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Papua New Guinea : Maya Lin to Debut Unchopping a Tree at Support REDD+ Gala at COP15. Dec 18, 2009 422
Say no to cocaine and save rainforests. Dec 13, 2009 304
Pupils help Prince Charles to save precious rainforests. Dec 9, 2009 209
Scientists hail Ecuador's proposal to protect oil rich region of Amazonian rainforest. Nov 6, 2009 405
United States : Researchers hail innovative plan to save rainforest, reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Nov 6, 2009 431
Model's bid to save 1bn trees. Oct 22, 2009 84
Prince Charles 'dedicates 2009 to saving world's rainforests'. Oct 5, 2009 151
Carbon hopes and landless farmers in Indonesia and Malaysia. Chiew, Hilary Sep 22, 2009 1192
Ecuador : Germany to pay Ecuador $650 million to forgo oil drilling, protect rainforest reserve. Sep 3, 2009 166
The case for Big Ag: industrial farming pollutes rivers, distorts politics, and hurts rural communities. But it might just save the rainforest. Grunwald, Michael Jul 1, 2009 2274
Unfolding stories ... Jul 1, 2009 403
Frog prince in MySpace plea; Stars join Charles in bid to save rainforests. May 5, 2009 450
Save rainforests - save Welsh agriculture. Apr 28, 2009 228
10 steps to sustainability: the 10 steps that can change the future of your company ... and the future of the planet. Whelan, Tensie Apr 1, 2009 1105
Global Sustainable Development 'from above' and local injustice 'below': the governance challenge facing the Congo Basin Rainforest. Wan, Ken Apr 1, 2009 15861
'Green gas' vs. greenhouse gases: clearing tropical forests to grow biofuel crops doesn't add up. Ehrenberg, Rachel Mar 14, 2009 513
Protection not working for PNG's forests: Papua New Guinea's forests are not as pristine as previously thought and if current rates of destruction continue, by 2020 their area will be reduced by half, according to a recent analysis of 30 years' aerial and satellite imagery of the region. Disturbingly, much of the damage appears due to unsustainable practices by local communities, sometimes inside nominally protected areas. Byrne, Niall Cover story Feb 1, 2009 1211
Do as I say, not as I do. Jan 1, 2009 388
The Amazon: it's what's for dinner: the spread of soy plantations poses a new threat to the rainforest. Scott, Cameron Jan 1, 2009 2319
Villagers pledge land to protect tropical forest habitat of tree kangaroos. Jan 1, 2009 826
Pope: Saving us from gay threat as vital as preserving rainforests. Dec 23, 2008 289
Rainforests need saving. Nov 18, 2008 372
Protecting tropical rainforests in Papua New Guinea: as the world wakes up to the importance of forests in the global climate change effort, ACF is supporting local communities protecting tropical rainforests in Papua New Guinea, Australia's nearest neighbour. Meadows, Josh Oct 1, 2008 1109
Saving for the rainforest. Brief article Sep 22, 2008 216
Brazil : Norway to donate up to US$1bn to preserve Amazon rainforest. Sep 18, 2008 184
'Save rainforests and end biofuel aid' Stocks and shares BUSINESS TODAY in two minutes BIOFUELS. Aug 27, 2008 47
Ethnobotanical explorations into tropical rainforests; The Student Rainforest Fund. Morris, Steve; Wagner, Dan Jul 1, 2008 2466
Endgame in the Amazon; A remote corner of Amazonian rainforest has become a repository of environmental expectations--and fears. Vanessa Baird explains why the eyes of the world need to be trained on it. Baird, Vanessa Jul 1, 2008 3911
A crude dilemma. Ma'anit, Adam Jul 1, 2008 388
To save Yasuni, the oil must stay in the ground. Jul 1, 2008 425
New forestry for conservation. Byrne, Niall Jun 1, 2008 1215
Factory invasion was a success, say Greenpeace; Unilever to help save rainforests. May 5, 2008 432
Asia: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK FUNDS ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN TO SAVE THE REGION'S SEAS AND RAINFORESTS. Mar 24, 2008 424
Rainforests rule. Mar 22, 2008 871
Trade rain forest for aid. Brief article Jan 1, 2008 76
Saving trees with fish. Hardman, Chris Jan 1, 2008 611
The persistence and conservation of Borneo's mammals in lowland rain forests managed for timber: observations, overviews and opportunities. Meijaard, E.; Sheil, D. Jan 1, 2008 192
Debt swap yields $39m for Costa Rican rainforests. Scheer, Roddy Brief article Oct 22, 2007 302
Pay Third World to save rainforests, say scientists. Sep 12, 2007 321
