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Scientists urge Papua New Guinea to declare moratorium on massive forest clearing

NASA image reveals extent of 2010 Amazon drought

Indonesia and the EU reach agreement on illegal wood trade

Vietnam creates reserve for newly-discovered, nearly-extinct mammal, the saola

From the Serengeti to Lake Natron: is the Tanzanian government aiming to destroy its wildlife and lands?

Satellite evidence of deforestation in uncontacted tribe’s territory sparks legal action

Giant fish help grow the Amazon rainforest

Cambodian prime minister cancels titanium mine project citing impact on biodiversity and local people

Memberantas penebangan liar di Indonesia dengan memberikan kesempatan pada masyarakat lokal untuk mengelola hutan

Indigenous group claims Ecuadorian government complicit in ‘genocide’

Japan disaster to put logging pressure on rainforests in Indonesia, Malaysia

Vanishing mangroves are carbon sequestration powerhouses

The saola: rushing to save the most ‘spectacular zoological discovery’ of the 20th Century

‘Luck and perseverance’: new plant genus discovered in Amazon

Last year’s drought hit Amazon hard: nearly a million square miles impacted

Amazon still neglected by researchers

Leaf harvesting impacts Amazon palm

Bill Clinton takes on Brazil’s megadams, James Cameron backs tribal groups

Logged forests in Vietnam retain significant biodiversity, including dipterocarp trees

Alien plants invade Nigerian protected ‘gene bank’

Cloud forest dung beetles in India point to ‘fossil ecosystem’

5 million hectares of Papua New Guinea forests handed to foreign corporations

Expedition granted?: Indonesia’s ‘paper parks’ targeted in National Geographic contest

Want water? save forests

India government: forest target ‘unrealistic’

Pet trade, palm oil, and poaching: the challenges of saving the ‘forgotten bear’

Goodbye national parks: when ‘eternal’ protected areas come under attack

Coalition calls on Europe to label palm oil on food products

Congo legalizes 15 logging concessions, prompting concern that moratorium will be lifted next

Cambodia approves rubber plantation—in national park

Cambodians prevented from protesting destruction of their forest

Critically endangered capuchins make tools to gather termites

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