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Cadbury dumps palm oil after consumer protests

World population set to reach 7 billion in two years

Issues around palm oil development prove complex, controversial

LUSH cosmetics launches campaign against palm oil

Air quality worsens in Malaysia due to forest fires

Photos: hundreds of new species discovered in Himalayan region, threatened by climate change

Despite legal protection, Indian turtles are poached for restaurant trade

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

Chinese factory closes following cadmium pollution protest

Turning wasteland into rainforest

Forest people set up logging blockades in Borneo

Photo: First bald Asian songbird discovered

Borneo orangutan release in jeopardy over fate of coal mining concession

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

Chinese companies to be held liable for environmental damage caused overseas

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

Photo: Scientists discover new species of Komodo dragon-like lizard

Malaysia’s rainforests being insidiously replaced with plantations of clones

Ganges River Dolphin population falls below 300, faces new threat from oil exploration

China to support greener palm oil

Indonesia releases revenue sharing rules for REDD forest carbon projects

Auckland Zoo bans Cadbury chocolate due to palm oil content

Credit Suisse, UBS, BNP Paribas to help finance cutting of rainforests for palm oil, say NGOs

Multinational corporation continues destruction of orangutan habitat in Indonesia

India hopes to reintroduce cheetah 60 years after extinction

Parks in Sumatra may reduce deforestation in adjacent unprotected areas

U.S. forgives $30M in debt to protect rainforests in Sumatra, Indonesia

Anti-HIV and anti-cancer drugs derived from Borneo rainforest progressing to final development stages

Over 30 percent of open ocean sharks and rays face extinction

Massive deforestation in the past decreased rainfall in Asia

Cambodia signs REDD agreement

Saving tigers by counting feces

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