Pay Third World to save rainforests, say scientists. Sep 12, 2007 318
Not so sweet. Jun 22, 2007 335
Saying no to soy. Jun 22, 2007 357
Shade-grown coffee to help save the world's rain forests. Apr 1, 2007 235
Preservation. Gill, Nicholas Brief article Jan 1, 2007 276
Keluan wins grant, restores rainforests. Lawrence, Jessica Brief article Jan 1, 2007 141
2006, BMC Ecology: Clouded leopards, the secretive top carnivore of South-East Asian rainforests: their distribution, status and conservation needs in Sabah, Malaysia. Wilting A.; Fischer, F.; Abu Bakar, S.; Linsenmair, K.E. Jan 1, 2007 303
Call to end forest destruction. Jan 1, 2007 449
The new oil barrens. Porteous, James; Mogg, Richard Aug 1, 2006 1957
Brazil to save more forest. Brief article Jun 22, 2006 204
Forest conservation and climate change policy. Weaver, Sean Jun 22, 2006 2491
BRAZIL: DROUGHT DEPLETES AMAZON, REPORT SHOWS RAIN FOREST DISAPPEARING MUCH MORE QUICKLY THAN PRIOR ESTIMATES. Feb 17, 2006 1697
Looking at Lula: Brazil's Amazon deforestation worsens--despite a "Green" president. Morton, David Sep 1, 2005 1003
Nature reserve with a tribal seal. Hardman, Chris Jul 1, 2005 532
Extensive deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. Gajewski, Karen Ann Brief Article Mar 1, 2005 57
Remembering Chico Mendes: the martyr of the Amazon lives on. Revkin, Andrew C. Biography Mar 1, 2005 1268
Shady enterprises. . Pennybacker, Mindy Mar 1, 2005 739
War of the wood: the battle to save Asia Pacific's largest stand of untouched rainforest is a risky business, according to ACF Asia Pacific coordinator Lee Tan. Tan, Lee Dec 1, 2004 882
Save while you surf. Durso, Fred, Jr. Brief Article Jul 1, 2004 150
Certified sustainable coffee. Wille, Chris Oct 20, 2003 2822
Loggers on the Prowl: largely unknown to most of the world, the Tarkine in Tasmania is Australia's largest tract of ancient, untouched rainforest. It doesn't even feature on the tourism maps but it is uppermost in the minds of Forestry Tasmania. Pullinger, Phill Jun 1, 2003 793
Common ground for farmers and forests: alarmed by signs of extensive deforestation over the past decades, groups in Costa Rica are developing programs that combine ecological awareness and sustainable agriculture. Wyels, Joyce Gregory Mar 1, 2003 2968
Illegal logging of 280,000 kilometers of the Amazon rainforest. (Worth Noting). Gajewski, Karen Ann Jan 1, 2003 65
A voice in the wilderness: Acre Gov. Jorge Viana has big plans for the rainforest--and enemies to spare. (Trade Talk). Epstein, Jack Dec 1, 2002 653
Native forest saved. (Oceania. Brief Article Sep 22, 2002 155
Trading forests for trade. (South America). Brief Article Jun 22, 2002 170
Why your daily fix can fix more than your head: coffee, if grown right, can be one of the rare human industries that actually restore the Earth's health. Halweil, Brian May 1, 2002 2361
Rain forests. (Environmental News). Apr 8, 2002 241
Loggers lose: a rainforest lives. (Ebb & Flow). Brief Article Mar 22, 2002 60
The fingerprints of our ancestors. (Shaped Trees Are Reshaping The Fight To Save The Ancient Forest). Garrick, David Mar 22, 2002 1117
The West Africa Rainforest Network-US. Brief Article Dec 22, 2001 84
A Park Is Born. Brief Article Sep 22, 2001 57
Positive Notes. SRS Dec 22, 1999 963
Unravelling the mysteries of land and sea. Jul 1, 1999 2008
Samoans fight loggers - and win. Tennenbaum, Dave Aug 1, 1995 469
Rainforest crunch. Davey, Robert Jun 1, 1995 1198
Is there a tropical timber crisis? Koenig, Karen Malamud Mar 1, 1995 1828
Protecting Panama; the land made famous by Noriega needs to protect its rainforests. Nixon, Will Aug 1, 1994 1308
Saving rainforests may be doomed. Apr 1, 1994 431
Poll finds global environmental concern. Brief Article May 30, 1992 328
Ecotourism: new hope for rainforests? Warner, Edward Mar 1, 1991 2039
Baltimore joins timber ban bandwagon. Adams, Larry Mar 1, 1991 442
The fall of the forest: tropical tree losses go from bad to worse. Monastersky, Richard Jul 21, 1990 1430
El Portal del Yunque. Johnson, Randy Nov 1, 1989 2026
Pressures on Central American forests. Raloff, Janet Jan 4, 1986 460
Swift action to save the world's forests and woodlands urged by FAO expert task force. column Nov 1, 1985 1518
Plan unveiled to save tropical forests. Ralof, Janet Oct 26, 1985 297

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