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Bamboo could help fight global warming

New pit viper discovered in Sumatra

Huge swath of forest in Indonesian Borneo slated for clearing by ‘sustainable’ company

Relief for Kenya’s rare coastal forest

How an indigenous community in Ecuador stood up to big oil – and won

Tradeoff: Sabah banks on palm oil to boost forest protection

Tradeoff: Sabah banks on palm oil to boost forest protection

New endangered bird species discovered in Brazil

Deforestation jumps in Peru

New survey finds surprisingly large population of endangered owl

Embattled palm oil giant announces sustainability policy, but fails to win over critics

Chinese logging company takes over Guyana’s forests

Meet the world’s rarest chameleon: Chapman’s pygmy

Saving Myanmar’s red pandas by protecting land, educating people

Scientists capture first-ever footage of wild red pandas in Myanmar (VIDEO)

Developing land without approval of local people ‘a human rights issue of grave concern,’ says new report

Conflict-fueled deforestation, poaching in Assam continue despite truce

Palm oil interest surges in Papua New Guinea

Man plants forest, becomes film star

One man plants forest larger than Central Park

Mapping mistake leaves wildlife at risk

Only place where rhinos, tigers, elephants, and orangutans coexist is under threat

‘Militarized occupation’: local communities pay the price for palm oil

New laws may turn Brazil’s forests into mines

91% of Kenya’s protected areas shrank in 100 years

‘Too many people’: Philippine island being deforested despite extensive protections

Dissolving pulp: a growing threat to global forests

Tigers vs. diamonds: India’s protected areas rampantly downgraded to make room for people, industry

World’s rarest gorilla gets a new protected home

How protected are they? Report finds world’s Protected Areas may relax, shrink, even completely disappear

Conservationists propose Dracula Reserve in Ecuador

Google’s new Gombe Street View lets users ‘walk’ along chimp trails and into Jane Goodall’s house

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