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Archives - Land Conservation, Management, Planning Why Climate Change Is Transforming the Forest Products Business ClimateBiz, 7/15 Humpback Whales Help Pioneer New Heart Treatment CNN, 7/14 Cuteness Will Determine Whether the Public Will Support Saving Species From Extinction Mongabay.com, 7/14 Madagascar: Can EcoTourism Save the "Noah's Ark of Wildlife"? AFP, 7/11 Montana Forest Conservation Deal Biggest in U.S. History The Missoulan, 7/9 The Future of Farming: Vertical or Horizontal? Treehugger, 7/9 Science Communicators Rise to Climate Challenge SciDev.net, 7/8 Biodiversity and Human Health Living On Earth, 6/30 Brazil Siezes Livestock to Protect Rainforest NY Times, 6/26 Can Water Markets Help Revive the Chesapeake Bay? Ecosystem Marketplace, 6/26 Making Cities Less Dumb - Committee Evaluates Benefits of Smarter Urban Planning Grist, 6/24 To Stop Global Warming and Hunger, Let's Turn to Organic Farming Treehugger, 6/23 A New Link Between Rural Poverty Reduction and Forest Conservation AllAfrica, 6/23 The Matrix - Mapping Environmental Service Markets Ecosystem Marketplace, 6/19 Despite Economic Dip, Organic Food Sales Soar ENN, 6/18 Colombia Creates Rainforest Preserve to Protect Medicinal Plants Mongabay.com, 6/16 Madagascar Funds Big Carbon Deal to Fund Rainforest Conservation Mongabay.com, 6/16 Food Crisis Forces New Look at Farming Wall Street Journal, 6/16 Organic Grass Provides Healthiest Milk Treehugger, 6/13 Big Farms Can Make the Leap to Organic, Study Suggests Mongabay.com, 6/12 Bolivia Gets Clean By Staying Green CS Monitor, 6/12 Western Ranchers Use Crops - And Cows (?!) to Tap Into the Carbon Market High Country News, 6/11 Guiana Shield Forests Help Preserve Climate and Biodiversity Mongabay.com, 6/10 Protected Forests in Brazil Could Cut Billions of Tons of CO2 Philippines Inquirer, 5/30 UN Set for IPCC-Type Panel on Biodiversity AFP, 5/30 Human Well-Being Better in a Protected Environment ENN, 5/29 New Technologies Provided By Nature Earth Times, 5/29 Washington State Praised for Sustainable Logging Seattle Times, 5/28 What Would It Cost To Save Nature? Spiegel Online, 5/27 On the Farm With the Farm Bill - The Good & The Bad Living On Earth, 5/27 What is the Value of Biodiversity to Our Collective Future? Science Daily, 5/22 Payments for Ecosystem Services: A Primer Ecosystem Marketplace, 5/22 Farmers Learning to Attract Native Pollinators Coos Bay World, 5/21 Climate Change and Forestry - a REDD Primer Ecosystem Marketplace, 5/20 Getting Smart Growth Going In Your Town Grist, 5/19 Threatened Bear May Hold Health Secrets Living On Earth, 5/19 U.S. Climate Policy Could Help Save Rainforests Mongabay.com, 5/15 Water Trading in China - A Step Toward Sustainability ENN, 5/15 Change We Can Stomach NY Times, 5/14 A Grist Special Series on Unexpected Urban Progress Grist, 5/14 The Surprising Climate Benefits of Organic Farming Grist, 5/12 Real Estate Drop Has a Green Lining Wall Street Journal, 5/12 Green Banana Farming Gains Industry Appeal - Benefits Environment, Farmworkers Alike National Geographic, 5/9 When a Dam is Demolished, The Old Ways Return (As Well As New Economic Promise) High Country News, 5/8 Biodiversity Key to Fighting Climate Change Mongabay.com, 4/30 No Sacrifices to Ending Amazon Deforestation, Only Gains Mongabay.com, 4/30 Scientists Focus on Making Better Soil to Help With food Concerns Herald Tribune, 4/30 Odd Couple of the Jungle NY Times, 4/28 Ambitious Tree Planting Programs Sprouting Up Nationwide Washington Post, 4/25 Ugandan Water Markets: What Businesses Know (And Don't) Ecosystem Marketplace, 4/25 Reducing Deforestation 'Lucrative' For Forest Nations ENN, 4/22 Water Trading: