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Brazilian miner Vale signs $500M palm oil deal in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Jun 2009

Massive deforestation in the past decreased rainfall in Asia

Jeremy Hance 25 Jun 2009

UK firm plans to log habitat of critically endangered orangutan for palm oil production

Mongabay.com 23 Jun 2009

Mixed signals from the crown? Queen knights logging tycoon while Prince fights deforestation

Mongabay.com 22 Jun 2009

Amazon deforestation in 2009 declines to lowest on record

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jun 2009

Brazil to pay farmers $50/month to plant trees in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 22 Jun 2009

War and conservation in Cambodia

Jeremy Hance 21 Jun 2009

Peru revokes decrees that sparked Amazon Indian uprising

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Jun 2009

Fate of world’s rainforests likely to be determined in next 2 years

Mongabay.com 19 Jun 2009

Commission on Climate and Tropical Forests forms to advise Congress, Obama on forest conservation

Mongabay.com 18 Jun 2009

Cameroon rainforest given 30 days to be conserved or sold off for logging

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Jun 2009

Amazon could lose 60% of forest without triggering catastrophic die-off, claims new study

Mongabay.com 16 Jun 2009

Photos: treasure trove of new species discovered in Ecuador

Jeremy Hance 16 Jun 2009

Attacking the demand side of deforestation

Mongabay.com 16 Jun 2009

Forest fires burn in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 15 Jun 2009

World Bank revokes loan to Brazilian cattle giant accused of Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 13 Jun 2009

Wal-Mart bans beef illegally produced in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 12 Jun 2009

Amazon deforestation doesn’t make communities richer, better educated, or healthier

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Jun 2009

Range extended for world’s most mysterious gorilla

Jeremy Hance 11 Jun 2009

Climate pact must halt deforestation and industrial logging of old-growth forests, exclude carbon credits for forest conservation, say activists

Mongabay.com 9 Jun 2009

Lear’s Macaw: back from the brink

Jeremy Hance 9 Jun 2009

Brazil to sanction illegal colonization in 230,000 sq mi of Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2009

REDD can compete financially with palm oil in Indonesia peatlands while protecting endangered species

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jun 2009

Peatlands conversion for oil palm a ‘monumental mistake’ for Indonesia’s long-term prosperity, sustainability

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jun 2009

Bill Clinton speaks out for rainforests in Brazil

Jeremy Hance 3 Jun 2009

Tropical East Asian forests under great threat

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jun 2009

Reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries

United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change 2 Jun 2009

Brazil’s plan to save the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jun 2009

Brazil accounts for 74% of global land area protected since 2003

Mongabay.com 1 Jun 2009

Political infighting in Brazil threatens the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 1 Jun 2009

Forest Recovery Programs in Madagascar

Kara Moses 1 Jun 2009

Orangutan guerrillas fight palm oil in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Jun 2009

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