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Oil company charged after allegedly forcing entry into Virunga National Park

Sarawak government mocks its indigenous people

Worldwide search for ‘lost frogs’ ends with 4% success, but some surprises

Environmentalists and locals win fight against coal plant in Borneo

Selling the Forests that Saved Britain

Cambodia approves titanium mine in world’s ‘most threatened forest’

Chevron found guilty, ordered to pay $8.2 billion in epic oil contamination fight

India pledges to protect cat-crazy rainforest

Not enough data on world’s tropical plants to predict impact of warming world

Vines rising in the Amazon and other American rainforests

As South Sudan eyes independence, will it choose choose to protect its wildlife?

Slow but steady progress on recognizing indigenous land rights is interrupted by commodity boom

Breakthrough? Controversial palm oil company signs rainforest pact

7.5 million ha of Indonesian forest slated for clearing

Rising land, food prices cause recognition of indigenous peoples’ rights to stagnate

Half a million people sign petition against Belo Monte, Brazilian mega-dam

Monitoring deforestation: an interview with Brazilian space researcher Gilberto Camara

Bushmeat trade pushing species to the edge in Tanzania

Chief financier of Belo Monte dam ties social and environmental requirements to controversial project

Report: indigenous people deserve right to refuse big companies

Sarawak’s last nomad: indigenous leader and activist, Along Sega, dies

January in Review: Insect burgers, rainforest destruction for paper, and Genghis Khan’s climate impact

Two massive droughts evidence that climate change is ‘playing Russian roulette’ with Amazon

Brazilian mining giant buys Amazon palm oil company

Paradise & Paradox: a semester in Ecuador

From Cambodia to California: the world’s top 10 most threatened forests

Indonesia set to clear 3 million ha of rainforest in New Guinea

Illegal mining, plantation development rampant in Indonesian Borneo; state losses top $17B

Malaysian palm oil producers destroying Borneo peat forests faster than ever before

Scientists to document impact of converting rainforest into oil palm plantations

Despite fierce opposition, work begins on Belo Monte dam

Nike and Kimberly-Clark lead the corporate pack on forest sustainability

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