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Indonesia’s forest conservation plan may not sufficiently reduce emissions

Audit finds palm oil company destroyed peatlands, but not primary forest

Rainforest destruction progresses in waves

Reforestation of rainforests sequesters more carbon than plantations

Illegal logging declining worldwide, but still ‘major problem’

Rainforest scientists urge UN to correct “serious loophole” by changing its definition of ‘forest’

A total ban on primary forest logging needed to save the world, an interview with activist Glen Barry

Timber certification is not enough to save rainforests

New protected areas in Brazil contribute to major drop in Amazon deforestation rate

Taking back the rainforest: Indians in Colombia govern 100,000 square miles of territory

Paper company loses green certification after rainforest destruction in Indonesia

Global deforestation slows

Oil palm plantations support fewer ant species than rainforest

Rich logging countries open logging loophole in plan to reduce deforestation

Destruction of old-growth forests looms over climate talks

In absence of measures to address consumption, REDD may fail to protect forests

REDD may increase the cost of conservation of non-forest ecosystems

Important safeguards to protect rainforests lacking in REDD negotiating text

Without reinstatement of key provision, REDD could subsidize large-scale forest destruction

Logged forests support biodiversity after 15 years of rehabilitation, but not if turned into plantations

Roads are enablers of rainforest destruction

Weak forest definition may undermine REDD efforts

Amazon stores 10 billion tons of carbon in ‘dead wood’

Emissions from Amazon deforestation to rise as loggers move deeper into the rainforest

Are we on the brink of saving rainforests?

Temperate forests store more carbon than tropical forests, finds study

Climate pact must halt deforestation and industrial logging of old-growth forests, exclude carbon credits for forest conservation, say activists

24% of Papua New Guinea’s rainforest destroyed or degraded by logging in 30 years

Rainforests absorb 20% of emissions annually

Secondary forest should become new conservation initiative

Symposium tackles big question: how many species will survive our generation

What is the greatest threat to rainforests: habitat destruction or climate change?

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