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Zero net deforestation is the wrong target, warn experts

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2013

Powered by Google, high resolution forest map reveals massive deforestation worldwide

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2013

3.5 million ha of Indonesian and Malaysian forest converted for palm oil in 20 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Nov 2013

Palm oil giant to forgo development of New Guinea rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Nov 2013

Thought-to-be-extinct ‘halloween’ frog rediscovered in Costa Rica

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Nov 2013

Shifting to a non-profit model for environmental news reporting

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Oct 2013

Gold mining in the Amazon rainforest surges 400%

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Oct 2013

Illegal logging remains rampant in Brazil

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Oct 2013

Nature tours in Costa Rica: an economic alternative to palm oil?

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Oct 2013

Environmental journalism: rich with stories but ‘extremely under-resourced’

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Oct 2013

Using model airplanes to help save the planet

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Sep 2013

Large-scale opposition among Borneo villagers to deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Sep 2013

Grant opportunities for in-depth reporting on environmental issues

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Sep 2013

Indonesia should convert logging concessions to protected areas to stop deforestation for plantations, argues study

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Sep 2013

Deforestation surges as Ecuador kills Amazon protection plan

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Sep 2013

Palm oil now biggest cause of deforestation in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Sep 2013

New pictures from Costa Rica

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Aug 2013

Palm oil licenses provide cover for logging in New Guinea

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Aug 2013

Palm oil drives Malaysian rainforest tree to extinction

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jul 2013

Engaging the public on green issues via environmental cartoons

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Jul 2013

Near real-time deforestation monitoring system to go global

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Jul 2013

Oil palm genome mapped, could boost yields, reduce pressure on rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Jul 2013

Madagascar occupied by humans 2,500 years earlier than previously thought

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jul 2013

Deforestation rate falls in Congo Basin countries

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jul 2013

80% of rainforests in Malaysian Borneo logged

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Jul 2013

Scientists build app to automatically identify species based on their calls

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Jul 2013

Activists raise alarm over park that will dispossess Borneo tribe of land

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Jul 2013

Palm oil lobby group misleads on origin of haze, fires

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Jul 2013

The best place for frog-spotting in Costa Rica

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Jun 2013

Staying connected in the wilderness

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Jun 2013

Rainforests will survive extreme global warming, argues study

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jun 2013

Data from NASA’s Landsat 8 now freely available

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jun 2013

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