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Amazon deforestation jumps 69% in 2008

Mongabay.com 31 Aug 2008

Google Earth reveals cattle have a built-in compass

Mongabay.com 25 Aug 2008

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

Mongabay.com 15 Aug 2008

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

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2008

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

Jeremy Hance 5 Aug 2008

Future threats to the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Jul 2008

Brazil seizes cattle illegally grazing on Amazon forest lands

Mongabay.com 25 Jun 2008

More than 8% of the Brazilian Amazon is illegally owned

Mongabay.com 14 Jun 2008

Amazon beef producer creates eco-certified meat product with help of scientists

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2008

Brazil’s new environmental minister blames ranchers for surge in Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 3 Jun 2008

Climate change will cause significant disruptions to U.S. agriculture says Fed study

Mongabay.com 28 May 2008

Brazil will forge its own path for developing the Amazon

Mongabay.com 15 May 2008

After acquittal, fear of open season on activists in the Amazon rainforest

Michael Astor 14 May 2008

Convicted nun-killer freed in the Brazilian Amazon

Mongabay.com 14 May 2008

Brazil’s environmental minister resigns after losing Amazon fight

Mongabay.com 14 May 2008

Land invasions undermine Amazon forest law

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Apr 2008

Amazon soy ban seems to be effective in reducing explicit deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Apr 2008

Cellulosic energy may trigger dramatic collapse in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Mar 2008

Half the Amazon rainforest will be lost within 20 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Feb 2008

Restoring soil carbon can reverse global warming, desertification and biodiversity loss

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Feb 2008

Cheap ranch loans may be driving jump in Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Feb 2008

How much would it cost to end Amazon deforestation?

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2008

55% of the Amazon may be lost by 2030

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Jan 2008

Brazil bans illegal soy and cattle production in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 24 Dec 2007

Global warming accelerates destruction of the Amazon

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2007

Amazon deforestation could be eliminated with carbon priced at $3

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Dec 2007

Could the carbon market save the Amazon rainforest?

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Nov 2007

Dutch bank arranges carbon-conservation deal in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 27 Nov 2007
Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest canopy. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Is Amazon conservation worth more than clearing for cattle or soy?

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Oct 2007

World needs a 10% meat diet to fight global warming

Mongabay.com 12 Sep 2007

Tree resprouting offers hope in former pastures of Brazil’s cerrado

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Sep 2007

Loss of livestock breeds put food supplies at risk in poor countries

Mongabay.com 3 Sep 2007

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