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China funds massive palm oil plantation in rainforest of Borneo

Brazil to crackdown on illegal logging says Environment Minister

Landowner caught burning 2 million trees in the Amazon

Brazil’s grasslands could replace food production of American heartland

Amazon not holding expected carbon, carbon-credit trading scheme at risk?

North Carolina firm helps local artisans while saving the rainforest

Scientists to set fire to Amazon rainforest to study its resilience

Rainforest plant helps treat psoriasis

Nature photo blog lauched by mongabay.com

Rainforest information site for school kids launched

The Congo rain forest, an overview of a threatened ecosystem

Saving the Amazonian Rainforest Through Agricultural Certification

Prize recognizes largest contributor to Amazon rainforest destruction

Paving of road brings change in the Amazon rainforest

Second “uncontacted” tribe in Amazon rain forest threatened by loggers

Green party quits government to protest Amazon deforestation

Tsunami relief, rainforest attack; aid groups conflict over deforestation and reconstruction

Rainforest loss in the Amazon tops 200,000 square miles, new figures from Brazilian government

Why sustainably-managed eco-friendly wood is more expensive for consumers

Farming the world’s largest fish – an alternative to deforestation

Vampire Fish discovered in the Amazon

Should environmentalists fear logging or learn to understand its impact?

How did rainforest shamans gain their boundless knowledge on medicinal plants?

In Madagascar, Woodworking Zafimaniry remember lost forests

Rebuilding tsunami-ravaged Indonesia without further deforestation

New fox species discovered in jungle of Borneo

Wood Smuggling Link between Indonesia and China

Hardwood flooring linked to illegal timber smuggling ring, says group

Illegal loggers make a fortune; American forestry companies attempt to fight back

Ethnologists attempt to show forest dwellers perils of leaving the rain forest

For What It’s Worth: Ecological Services and conservation

Borneo’s disappearing forests

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