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China’s log imports fall in Q1 2008

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2008

Papua New Guinea’s rainforests disappearing faster than thought

Mongabay.com 2 Jun 2008

Al Gore’s investment firm bets that rainforest conservation will be profitable

Rhett A. Butler 14 May 2008

Papua signs REDD carbon deal to generate income from rainforest protection

Rhett A. Butler 14 May 2008

Papua New Guinea to ban log exports by 2010

Mongabay.com 17 Mar 2008

New rule grants rainforest to mining firms in Indonesia for $80/acre

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Mar 2008

How activists and scientists saved a rainforest island from destruction for palm oil

Jeremy Hance 12 Feb 2008

Papua New Guinea’s Environment Minister says foreign firms attempted to bribe him

Jeremy Hance 4 Feb 2008

Tropical islanders win battle against palm-oil

Jeremy Hance 16 Jan 2008

Palm oil developer abandons plan to log 70% of Woodlark Island

Mongabay.com 14 Jan 2008

Photos: Two unknown mammal species discovered in “lost world”

Mongabay.com 16 Dec 2007

70% of rainforest island to be cleared for palm oil

Jeremy Hance 13 Dec 2007

Carbon credits for forest conservation concept faces challenges

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Nov 2007

Planned logging of Woodlark Island for biofuels opposed by islanders and scientists

Jeremy Hance 12 Nov 2007

Papua seeks funds for fighting global warming through forest conservation

Mongabay.com 10 Aug 2007

Lowland rainforest less diverse than previously thought

Mongabay.com 9 Aug 2007

‘Extinct’ egg-laying mammal rediscovered in jungles of New Guinea

Mongabay.com 15 Jul 2007

Photos of baby Matschie’s tree kangaroo

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Jun 2007

Rare kangaroos released into New Guinea rainforest

Mongabay.com 5 Jun 2007

Deep-sea mining threatens fragile marine ecosystems

University Of Toronto 17 May 2007

China tropical log imports jump at Jiangsu port

Mongabay.com 16 May 2007

Indonesia’s Aceh, Papua pledge to protect forests

Reuters 26 Apr 2007

New bird species discovered in the South Pacific

Mongabay.com 19 Apr 2007

China’s demand for hardwood drives illegal logging says Greenpeace

Reuters 17 Apr 2007

Indonesia seeks to increase deforestation rate, already world’s highest

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Apr 2007

Australia puts $200M toward rainforest conservation

Mongabay.com 30 Mar 2007

Amazon, Madagascar, Borneo are top plant biodiversity hotspots

Mongabay.com 20 Mar 2007

Just how bad is the biodiversity extinction crisis?

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Feb 2007

China invests in $5.5B biofuels project in Borneo, New Guinea

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Jan 2007

New species of orchids discovered in Papua New Guinea

Mongabay.com 17 Nov 2006

Rainforest conservation could yield more cash than logging in PNG

Mongabay.com 6 Nov 2006

Avoided deforestation could send $38 billion to third world under global warming pact

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Nov 2006

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