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Locals clash with ‘sustainable’ FSC logging company in the Congo

Scientists to document impact of converting rainforest into oil palm plantations

With REDD, could financial markets become species’ extinction risk?

Indonesia’s forest protection plan at risk, says report

Good stewards of forests at home outsource deforestation abroad

Scientists call upon Indonesia to recognize value of secondary forests

RSPO to recognize secondary forests as conservation priority

Corporations, conservation, and the green movement

Loss of old growth forest continues

The effect of forest regeneration strategies on beetles

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

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