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Can carbon credits from REDD compete with palm oil?

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Mar 2009

Indonesia applies for REDD partnership to protect forests

Mongabay.com 4 Mar 2009

Whole Foods bans unsustainable palm oil from its products

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Feb 2009

New fire record for Borneo, Sumatra shows dramatic increase in rainforest destruction

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Feb 2009

Clinton, Obama botch opportunity on climate, forest conservation

Mongabay.com 20 Feb 2009

Indonesia confirms that peatlands will be converted for plantations

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Feb 2009

Indonesia may allow conversion of peatlands for palm oil

Mongabay.com 15 Feb 2009

Indonesian ecolabeling initiative providing cover for rainforest destruction

Mongabay.com 10 Feb 2009

Deal on forests falls short

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Dec 2008

Finland, Sweden push for loophole that would drive destruction of peatlands around the world

Mongabay.com 9 Dec 2008

Drought and deforestation in southeast Asia linked to climate change

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Dec 2008

Indonesian governors agree to protect Sumatra’s endangered forests

Mongabay.com 9 Oct 2008

Haze risk returns as fires increase in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 26 Aug 2008

Indonesia’s Riau bans destruction of rainforests and peatlands for palm oil

Mongabay.com 15 Aug 2008

Biofuels can reduce emissions, but not when grown in place of rainforests

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2008

Destruction of wetlands worsens global warming

Mongabay.com 20 Jul 2008

REDD could trigger bias in conservation funding towards carbon-rich ecosystems

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Jun 2008

Indonesian palm oil firms pledge to stop clearing rainforests

Mongabay.com 13 May 2008

Asia Pulp & Paper destroying rare Sumatra forest

Mongabay.com 27 Mar 2008

E.U. may ban palm oil biodiesel

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Jan 2008

Palm oil is a net source of CO2 emissions when produced on peatlands

Mongabay.com 17 Dec 2007

10% of global CO2 emissions result from swamp destruction

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Dec 2007

Peatlands restoration is a cheap way to cut CO2 emissions

Mongabay.com 7 Dec 2007

Kyoto pact ignores CO2 emissions from biofuels

Rhett A. Butler 5 Dec 2007

Is the oil-palm industry using global warming to mislead the public?

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Nov 2007

Carbon offset returns beat forest conversion for agriculture in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Nov 2007

Greenwashing the palm oil industry

Mongabay.com 12 Nov 2007

Oil palm does not store more carbon than forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Nov 2007

Australia puts $100M toward protecting forest in Borneo

Mongabay.com 9 Sep 2007

Investigation finds evidence of Borneo forest clearing for palm oil

Mongabay.com 2 Sep 2007

How private equity can profit from carbon offsets in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Aug 2007

Indonesia’s peatlands may offer U.S. firms global warming offsets

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Aug 2007

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