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Deal on forests falls short

Africa calls for “full-range” of bio-carbon as climate solution

What allows rainforests to grow so wildly?

Tropical species face high extinction risk

Indigenous people win voice in climate negotiations

Macedonians plant six million trees—in one day

Finland, Sweden push for loophole that would drive destruction of peatlands around the world

Drought and deforestation in southeast Asia linked to climate change

In Poznan, France pushes initiative to save rainforests

Peru seeks $200 million to save its rainforests

New standards ensure forest carbon projects protect indigenous people, biodiversity

Little progress on avoided deforestation at climate meeting in Poland

REDD faces challenges but can succeed, says report

Salvage logging offers hope for forests, communities devastated by industrial logging

Rainforest canopy-penetrating technology gets boost for forest carbon monitoring

TV footage leads to discovery of strange and rare monkey

WWF criticizes Brazil’s plan to cut Amazon deforestation

Degraded grasslands better option for palm oil production relative to rainforests, finds study

REDD may harm forest people, alleges report

Agricultural firms cut incentives for Amazon deforestation

Fall in palm oil price may lead to industry consolidation

HSBC to cut lending to questionable oil palm and logging companies

Tropical dry forest fragments important to conserving reptile biodiversity in Colombia

Brazil to cut Amazon deforestation by 70% to fight global warming

Climate change will damage forests, creating hardship for rural communities

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

Guide to reducing emissions through forest conservation released

Carbon market could pay poor farmers to adopt sustainable cultivation techniques

Cameroon moves to protect rarest gorilla

Brazil moves to protect and restore endangered Atlantic rainforest

Malaysia’s indigenous people to get land rights for first time

Brazil to use body-heat sensing technology to find uncontacted Amazon tribes

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