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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

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

10% of global CO2 emissions result from swamp destruction

Peatlands restoration is a cheap way to cut CO2 emissions

Kyoto pact ignores CO2 emissions from biofuels

Is the oil-palm industry using global warming to mislead the public?

Carbon offset returns beat forest conversion for agriculture in Indonesia

Greenwashing the palm oil industry

Oil palm does not store more carbon than forests

Australia puts $100M toward protecting forest in Borneo

Malaysia suffers big drop in shorebird populations

Investigation finds evidence of Borneo forest clearing for palm oil

How private equity can profit from carbon offsets in Indonesia

Indonesia’s peatlands may offer U.S. firms global warming offsets

Indonesia to push carbon-credits for peatlands conservation

Could peatlands conservation be more profitable than palm oil?

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