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Pre-Colombian Amazonians lived in sustainable ‘urban’ society

Saving oceans from acidification requires addressing climate policy

China’s log imports fall 19% in first half of 2008 due to high prices

Biofuels 200 times more expensive than forest conservation for global warming mitigation

Haze risk returns as fires increase in Indonesia

Malaysia targets Africa and the Amazon for oil palm expansion

Malaysian logging scandal may delay trade negotiations with the E.U.

New bird species discovered in rainforest of Gabon

In Peru, a showdown between the president and tribes over mining and drilling in the Amazon

Biofuel production in Brazil may not hurt Amazon, food supply

Brazil may allow mining on indigenous lands in the Amazon

Brazil to establish oil palm plantations on degraded Amazon rainforest lands

Markets could save rainforests: an interview with Andrew Mitchell

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon won’t increase significantly for 2008

Indonesia’s Riau bans destruction of rainforests and peatlands for palm oil

Smoke from Amazon fires reduces local rainfall

High mineral prices drive rainforest destruction

Investors seek profit from conserving rainforest biodiversity

Google Earth now reveals damage caused by the paper industry

Oil development could destroy the most biodiverse part of the Amazon

“Turtle carbon” could help protect rainforests and save endangered sea turtles

Account of 18th century Amazon adventurer to be published for the first time

7 steps to solve the global biodiversity crisis

Amphibians face mass extinction

20% of the Brazilian Amazon’s tree species to go extinct

Woolworths drops contract with APP, activist group remains wary

Reduced impact logging can save 160 m tons of carbon emissions per year

New mapping system shows how detailed climate changes will affect species

1.2 million ha of Congo rainforest certified for sustainable forestry

Dell becomes carbon neutral by saving endangered lemurs

Australia’s forests contain three times the expected carbon

Private equity firm to sell biodiversity offsets from rainforest conservation

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