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Illegal deforestation for ‘sustainable’ chocolate continues in Peru

Morgan Erickson-Davis 17 Mar 2016

A forest full of beetles: an interview with bug researcher Caroline Chaboo

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Mar 2016

Conservationists part ways on primary forest logging

Saul Elbein 29 Feb 2016

Indonesia could collaborate with RSPO, official study finds

Jonathan Vit 19 Feb 2016

Republic of Congo awards two million hectares of timber concessions

John Cannon 11 Feb 2016

Most ‘frontiers of plantation expansion’ are losing far more trees to deforestation than harvesting

John Cannon 26 Jan 2016

Romania struggles to turn the tide of illegal logging

Greg Norman 4 Dec 2015

Rainforests could provide half global climate solution by 2050

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Nov 2015

Cameroon convicts activist campaigning against palm oil company

Morgan Erickson-Davis 16 Nov 2015
Rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia. Malaysia has reported a steep increase in forest cover to FAO, a result of changing how it classifies forest cover.

U.N. data suggests slowdown in forest loss

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Sep 2015

Primary rainforest cleared for massive palm oil plantations in Peru

John Cannon 20 May 2015

Condition of tropical forests ‘worsening’, could become ‘critical’

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Apr 2015

‘How about that extension?’ activists ask as forest exploitation moratorium deadline nears

Sapariah Saturi 24 Mar 2015

Selective logging causes long-term changes to forest structure

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Feb 2015

Scientists call on Obama to stop logging in old growth forests

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2015

Boosting the conservation value of 4M sq km of rainforest logging concessions

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Dec 2014

FSC meeting weighs old-growth forest protection, smallholder participation

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Sep 2014

How do we save the world’s vanishing old-growth forests?

Jeremy Hance 26 Aug 2014

Selective logging hurts rainforest frogs

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Aug 2014

Ecologists are underestimating the impacts of rainforest logging

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Jul 2014

Despite moratorium, Indonesia now has world’s highest deforestation rate

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Jun 2014

Protecting rainforests could sequester equivalent of a third of global emissions annually

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Jun 2014

Logging, fires take a hidden toll on Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 May 2014

Borneo bests Amazon in terms of giant tree growth rates

Mongabay.com 11 May 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Incentivizing keeping primary forests intact

Dr Liz Kimbrough 7 Feb 2014

Canada’s biggest logger loses eco-certification

Jeremy Hance 17 Dec 2013

Zero net deforestation is the wrong target, warn experts

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2013

Old-growth trees store half rainforest carbon

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Aug 2013

Decades-long fight leads to old-growth forest protection in Tasmania

Bridie Jabour 25 Jun 2013

Biosphere conservation: monumental action is critical to avert global environmental crisis

David Olson 20 May 2013

Global decline of big trees in old-growth forests worrying, argue scientists

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Dec 2012

Rodents have lowest diversity in primary forests in the Congo

Jeremy Hance 17 Sep 2012

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