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Indonesia confirms that peatlands will be converted for plantations

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Feb 2009

Rainforests absorb 20% of emissions annually

Mongabay.com 19 Feb 2009

Amazon rainforest in big trouble, says UN

Mongabay.com 19 Feb 2009

Deforestation jumps 55% in Vietnam province

Mongabay.com 18 Feb 2009

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

Mongabay.com 16 Feb 2009

Beef consumption fuels rainforest destruction

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Feb 2009

Pricing emissions from farming, logging could shift land use towards conservation

Mongabay.com 15 Feb 2009

80% of agricultural expansion since 1980 came at expense of forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Feb 2009

Japanese paper firms contribute to destruction of old-growth forests in Tasmania

Mongabay.com 15 Feb 2009

Fit with tiny backpacks, songbirds reveal speed of migration at 311 miles a day

Jeremy Hance 12 Feb 2009

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

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Feb 2009

Salamander populations collapse in Central America

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Feb 2009

Boy Scouts of America have logged 34,000 acres of forest in 20 years

Jeremy Hance 6 Feb 2009

New model uses carbon credits, sustainable palm oil to save Indonesia’s rainforests

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2009

Frogs can be used to predict biodiversity hotspots

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2009

Norway to pay Guyana to save its rainforests

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2009

Monstrous prehistoric snake provides glimpse of warmer tropical forests

Jeremy Hance 4 Feb 2009

Heart of Borneo conservation initiative at risk from Indonesian development plan

Mongabay.com 4 Feb 2009

Malaysian government says forest reserve ‘plundered’ for oil palm development

Mongabay.com 3 Feb 2009

Photos of new frogs discovered in Colombia

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Feb 2009

12 new species of frogs discovered in India

Mongabay.com 3 Feb 2009

Amazon scientists awarded ‘Nobel Prize’ of conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Feb 2009

Photo of new bird species discovered in China

Mongabay.com 30 Jan 2009

Gore pushes for avoided deforestation to save rainforests during testimony

Mongabay.com 29 Jan 2009

Beef drives 80% of Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Jan 2009

Photo: Indigenous leaders form giant human banner to protest Amazon destruction

Mongabay.com 28 Jan 2009

Mountain gorilla population in DR Congo increases 12.5%

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2009

Camera trap photos reveal bushmeat hunting threat to jaguars in Ecuador

Julie Larsen Maher 27 Jan 2009

ADM takes step towards more sustainable soy production in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2009

How to make forest fragments more hospitable to wildlife

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2009

Logging may be linked to landslide deaths in Malaysia says environmental group

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2009

What does slowing economy mean for rainforest conservation?

Mongabay.com 26 Jan 2009

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