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Environmental campaign blocks palm oil project in Cote d’ Ivoire wetland

Indonesia applies for REDD partnership to protect forests

New fire record for Borneo, Sumatra shows dramatic increase in rainforest destruction

Clinton, Obama botch opportunity on climate, forest conservation

Indonesia confirms that peatlands will be converted for plantations

Indonesia may allow conversion of peatlands for palm oil

Indigenous rights’ groups to oppose effort to certify ‘sustainable’ aquaculture

Visiting New Mexico’s Crane festival

Deal on forests falls short

Finland, Sweden push for loophole that would drive destruction of peatlands around the world

Manatees become conservation symbol for communities in Mexico

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service program restores bird habitat on farms and ranches

Yellowstone amphibians in decline due to climate change

Tropical wetlands sequester 80% more carbon than temperate wetlands

11 species of monkeys discovered in West African biodiversity hotspot

Migratory waterbird populations in decline in Europe

Brazil may ban new sugar cane cultivation in the Pantanal

New mapping system shows how detailed climate changes will affect species

Destruction of wetlands worsens global warming

Kenya to convert 20,000 ha of key wetland for ethanol production

REDD could trigger bias in conservation funding towards carbon-rich ecosystems

Biofuels expansion in Africa may impact rainforests, wetlands

Conservation success story: birds stage dramatic recovery in Cambodia

Asia Pulp & Paper destroying rare Sumatra forest

Steel production drives deforestation in Brazil’s Pantanal

Palm oil is a net source of CO2 emissions when produced on peatlands

Malaysia suffers big drop in shorebird populations

Melting permafrost affects greenhouse gas emissions

African Flamingo population gravely threatened by industrial development

China’s wetlands shrinking due to global warming

Is peat swamp worth more than palm oil plantations?

Indonesia’s peat swamps worth $39B/year

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