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High mineral prices drive rainforest destruction

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Aug 2008

Oil development could destroy the most biodiverse part of the Amazon

Mongabay.com 12 Aug 2008

Forests cover 1/3 of U.S. but are responsible for 2/3 of its water supply

Mongabay.com 16 Jul 2008

Roads are a major killer of amphibians, reveals study

Rachel Tompa 29 May 2008

Brazil will forge its own path for developing the Amazon

Mongabay.com 15 May 2008

Brazil’s environmental minister resigns after losing Amazon fight

Mongabay.com 14 May 2008

Peru fails to investigate murder of Amazon environmental leader

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Apr 2008

Asia Pulp & Paper destroying rare Sumatra forest

Mongabay.com 27 Mar 2008

Railroad could reduce Amazon deforestation relative to proposed highway

Mongabay.com 24 Mar 2008

Amazon environmentalist gunned down in Peru

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Mar 2008

Industry-driven road-building to fuel Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Mar 2008

China’s wood industry fueled by illegal log imports from rainforest countries

Mongabay.com 29 Feb 2008

Experts: parks effectively protect rainforest in Peru

Mongabay.com 9 Aug 2007

NASA images show expansion of logging in Congo rainforest

Mongabay.com 15 Jul 2007

Toll road could raise money for Amazon conservation

Mongabay.com 15 Jul 2007

Amazon tribe blocks major Brazilian highway

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2007

Logging roads rapidly expanding in Congo rainforest

Mongabay.com 7 Jun 2007

Can cattle ranchers and soy farmers save the Amazon?

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Jun 2007

Globalization could save the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Jun 2007

Soybeans may worsen drought in the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Apr 2007

Logging roads lead to disease, social breakdown in Ecuador rainforest communities

Mongabay.com 4 Dec 2006

Low-use and abandoned logging roads negatively impact wildlife in the United States

Rhett A. Butler 1 Nov 2006

California sues Bush administration forest law repeal

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2006

Selective logging leads to clear-cutting in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 31 Jul 2006

Roads tied to bushmeat hunting in Africa

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 May 2006

Oil firm abandons road project for Amazon rainforest park in Ecuador

Mongabay.com 26 Apr 2006

Pandas threatened by roads and forest fragmentation in China

Mongabay.com 5 Dec 2005

Mauritius PM blocks road threatening endangered forest

Reuters 7 Nov 2005

Bush administration sued over forest decision

Terence Chea 7 Oct 2005

Paving of road brings change in the Amazon rainforest

The Associated Press 27 May 2005

‘Human footprint’ to increase with repeal of roadless rule

Mongabay.com 5 May 2005

Timber hungry China moves into Africa

Tina Butler 20 Apr 2005

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