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Soybeans may worsen drought in the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Apr 2007

China’s demand for hardwood drives illegal logging says Greenpeace

Reuters 17 Apr 2007

Illegal logging threatens Congo’s forests, global climate

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Apr 2007

Indonesia seeks to increase deforestation rate, already world’s highest

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Apr 2007

Congo cancels logging contracts

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Apr 2007

Could global deforestation fight climate change?

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Apr 2007

Indonesia and Australia sign deforestation pact

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Apr 2007

Palm oil doesn’t have to be bad for the environment

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Apr 2007

Eco-friendly palm oil could help alleviate poverty in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 3 Apr 2007

Congo forest elephants declining from logging roads, illegal ivory

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Apr 2007

Brazil to give Amazonian tribes Internet access to fight deforestation

Mongabay.com 30 Mar 2007

Australia puts $200M toward rainforest conservation

Mongabay.com 30 Mar 2007

Malaysia to use certification to crack down on illegal logging

Mongabay.com 27 Mar 2007

Logging reduces abundance of rare mammals in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Mar 2007

Controversial rainforest clearing approved in Uganda

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Mar 2007

Sachs says biodiversity extinction crisis avoidable

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Mar 2007

Cargill busted in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 26 Mar 2007

Indonesia is 3rd largest greenhouse gas producer due to deforestation

Mongabay.com 26 Mar 2007

Britain invests $100M to protect Congo rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Mar 2007

Fires burn across Burma; pollution levels rise in Thailand

Mongabay.com 20 Mar 2007

Fruit-eating birds at particular risk from Indonesian deforestation

Mongabay.com 20 Mar 2007

Timber industry teams with greens on new anti-illegal logging bill

Rhett A. Butler 15 Mar 2007

Amazon rainforest fires date back thousands of years

Rhett A. Butler 14 Mar 2007

Rich countries gain, poor countries lose forest cover

Mongabay.com 13 Mar 2007

Can new loan really bring sustainable cattle ranching to the Amazon?

Mongabay.com 12 Mar 2007

Biodiversity extinction crisis looms says renowned biologist

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Mar 2007

Deforestation causes species extinction in Madagascar

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Mar 2007

World’s bluest lizard headed toward extinction?

Rhett Ayers Butler, Tina Butler 7 Mar 2007

Gold mining in Guyana damages environment, threatens Amerindians

Mongabay.com 6 Mar 2007

2006 Indonesian forest fires worst since 1998

Mongabay.com 1 Mar 2007

Global warming could trigger 8-degree temperature rise in Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 28 Feb 2007

Indigenous populations deforested New World rainforests before European contact

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Feb 2007

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