The Basics Ecosystem Marketplace, 4/18 Change in Farming Can Feed World The Guardian, 4/17 How Barefaced Capitalism Can Help Save the Amazon The Economist, 4/14 The Miracle in Madagascar - A Blueprint for Saving Species The Independent, 4/14 Forests As Flood Insurance - Study Finds Forests Reduce Flooding in 56 Countries Conservation Magazine, 4/11 Neighborliness, Innovation, and Sustainability WorldChanging, 4/10 Carbon Credits Could Help Save Amazon, Blunt Warning: Study AFP, 4/8 The FSC Responds to Its Critics Mongabay.com, 4/8 Farm Bill Debate: Treacherous Road for Ecosystem Services Ecosystem Marketplace, 4/7 Deforestation-Carbon Markets Research The Triple Pundit, 4/2 Putting a Value On Rainforests London Telegraph, 4/2 Making Biodiversity Conservation Pay Off ENS, 4/1 Private Equity Firm Buys Rights to Ecosystem Services of Guyana Rainforest Mongabay.com, 4/1 Farm Subsidies: Beyond Simplistic Outrage Grist, 4/1 The Case For Organic Builds - Just As Productive and Better For You Grist, 3/31 Organic Crops Impressively Productive Compared With Conventionally Grown Crops Science Daily, 3/27 What Works and What Doesn't For Preserving Philippino Watersheds Ecosystem Marketplace, 3/27 Environmental Capital - On the Intersection of Energy, Environment and Business The Wall Street Journal, 3/26 Study Finds Better Forest Protection and Fewer Wildfires in FSC-Certified Areas of Maya Biosphere Reserve ENN, 3/26 The Future of Farming - City Dwellers? NY Times, 3/25 Starbucks Helps Coffee Farmers Become Carbon Farmers Fortune, 3/24 A Certified Forest Savior The Tyee, 3/24 Study Shows Forests Filter and Capture Lead From Polluted Air LOHAS Weekly, 3/21 Markets Could Save Forests: An Interview With Tom Lovejoy Mongabay.com, 3/21 Recovery Credits: Protection or Passing the Buck? Ecosystem Marketplace, 3/21 Agriculture and Biodiversity: Challenges and Opportunities for Agribusiness GreenBiz, 3/20 Ecosystems For Sale - On the Oddity of Privatizing Nature Grist, 3/20 Making Protected Areas Pay Biodiversity Dividends Science Daily, 3/19 Forests - the American West's Most Ignored Reservoirs High Country News, 3/17 Merril Lynch - Turning Trees Into Money Wall Street Journal, 3/14 'Green' Carbon Storage in California Forests May be Going Up In Smoke Sacramento Bee, 3/13 Integrating Science to Support Sustainable Agriculture Science Alert, 3/12 PG & E Boosts California Carbon Forestry, Funding Avoided Deforestation Ecosystem Marketplace, 3/12 Madagascar Slows Destruction of Rainforests Reuters, 3/11 How to Save Rainforests As Part of Efforts to Curtail Global Warming Nature, 3/7 Why Europe Torpedo'd the REDD Forests-For-Carbon Credits Initiative Mongabay.com, 3/6 Hope for Conservation's Future - Rare Grey Wolf Appears in Western Mass. OPB, 3/6 Infrastructure for the Future We Want WorldChanging, 3/5 Unsustainable Policy - Is the USDA Stacked Against Growing Local? NY Times, 3/5 Food Is the New Oil Toronto Star, 3/4 Growing Sustainable Biofuels: Common Sense on Biofuels WorldChanging, 3/4 Carbon Trading Could Protect Forests, Reduce Rural Poverty Mongabay.com, 2/29 Amazon Research and Conservation Cannot Ignore Social Issues Mongabay.com, 2/29 Biodiversity Banking: A Primer Ecosystem Marketplace, 2/29 How to Save the Rainforests ENN, 2/28 Rethinking 'Forest Health' Logging New West Environment, 2/28 Madagascar Hopes Saving Rainforests Can Spur Development The Canadian Press, 2/27 Using Organic Fertilizers Could Protect Against Climate Change ENN, 2/27 The Thin Wet Line - Local & Global Ecosystem Markets Ecosystem Marketplace, 2/27 Restoring Soil Carbon Can Reverse Global Warming, Desertification, and Biodiversity Loss Mongabay.com, 2/25 Conservation of Wildlife Habitat May Prevent Spread