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Photo of new chameleon species discovered in Tanzania

Google – the new eye in the sky for protecting forests?

U.S. pledges $275M to rainforest conservation

Deforestation emissions should be shared between producer and consumer, argues study

Oil palm workers still below poverty line, despite Minister’s statements

REDD may increase the cost of conservation of non-forest ecosystems

Indonesian government suspends license of logging company in controversial forest area

Gibson Guitar under federal investigation for alleged use of illegal rainforest timber from Madagascar

Pygmy hippo shot and killed in…Australia

Ecological benefits of REDD boosted by inclusion of private landowners, potentially harmed by plantations

Coastal habitats may sequester 50 times more carbon than tropical forests by area

Brazil pledges to restrain emissions growth

DNA uncovers nearly extinct Siamese crocodiles in captivity

Finnish paper company to sever ties with logging firm linked to rainforest destruction in Indonesia

Countries that invest in conservation will see higher financial returns, argues report

“Responsible” palm oil producers pledge not to develop endangered Sumatra rainforest

Brazil releases official Amazon deforestation figures for 2009

New report: boreal forests contain more carbon than tropical forest per hectare

Will Brazil’s blackout drive a new push for more rainforest dams?

Declaration calls for more wilderness protected areas to combat global warming

Palm oil developers push into Indonesia’s last frontier: Papua

40% of lowland forests in Sumatra and Indonesian Borneo cleared in 15 years

Norway to give Guyana up to $250M for rainforest conservation

Hunting across Southeast Asia weakens forests’ survival, An interview with Richard Corlett

Important safeguards to protect rainforests lacking in REDD negotiating text

World’s first video of the elusive and endangered bay cat

Governments, public failing to save world’s species

Photos: Palm oil threatens Borneo’s rarest cats

Conservation and Carbon in Borneo’s Heart and Ours

Non-Malaysian and Indonesian palm oil producers pledge not to develop peatlands for plantations

Emissions from deforestation overestimated; 12% rather than 17%

Impasse over palm oil emissions at RSPO meeting

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