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Slow lorises sold openly, illegally in Indonesia

Massive coal mine in Australia beats back climate change legal challenge

Asia Pulp & Paper loses another customer: Danone

Judge suspends Brazilian dam that would flood sacred waterfalls

Turkey’s rich biodiversity at risk

Indigenous groups fight for recognition and illumination in Peru

Banning ivory sales to China could save elephants

Palm oil case against ‘Green Governor’ in Indonesia heats up

Fight illegal logging by going after criminal masterminds

Legal case against Serengeti road moves forward

‘Where’s my mama?’: campaign targets cruel slow loris pet trade [warning: graphic photo]

Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon: a view from the ground

Scientists say massive palm oil plantation will “cut the heart out” of Cameroon’s rainforest

Ministry of Forestry signed off on clearing of forest with protected species in Indonesia

Brazil delays Forest Code vote

Busted: orangutan trafficker prosecuted and sent to prison in Sumatra for the first time

Malaysia drops the ball on wildlife trafficking, says group

‘Snakes on a Plane’ trafficker freed early from jail

Brazil’s plan to cut protected areas for dams faces constitutional challenge

Tropical ecologist: Australia must follow U.S. and EU in banning illegally logged wood

Caution urged in sale of Madagascar’s illegal timber stockpiles

Indonesia to require loggers prove their concessions free of overlapping claims

Atlantic sturgeon gains protection under the Endangered Species Act

U.S. implements snake ban to save native ecosystems

National Association of Music Merchants does ‘disservice’ to members by misleading them on illegal logging law, says letter

Brazil begins preliminary damming of Xingu River as protests continue

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Mixed reactions to the Durban agreement

Brazil passes controversial Forest Code reform environmentalists say will be ‘a disaster’ for the Amazon

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