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March in review: Tsunami, slow loris trafficking, palm oil

New World Growth report contains ‘false and misleading’ information

‘Luck and perseverance’: new plant genus discovered in Amazon

Photos: Visiting Gunung Palung in Indonesian Borneo

Norway to continue palm oil investments

Last year’s drought hit Amazon hard: nearly a million square miles impacted

Amazon still neglected by researchers

Leaf harvesting impacts Amazon palm

Bill Clinton takes on Brazil’s megadams, James Cameron backs tribal groups

New land snail invading Singapore requires swift action

Google Earth reveals stark contrast between Sarawak’s damaged forests and those in neighboring Borneo states

Logged forests in Vietnam retain significant biodiversity, including dipterocarp trees

Counting orangutans: the best way to survey the great apes

Sawarak chief minister claims 70% of forest intact, invites independent observers to verify

Pro-deforestation group criticizes palm oil giant for sustainability pact

Amazon deforestation flat since last year

5 million hectares of Papua New Guinea forests handed to foreign corporations

What is the current status of REDD+?

Top forest policies recognized

Palm oil company gives up land contested by local communities as part of sustainability pledge

Expedition granted?: Indonesia’s ‘paper parks’ targeted in National Geographic contest

Want water? save forests

India government: forest target ‘unrealistic’

Pet trade, palm oil, and poaching: the challenges of saving the ‘forgotten bear’

Pulp and paper firms urged to save 1.2M ha of forest slated for clearing in Indonesia

Oil exploration on hold in Virunga National Park—for now

Open source forest accounting methodology for REDD projects developed

Goodbye national parks: when ‘eternal’ protected areas come under attack

Coalition calls on Europe to label palm oil on food products

New road project to run through Laos’ last tiger habitat

CEO sentenced for smuggling elephant ivory into US

‘Cute’ umbrella video of slow loris threatens primate

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