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

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

Algae could yield 30 times more biofuel than soybeans, while cleaning the environment

PG&E will build the world’s largest solar power plant

Investors seek profit from conserving rainforest biodiversity

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

Woolworths drops contract with APP, activist group remains wary

Pope Benedict XVI says environment has been undervalued by Catholics

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

Brazil may ban new sugar cane cultivation in the Pantanal

1.2 million ha of Congo rainforest certified for sustainable forestry

Dell becomes carbon neutral by saving endangered lemurs

Human-testing for animal medications?

Australia’s forests contain three times the expected carbon

Australia declares its largest tropical rainforest park

Private equity firm to sell biodiversity offsets from rainforest conservation

Shift from poverty-driven to industry-driven deforestation may help conservation

Massive gorilla population discovered in the Congo

Often overlooked, small wild cats are important and in trouble

Corporations become prime driver of deforestation, providing clear target for environmentalists

Developing the world’s most sophisticated program for mapping endangered species

Scientists discover world’s smallest snake species

Brazil asks rich countries to fund Amazon conservation

Photos of surgery on an injured red-tailed hawk

Critically endangered fruit bat born in New York City

Rock star or marine biologist? Hans Walters chose both

Ontario to preserve area of forest the size of Uganda

U.N. raises thermostats to cut emissions, save money

14 countries win REDD funding to protect tropical forests

Rainforest conservation could offset 500m tons of CO2 emissions at $2/ton

New plan would pay tropical countries for saving forests, regardless of level of threat

Population of critically endangered lemurs discovered in Madagascar

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