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Leaf-cutter ants test theories about the Amazon’s biodiversity

Jeremy Hance 23 Jul 2008

Biofuels can reduce emissions, but not when grown in place of rainforests

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2008

600 species of mushrooms discovered in Guyana

Jeremy Hance 21 Jul 2008

Implementing a butterfly farm: Iwokrama reserve’s latest sustainable initiative

Jeremy Hance 20 Jul 2008

Destruction of wetlands worsens global warming

Mongabay.com 20 Jul 2008

Amazon timber industry declares ban on illegal logging

Mongabay.com 18 Jul 2008

Moving species may be only way to save them from climate change

Jeremy Hance 17 Jul 2008

Amazon deforestation forecast for 2008 revised downward

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2008

Orangutans persist in islands amid a sea of oil palm plantations

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2008

Researchers fit Bornean elephants with satellite collars to track social behvaior

Hutan 14 Jul 2008

Fruit bats frequent clay-licks in the Amazon rainforest

Jeremy Hance 14 Jul 2008

Birds face higher risk of extinction than conventionally thought

Mongabay.com 14 Jul 2008

Wal-Mart to ban sales of wood products from threatened rainforests

Mongabay.com 14 Jul 2008

Biofuels, food demand may doom tropical forests

Mongabay.com 14 Jul 2008

Environmentalists protest proposed logging of Malaysian forest reserve

Mongabay.com 10 Jul 2008

Palm oil industry moves into the Amazon rainforest

Rhett A. Butler 9 Jul 2008

20% of Amazon timber illegally harvested from protected areas

Mongabay.com 7 Jul 2008

Colorful insects help search for anti-cancer drugs

Mongabay.com 7 Jul 2008

Australia’s largest retailer Woolworths greenwashes rainforest destruction in Indonesia, allege activists

Jeremy Hance 7 Jul 2008

Orangutan populations drop due to logging, expansion for palm oil

Mongabay.com 3 Jul 2008

Brazil fines 24 ethanol producers for illegal forest clearing

Mongabay.com 1 Jul 2008

Sarawak to continue logging forests for oil palm plantations

Mongabay.com 30 Jun 2008

Rainforest destruction becomes industry-driven, concentrated geographically

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jun 2008

Malaysian government says no more forest clearing for oil palm plantations

Mongabay.com 26 Jun 2008

Tropical biodiversity on “a trajectory toward disaster”

Mongabay.com 26 Jun 2008

Sarawak to continue logging forests for oil palm plantations

Mongabay.com 26 Jun 2008

Britain, Norway commit $210 million towards Congo rainforest conservation

Mongabay.com 24 Jun 2008

Amazon soy moratorium extended; may be expanded to other products

Mongabay.com 23 Jun 2008

EU may mandate certification system for Amazon timber

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2008

Scientists call for mining ban, new protected areas in Suriname

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2008

Rainforests face array of emerging threats

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Jun 2008

More than 8% of the Brazilian Amazon is illegally owned

Mongabay.com 14 Jun 2008

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