of Emerging Diseases ENS, 2/22 Carbon Traders, Not Conservationists, Could Save African Rainforest Mongabay.com, 2/22 Conservation Strategies Can Mitigate the Impact of Global Warming on the Amazon Mongabay.com, 2/21 Biodiversity is Vital For Survival, Says FAO Fishupdate.com, 2/19 Climate Fight Must Enlist Biodiversity and Communities Oneworld.net, 2/19 New Crop of Western Ranchers Buck Cattle Industry to Go Green San Jose Mercury News, 2/18 Portland Edges Out San Francisco As America's Greenest City OPB, 2/15 Maybe Money Can Grow On Trees Wall Street Journal, 2/13 Merril Lynch Inks Massive Carbon Forestry Deal to Avoid Deforestation in Indonesia Ecosystem Marketplace, 2/12 Farming Carbon As a Cash Crop The Star, 2/12 Rainforest Alliance Validates First Carbon Offset Project to Climate, Community, and Biodiversity Alliance Standards In Indonesia ENN, 2/8 Idaho Bill Would Grant Tax Credits for Land Conservation Idaho Statesman, 2/7 Biodiversity to the Energy Rescue - Could Discovery of New Chlorophyll Revolutionize Solar Power? Treehugger, 2/7 Making Agriculture Sustainable ENN, 2/6 To Save a Forest: World Eyes Grand Plan of Payoffs to Preserve Trees, Protect Climate International Herald Tribune, 2/6 Ecotourism: The Business of Saving the Earth Through Travel Entrepreneurist, 2/6 A River Restored: Pulling the Plug for Salmon The Columbian, 2/4 Nature Conservation Can Be Big Business New Straights Times, 1/30 Addressing Climate Change Through Land Use Can Improve Quality of Life SF Chronicle, 1/30 How Much Would It Cost to End Amazon Deforestation? Mongabay.com, 1/30 Notes on California's Big Sustainable Farming Conference Grist, 1/29 Nestle Urges Creation of Water Market to Drive Conservation Reuters, 1/25 Conservation Easements, Climate Forsight and Resilience WorldChanging, 1/24 Latin America's Growing Certified Eco-Tourism Industry Treehugger, 1/23 California's Marine Protection Areas Law Sets High Bars NPR, 1/18 Conservation and Biodiversity Banking Ecosystem Marketplace, 1/17 Making More Food With Less WorldChanging, 1/16 The Hidden Value of Bali: Why Saving the World's Rainforests Is Good for the Climate and the U.S. Economy Mongabay.com, 1/15 Wetland Restoration Stores Carbon Environmental Research Web, 1/15 Restoration of California's Owens River Aims to Boost Local Environment, Economy NY Times, 1/14 Eminent Scientists Take Policy Position On Biofuels Ecological Society of America, 1/11 Putting Biodiversity - And the Crucial Services It Provides to Society - On the Front Burner McGill Reporter, 1/11 Officials Wrestle With How to Incentivise Rainforest Conservation On Unique Indonesian Island Mongabay.com, 1/9 Lessons in Avoiding Deforestation in Paraguay Ecosystem Marketplace, 1/9 Trees Are Not the Answer to Climate Change - We Need to Stop Producing CO2 The Guardian, 1/4 Habitat Protection & Cultural Survival Go Hand In Hand Nature Conservancy Magazine, 12/28 Mao's Home Province Goes Green WorldChanging, 12/28 Put Biodiversity At Center of Climate Debate, Says New Survey ENN, 12/28 Could Carbon Credits for Conservation Reduce Terrorism and Global Warming? Mongabay.com, 12/21 Saving Plants That Save Lives ENN, 12/20 Nations Take a Singular Stand to Save Standing Rainforest Chicago Tribune, 12/19 Are Forests Like a Bag of Beans? Ecosystem Marketplace, 12/17 Turning Plants Into Pills in Kenya SciDev.net, 12/17 UN Climate Conference Expected to Embrace Forest Protection As Part of Climate Change Plans International Herald Tribune, 12/14 Progress on Protecting Forests Raises Climate Change Hope The Guardian, 12/13 Survey: Biodiversity Crucial to Climate Decisionmakers ENS, 12/13 Oregon Biologists Revert Farmland to Wetland to Sell Credits Register Guard, 12/12 