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Investing to save rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Apr 2008

Private equity firm buys rights to ecosystem services of Guyana rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Mar 2008

Railroad could reduce Amazon deforestation relative to proposed highway

Mongabay.com 24 Mar 2008

Industry-driven road-building to fuel Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Mar 2008

Cellulosic energy may trigger dramatic collapse in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Mar 2008

Skoll Foundation puts $1M toward indigenous groups, conservation in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 11 Mar 2008

Deforestation causes snake invasion in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 11 Mar 2008

Emissions from deforestation offset by increased tree growth in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Mar 2008

How accurate is long-term climatology data from the Amazon?

Mongabay.com 3 Mar 2008

Half the Amazon rainforest will be lost within 20 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Feb 2008

Greenhouse gas emissions have already caused the Amazon to dry

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Feb 2008

Complete map of world forests to help REDD carbon trading initiative

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Feb 2008

Small fires a big threat to Amazon rainforest biodiversity

Rhet A. Butler 27 Feb 2008

Carbon trading could protect forests, reduce rural poverty

Mongabay.com 26 Feb 2008

Reducing deforestation rates 10% could generate $13B in carbon trading under REDD

Mongabay.com 25 Feb 2008

Amazon rainfall linked to Atlantic Ocean temperature

Mongabay.com 25 Feb 2008

Deforestation a greater threat to the Amazon than global warming

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2008

Amazon research and conservation cannot ignore social issues

Jeremy Hance 24 Feb 2008

Brazil’s ecosystem payments system offers clues for REDD implementation

Mongabay.com 24 Feb 2008

Brazil seeks $1B/yr in donations to save the Amazon

Mongabay.com 23 Feb 2008

Is Guyana’s logging deal in its best interests?

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Feb 2008

Amazon state launches Zero Extinction Program for endangered species

Mongabay.com 21 Feb 2008

Large-scale Amazon deforestation or drying would have dire global consequences

Jeremy Hance 21 Feb 2008

Ancient Amazon fires linked to human populations

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Feb 2008

Global warming – not el Nino – drove severe Amazon drought in 2005

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Feb 2008

Fire policy is key to reducing the impact of drought on the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Feb 2008

Small Amazon farmers especially vulnerable to climate change

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Feb 2008

Amazon riparian zones need to be expanded to protect wildlife finds study

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Feb 2008

conservation strategies can mitigate the impact of global warming in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Feb 2008

Cheap ranch loans may be driving jump in Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Feb 2008

France blocks controversial rainforest gold mine in French Guiana

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Feb 2008

New uakari monkey discovered in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2008

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