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Indonesia to set up $5.6 billion plantation firm
(2nd February 2012, Reuters Link to News Story)


Fungus from the Amazon devours plastic
(2nd February 2012, Mongabay)


10 rules for making REDD+ projects more equitable
(2nd February 2012, Mongabay)


Indonesia to require loggers prove their concessions free of overlapping claims
(1st February 2012, Mongabay)


New meteorological theory argues that the world's forests are rainmakers
(1st February 2012, Mongabay)


Mashco-Piro 'uncontacted' Peruvian tribe pictured
(31st January 2012, BBC Link to News Story)


Bolivia march revives Tipnis Amazon road dispute
(31st January 2012, BBC Link to News Story)


Bad feedback loop: climate change diminishing Canadian forest's carbon sink
(30th January 2012, Mongabay)


Rainforests store 229 billion tons of carbon globally finds new 'wall-to-wall' carbon map
(30th January 2012, Mongabay)


Emissions from palm oil biodiesel highest of major biofuels, says EU
(30th January 2012, Mongabay)


Palm oil does not meet U.S. renewable fuels standard, rules EPA
(27th January 2012, Mongabay)


Diamond Jubilee: Digging deep for commemorative woods
(27th January 2012, BBC Link to News Story)


Obama's New Forest Planning Rule Fails to Satisfy Conservationists
(26th January 2012, ENS)


World's giant trees are dying off rapidly, studies show
(26th January 2012, The Guardian (UK))


'Peak timber' concerns in tropics
(24th January 2012, BBC Link to News Story)


Economic slowdown leads to the pulping of Latvia's forests
(22nd January 2012, Mongabay)


Race to save Ecuador's 'lungs of the world' park
(21st January 2012, BBC Link to News Story)


Deforestation, climate change threaten the ecological resilience of the Amazon rainforest
(19th January 2012, Mongabay)


Indonesia to set aside 45% of Kalimantan for conservation
(19th January 2012, Mongabay)


Levi's drops Asia Pulp & Paper due to its link to deforestation in Indonesia
(17th January 2012, Mongabay)


Include trees in climate modelling, say scientists
(16th January 2012, The Guardian (UK))


Indonesia could earn billions from well-designed deforestation-reduction program, finds study
(12th January 2012, Mongabay)


Peruvian smugglers traffic illegal rainforest timber from Brazil to America
(11th January 2012, Mongabay)


Industrial palm oil production expands at expense of rainforests in Peru
(10th January 2012, Mongabay)


Extreme mouth-sewing protest in Indonesia leads to logging inquiry
(9th January 2012, Mongabay)


Sharp decline in Amazon deforestation associated with increase in food production
(9th January 2012, Mongabay)


Africa's rainforests 'more resilient' to climate change
(6th January 2012, BBC Link to News Story)


Ecuador appeals court rules against Chevron in oil case
(4th January 2012, BBC Link to News Story)


Saving the Amazon: Winning the war on deforestation
(2nd January 2012, BBC Link to News Story)


Small town rises up against deforestation in Pakistan
(2nd January 2012, Mongabay)


Ecuador makes $116 million to not drill for oil in Amazon
(2nd January 2012, Mongabay)