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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

Researchers find treasure trove of unique, threatened animals in Philippine forest

Shaira Panela 8 May 2015

Indian fabric giant adopts forest policy

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 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

Termites suffer in logged forests and palm oil plantations

Heather D'angelo 25 Sep 2014

FSC meeting weighs old-growth forest protection, smallholder participation

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Sep 2014

Canada, Russia, Brazil lead world in old-growth forest loss

Morgan Erickson-Davis 5 Sep 2014

A path to becoming a conservation scientist

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 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

Nothing else left to log: are eco-certified timber companies stripping Russia of its last old growth forests?

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Aug 2014

Ecologists are underestimating the impacts of rainforest logging

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Jul 2014

Stuff of fairy tales: stepping into Europe’s last old-growth forest

Jeremy Hance 9 Jul 2014

A fine line: new program predicts when human impact becomes too much

Morgan Erickson-Davis 3 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

Reduced impact logging failing to cut emissions in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Feb 2014

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

Dr Liz Kimbrough 7 Feb 2014

How hunters have become key to saving Bulgaria’s capercaillie

Tanya Dimitrova 4 Feb 2014

The next best thing: how well do secondary forests preserve biodiversity?

Bobbie Edwards 23 Jan 2014

Tree growth accelerates with age

Jeremy Hance 15 Jan 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

3.5 million ha of Indonesian and Malaysian forest converted for palm oil in 20 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Nov 2013

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