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Concerns over deforestation may drive new approach to cattle ranching in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Sep 2009

The Pope: “creation is under threat”

Jeremy Hance 26 Aug 2009

Record hunger: one billion people are going hungry worldwide

Jeremy Hance 22 Jun 2009

What is the crop productivity and environmental impact of too much or too little fertilizer?

Jeremy Hance 18 Jun 2009

Amazon deforestation doesn’t make communities richer, better educated, or healthier

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Jun 2009

Rich countries buy up agricultural land in poor countries

Jeremy Hance 26 May 2009

New rainforest reserve in Congo benefits bonobos and locals

Jeremy Hance 25 May 2009

Congo biochar initiative will reduce poverty, protect forests, slow climate change

Mongabay.com, Rhett Ayers Butler 19 May 2009

Rainforests continue to fall but hope may rest in a market solution

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Dec 2008

Deal on forests falls short

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Dec 2008

Africa calls for “full-range” of bio-carbon as climate solution

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Dec 2008

Indigenous people win voice in climate negotiations

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Dec 2008

How youth in Kenya’s largest slum created an organic farm

Jeremy Hance 9 Dec 2008

New standards ensure forest carbon projects protect indigenous people, biodiversity

Mongabay.com 8 Dec 2008

Linking rural health care to forest conservation proving a success in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Dec 2008

REDD may harm forest people, alleges report

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2008

Climate change will damage forests, creating hardship for rural communities

Mongabay.com 28 Nov 2008

Guide to reducing emissions through forest conservation released

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2008

Carbon market could pay poor farmers to adopt sustainable cultivation techniques

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2008

California joins effort to fight global warming by saving rainforests

Mongabay.com, Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Nov 2008

New rules establish market for saving rainforests through carbon trading

Mongabay.com, Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Nov 2008

Coordinated effort needed to cut deforestation via carbon markets

Mongabay.com, Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Nov 2008

Conflict in PNG between govt and landowners over REDD carbon trading

Mongabay.com 17 Nov 2008

Organic farming could break cycle of famine and poverty in Africa

Mongabay.com 22 Oct 2008

Carbon conservation schemes will fail without forest people

Mongabay.com 16 Oct 2008

UK government: rainforests are weapon against global warming

Mongabay.com 15 Oct 2008

Indonesian governors agree to protect Sumatra’s endangered forests

Mongabay.com 9 Oct 2008

Indigenous people demand greater say in using forests to fight global warming

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2008

Forest conservation can fight climate change and poverty

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2008

Painted Dog population falls 99%, but community efforts could save species

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Sep 2008

“Punk-rock” monkey and handbags made from recycled trash inspire conservation in Colombia

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Sep 2008

Cutting deforestation can fight climate change, reduce poverty and conflict

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Sep 2008

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