Forest Protection Expected to Form Key Part of Bali Climate Deal The Guardian, 12/12 Conservation Promotes Larger Fish Stocks and Higher Profits for Fishermen Mongabay.com, 12/12 Time To Rethink How We Develop and Manage Floodplains Treehugger, 12/12 Pioneering Project to Save Sierra Leone Forest From Loggers The Guardian, 12/11 New Report On Deforestation Reveals Problem Of Forest Carbon Payment Schemes ENN, 12/10 Gripped By Drought, America's West Is Rethinking How It Uses Water Economist, 12/10 New Study Finds Biodiversity Conservation Secures Ecosystem Services For People ENN, 12/7 Mangroves Help Protect Indonesia From Impacts of Climate Change Reuters, 12/7 How Better Conservation Measures Can Help Reduce Poverty Treehugger, 12/6 Amazon Deforestation Could Be Eliminated With Carbon Priced at $3 Per Ton Mongabay.com, 12/6 Returns From Carbon Offsets Could Beat Palm Oil in Congo DRC Mongabay.com, 12/6 Carbon And Avoided Deforestation: The Road to Bali Ecosystem Marketplace, 12/4 Having the Climate Cake and Eating It Too ScienceDaily, 12/3 Forests Could Prove to Be EU's Carbon-Cutting Savior New Scientist, 12/3 Smarter Land Use Planning, Not Suppression The Solution to West's Increasingly Expensive Wildfires High Country News, 12/3 Philippines Look to Amazon Indians For Ways to Conserve Rainforests Philippine Inquirer, 12/3 Could the Carbon Market Save the Amazon Rainforest Mongabay.com, 11/30 U.S. Wildlife Refuges Generate 4x Return on Investment Mongabay.com, 11/30 Can Wildlife Conservation Banking Generate Investment Returns? Mongabay.com, 11/28 Canada Sets Aside Vast Northern Wilderness For Conservation Science Daily, 11/28 Ecuador Joins Indonesia in Seeking Compensation for Protecting Rainforests International Herald Tribune, 11/27 Carbon Offset Returns Beat Forest Conversion for Agriculture In Indonesia Mongabay.com, 11/26 Indonesia's Forests - A Precious Resource in Climate Change Fight? AFP, 11/26 Biodiversity Conservation Will Only Work If Local People Benefit Mongabay.com, 11/23 Making the Federal Fire Safety Budget Work For Communities NRDC, 11/21 Paying Farmers to Protect the Planet is Future ENN, 11/16 Indonesia May Get Paid to Save Trees CS Monitor, 11/15 The Gap Between Theory and Practice in Conservation Nature, 11/15 The Joy of Biodiversity Conservation Magazine, 11/9 Growing Local, Eating Local PBS, 11/8 Avoided Deforestation Beats Timber, Palm Oil in Tax Revenue for Indonesia Mongabay.com, 11/2 Wall Street Journal Inquiry Pushes Forest Stewardship Council to Revoke Certification of Indonesian Logging Project Mongabay.com, 11/2 Indonesia Seeks Allies In Pay For Forests Plan NY Times, 11/2 Finding Loopholes Exploited, Forest Stewardship Council Will Improve Sustainability of Its Standards Wall Street Journal, 11/1 Increased Biodiversity Leads to Higher Yield For Farmers Research News, 11/1 Forest Owners Eye California's Climate Progress Eureka Times Standard, 10/31 Rethinking Fire Policy - Clues from Mexico, Where Maintaining Natural Fire Regime Means Smaller Fires That Burn Out Naturally NY Times, 10/30 Estimating the Value of Biodiversity Bangkok Post, 10/30 The Challenge of Using Carbon Finance to Protect Indonesia's Forests Ecosystem Marketplace, 10/26 Conservationists Need to Work With, Not Against, Rural Poor Mongabay.com, 10/26 Nicaragua: Of Forests, Floods, Fatalities, and Famine IPS, 10/25 Mexico Biosphere Reserve Taps Voluntary Markets for Carbon & Environmental Offsets to Fund Conservation Ecosystem Marketplace, 10/24 Seeing the Carbon For the Trees BBC, 10/23 Prince Charles Launches Campaign to Save Ravaged Rainforests The Guardian, 10/19 Combatting Climate Change - Californa Needs to Do More to Encourage Forest Landowners to Participate SF