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Approximately 200 new frogs discovered in Madagascar threatened by political instability

The EU and Republic of Congo announce system to eradicate illegal logging

New legislation in Brazil opens up road-paving across country, threatening Amazon

Rainforest pillage continues in Madagascar

Hopeful conservation news emerges out of Madagascar political crisis

Conservation groups condemn ‘open and organized plundering’ of Madagascar’s natural resources

Scramble to log Madagascar’s valuable rainforest trees in midst of crisis

Rash of tiger attacks linked to deforestation by large paper corporation APP

Economic crisis hurts forestry sector, sustainability initiatives

Historic US law now extends to illegal logging

Tigers continue killing rampage in Indonesia

Deforestation blamed for tiger maulings in Sumatra

Illegal timber trade to face tough penalties in the E.U.

Deforestation jumps 55% in Vietnam province

New model uses carbon credits, sustainable palm oil to save Indonesia’s rainforests

Malaysian government says forest reserve ‘plundered’ for oil palm development

Congo cancels logging contracts covering 13M hectares

Wood chemistry used to track origin of timber

Photos of new species discovered in the Greater Mekong

Computer hackers are helping illegal loggers destroy the Amazon rainforest

Linking rural health care to forest conservation proving a success in Borneo

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

EU moves slowly towards a pact on illegal logging

Peru’s uncontacted Amazon tribes under attack

Indonesia to audit all timber operations to cut illegal logging

Brazil to have high resolution imagery for 86% of the Amazon by year end

Environmental crime worth $10 billion per year

Cameroon and Nigeria to protect world’s rarest gorilla

Ghana becomes first country to sign sustainable timber pact with the E.U.

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

Oil development could destroy the most biodiverse part of the Amazon

Aquarium fish trade linked to cocaine, timber smuggling in Brazil

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