the Amazon
- Brazil boosts protection of Amazon mangroves with new reserves in Pará state
Land rights and extractives
- Women weave a culture of resistance and agroecology in Ecuador’s Intag Valley
- Hyundai ends aluminum deal with Adaro Minerals following K-pop protest
- Brazil’s illegal gold trade takes a hammering, but persists underground
- Maluku bone collector unearths troubling consequence of coastal abrasion
Endangered Environmentalists
- Indonesian activists face jail over FB posts flagging damage to marine park
- Vietnamese environmentalist sentenced to 3 years in prison for tax evasion
- Son of slain Quilombola leader will still strive for community’s rights
- Video: Five Tembé Indigenous activists shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’
Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- Fenced in by Sulawesi national park, Indigenous women make forestry breakout
- In Borneo, the ‘Power of Mama’ fight Indonesia’s wildfires with all-woman crew
- Pioneer agroforester Ermi, 73, rolls back the years in Indonesia’s Gorontalo
- After 20 years and thousands of trees planted, Kalimantan’s veteran forester persists
Conservation Effectiveness
- The conservation sector must communicate better (commentary)
- Thailand tries nature-based water management to adapt to climate change
- Forest restoration to boost biomass doesn’t have to sacrifice tree diversity
- How scientists and a community are bringing a Bornean river corridor back to life
Southeast Asian infrastructure
- Study: Indonesia’s new capital city threatens stable proboscis monkey population
- Indonesia’s new capital ‘won’t sacrifice the environment’: Q&A with Nusantara’s Myrna Asnawati Safitri
- Small farmers in limbo as Cambodia wavers on Tonle Sap conservation rules
- To build its ‘green’ capital city, Indonesia runs a road through a biodiverse forest
