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Malaysian oil palm firms eye Papua for expansion

CO2 emissions accelerate 400% as world turns to dirtier fuels

Brazil suspends Amazon road project until protected areas established

Logging, wildlife trade drive sun bears toward extinction

U.S. Congress passes legislation to boost solar, wind, and geothermal energy

Monoculture tree plantations are “green deserts” not forests, say activists

A solution to worldwide fishery collapse?

Palawan’s wildlife faces extinction risk due to mining, pet trade

Pollination worth $216 billion/yr for food production

11 species of monkeys discovered in West African biodiversity hotspot

Malaysian palm oil industry accused of child slavery by the Indonesian government

New rainforest sanctuary in Cameroon already at risk from plantations, hunting

Mangrove destruction for fish trade may undermine fishermen in West Africa

Loss of wildlife is threatening biodiverse forests in northeastern India

Teak wood may be improved by greater genetic diversity

Commercial bushmeat trade is devastating wildlife

Regrowing the Amazon rainforest will require help from bats and birds

Primate conservation may enhance food availability to humans

Threatened forest in Kenya home to a diversity of bird life

Rainforest conversion to oil palm causes 83% of wildlife to disappear

Europe cuts biofuel targets to 4% in 2015, 6% in 2020

Old growth forests are giant carbon sinks, helping offset emissions

Prince Charles says hedge funds could save rainforests

Falling palm oil price makes palm biodiesel viable, may offer target for NGOs

Malaysia pushes Borneo rainforest logging by deposing tribal leaders

Big computer makers pitch energy efficiency to sell more services, equipment

Rare monkeys double in number in China but remain under threat

Obama talks science: ocean health, water scarcity, climate change, and more

Independent of climate, forest cover in southern Amazon may fall to 20% by 2016

Did prehistoric farmers drive early global warming?

Republicans backtrack, call for end to ethanol requirements in gas

Indonesian raids on tiger traffickers yielding arrests in Sumatra

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