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Emissions from deforestation overestimated; 12% rather than 17%

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Nov 2009

Impasse over palm oil emissions at RSPO meeting

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Nov 2009

REDD in Colombia: using forests to finance conservation and communities in Colombia’s Choco, a former war zone

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Nov 2009

Indonesia: emissions to rise 50% by 2030, 3rd largest GHG emitter

Mongabay.com 22 Sep 2009

Fashion labels drop APP after party highlights the plight of Indonesian forests

Jeremy Hance 21 Sep 2009

Russia’s plan to mine peatlands for energy could release 113 gigatons of carbon

Jeremy Hance 8 Sep 2009

Rehabilitation not enough to solve orangutan crisis in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Aug 2009

Camping in the Okavango Delta in Botswana

Jeremy Hance 19 Aug 2009

Borneo ablaze: forest fires threaten world’s largest remaining population of orangutans

Kara Moses 16 Aug 2009

Despite legal protection, Indian turtles are poached for restaurant trade

Mongabay.com 10 Aug 2009

Limit palm oil development to lands that store less than 40 tons of carbon/ha – study

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Aug 2009

Burning by Asia Pulp & Paper contributes to haze in Indonesia, Malaysia

Mongabay.com 28 Jul 2009

Palm oil companies trade plantation concessions for carbon credits from forest conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jul 2009

Florida announces python hunt following snake invasion

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Jul 2009

Multinational corporation continues destruction of orangutan habitat in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 9 Jul 2009

UK firm plans to log habitat of critically endangered orangutan for palm oil production

Mongabay.com 23 Jun 2009

First comprehensive study of insect endangerment: ten percent of dragonflies threatened

Jeremy Hance 23 Jun 2009

Forest fires burn in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 15 Jun 2009

REDD can compete financially with palm oil in Indonesia peatlands while protecting endangered species

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jun 2009

Peatlands conversion for oil palm a ‘monumental mistake’ for Indonesia’s long-term prosperity, sustainability

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jun 2009

Orangutan guerrillas fight palm oil in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Jun 2009

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

Mongabay.com 25 Apr 2009

Can carbon credits from REDD compete with palm oil?

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Mar 2009

Indonesia applies for REDD partnership to protect forests

Mongabay.com 4 Mar 2009

Whole Foods bans unsustainable palm oil from its products

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Feb 2009

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

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Feb 2009

Clinton, Obama botch opportunity on climate, forest conservation

Mongabay.com, Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Feb 2009

Indonesia confirms that peatlands will be converted for plantations

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Feb 2009

Indonesia may allow conversion of peatlands for palm oil

Mongabay.com 15 Feb 2009

Indonesian ecolabeling initiative providing cover for rainforest destruction

Mongabay.com 10 Feb 2009

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

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2009

Visiting New Mexico’s Crane festival

Jeremy Hance 21 Dec 2008

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