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Indonesia may allow conversion of peatlands for palm oil

Indonesian ecolabeling initiative providing cover for rainforest destruction

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

Drought and deforestation in southeast Asia linked to climate change

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

Indonesian governors agree to protect Sumatra’s endangered forests

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

Haze risk returns as fires increase in Indonesia

Indonesia’s Riau bans destruction of rainforests and peatlands for palm oil

Brazil may ban new sugar cane cultivation in the Pantanal

New mapping system shows how detailed climate changes will affect species

Massive gorilla population discovered in the Congo

Often overlooked, small wild cats are important and in trouble

How to replant a mangrove forest: local, low-cost initiatives prove most successful

Biofuels can reduce emissions, but not when grown in place of rainforests

Mangroves are key to healthy fisheries, finds study

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

Indonesian palm oil firms pledge to stop clearing rainforests

Conservation success story: birds stage dramatic recovery in Cambodia

Asia Pulp & Paper destroying rare Sumatra forest

Steel production drives deforestation in Brazil’s Pantanal

E.U. may ban palm oil biodiesel

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