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Obama pushes for better mileage standards

High coffee prices spurred deforestation in Sumatra but effective law enforcement slowed forest loss

Rancher accused of ordering murder of American nun is arrested in Brazil

New standards ensure forest carbon projects protect indigenous people, biodiversity

REDD may harm forest people, alleges report

Malaysia’s indigenous people to get land rights for first time

Brazil to use body-heat sensing technology to find uncontacted Amazon tribes

Last uncontacted tribe in Paraguay rapidly losing homeland

Group may sue EPA under Clean Water Act to address ocean acidification

IP laws not helping indigenous people protect traditional knowledge (repost)

Brazilian rancher claims he owns land American nun was killed defending in the Amazon

Supreme Court lifts ban on sonar testing, whales lose

Biodiversity of rainforests should not be compared with oil palm plantations says palm oil council chief

First RSPO-certified (“eco-friendly”) palm oil shipment to arrive in Europe

In final weeks, President Bush aims to extend his environmental legacy

EU’s sustainable biofuels push angers Malaysia, Brazil

South Africa auctions last of ‘legal’ elephant ivory to China, Japan

20 convicted for poaching Asiatic lions in their last refuge

Sharks in trouble after nations fail to create sustainable management programs

Obama may bring leadership, rather than obstruction, to climate change talks

Brazil triples endangered species list

Endangered wildlife in Malaysia falls victim to rampant poaching due to ‘outdated’ laws

Brazil charges 81 with illegal Amazon deforestation

Elephant ivory auction produces low prices, controversy

EU moves slowly towards a pact on illegal logging

Ozone hole is second-largest on record in 2008

Peru’s uncontacted Amazon tribes under attack

Carbon conservation schemes will fail without forest people

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

Environmental crime worth $10 billion per year

New Beijing law cuts 800,000 cars from roads per day

Chevron loses attempt to reduce payment in suit by Amazon rainforest natives

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