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Ecuador’s Choco under siege, but hope remains

Indigenous people demand greater say in using forests to fight global warming

Forest conservation can fight climate change and poverty

Cheetah population stabilizes in Namibia with support from farmers

Brazilian government is biggest destroyer of the Amazon rainforest

Cheetah population declines 90% in 100 years

‘Snow leopard’ of the Andes is one of the world’s most endangered cats

Painted Dog population falls 99%, but community efforts could save species

“Punk-rock” monkey and handbags made from recycled trash inspire conservation in Colombia

Cutting deforestation can fight climate change, reduce poverty and conflict

Norway offers $1 billion towards saving the Amazon rainforest

Group takes ‘venture capital’ approach to conservation

Small-scale fisheries are “best hope” for sustainability in developing world

Amazon deforestation jumps 69% in 2008

Pre-Colombian Amazonians lived in sustainable ‘urban’ society

“Turtle carbon” could help protect rainforests and save endangered sea turtles

7 steps to solve the global biodiversity crisis

1.2 million ha of Congo rainforest certified for sustainable forestry

Dell becomes carbon neutral by saving endangered lemurs

Shift from poverty-driven to industry-driven deforestation may help conservation

Corporations become prime driver of deforestation, providing clear target for environmentalists

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

Britain, Norway commit $210 million towards Congo rainforest conservation

Reforestation a growing, but complicated, initiative

Kayapo tribe gets trust fund for Amazon protection

Madagascar signs big carbon deal to fund rainforest conservation

Colombia creates rainforest reserve to protect medicinal plants

Brazil to establish huge Amazon preservation fund

Congo pygmies use GPS to map eco-certified timber concession

Forest carbon credits could guide development in Congo

Brazil will forge its own path for developing the Amazon

Rainforest peoples form alliance to demand payments for forest carbon credits

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