Chronicle, 10/19 The Fight to Save Congo's Forests The Nation, 10/19 Is the Amazon More Valuable for Carbon Offsets Than Cattle or Soy? Mongabay.com, 10/18 Biodiversity As Medicine - Fruit Compound Fights Head, Neck Cancer ENN, 10/17 Biodiversity Said to be Key to Healthy, Pest-Resistant Forests AFP, 10/17 World Bank Carbon Fund to Pay for Protecting Forests Reuters, 10/16 Forest Service to Sell Carbon Offsets, But Scientists Worry About Accountability Tree-Based Offsets High Country News, 10/16 FSC Ranked Top Certification for Sustainable Forestry GreenBiz, 10/15 Status of Water Quality Trading Programs Today Ecosystem Marketplace, 10/12 Report Reviews Planning Resources for Adapting to Climate Change ENN, 10/12 Putting a Halt to Clear-cutting In the Amazon ENN, 10/11 Indonesia Seeks Payouts to Save Its Rainforests Reuters, 10/10 Revitalizing China's Dust Bowl WorldChanging, 10/10 Get Cool With Smart Growth Seattle Times, 10/9 New Studies Document Forests' Role in Reducing Flooding Mongabay.com, 10/8 Pest Control Goes 'Green' Nationwide Sustainable Business, 10/8 Brazil Urges World Support for Conserving Amazon Reuters, 10/5 How Much Are Trees Worth to a City? A Lot The Oregonian, 10/4 Corps May Buy Out Homes to Restore Wetlands, Barrier Islands on Hurricane-Prone Mississippi Coast LA Times, 10/4 EcoTourism May Benefit India's Environment, Economy ENN, 10/4 Building Bridges Back to Nature Help Wildlife Cross Human Barriers to Migration Toronto Globe and Mail, 10/4 Acquisition of Sustainable Land Fund - Implications for Burgeoning Field of Environmental Asset Management The Ecosystem Marketplace, 10/3 Mandatory Reductions in Deforestation, Associated Conservation Incentives, Need to Be in Next Climate Pact ENN, 10/2 More Farmers Harvesting Wind, Biodiesel MSNBC, 9/28 Do Costa Rica's Payments for Environmental Services Work? Mongabay.com, 9/27 Australian Water Markets Are Growing Up Ecosystem Marketplace, 9/27 Smarter Urban/Regional Land Use Planning Key to Fight Against Climate Change LA Times, 9/25 Is Sustainable Forestry Sustainable? New West, 9/24 Indonesia Wants Incentives to Halt Deforestation Reuters, 9/21 Sustainable Land Use Planning Could Slash Rocketing Costs of Saving Homes From Forest Fires The Missoulan, 9/20 Restricting Pesticides Could Greatly Reduce Suicide Rates Worldwide Medical Research News, 9/20 Carbon From Forests Will Help Aceh, Sumatra Recover From War, Tsunami Mongabay.com, 9/20 Discussion of Voluntary Carbon Markets Takes One Step Back, Two Steps Forward in U.S. Ecosystem Marketplace, 9/20 Cutting Trees to Save the Forest High Country News, 9/19 Oregon Firms Could Pay for Restoration to Compensate for Wastewater Portland Tribune, 9/19 Amazon Farmers Grow Grain and Save the Forest CS Monitor, 9/19 Virtually Improving Real Living SeattlePi, 9/19 Rainforest Countries Form Pact to Push Conservation As A Global Warming Solution Mongabay.com, 9/18 Oregon Vinyards Realize Benefits of Growing Green Grapes Register Guard, 9/18 Forest Nations Press for Carbon Credits Financial Times, 9/14 China Urged to Join Sustainable Soy Efforts in the Amazon Mongabay.com, 9/14 Valuing Ecosystem Services: The Answer for China's Watersheds? WorldWatch Institute, 9/13 El Salvador Surprise - Can Remittances and Globalization Help the Environment? Mongabay.com, 9/12 Livestock Damage to National Monument Makes Phasing Out Grazing Cheaper Than Continuing It Mail Tribune, 9/12 Better Fine Collection, Enforcement Would Stop Illegal Logging in Amazon Mongabay.com, 9/12 Report: Great Lakes Cleanup Would Boost Economy AP, 9/11 Province Backs District on Protecting Forests In Watershed That Provides Drinking Water Vancouver Sun, 9/11 The Fires of 2007 Highlight Need for Change in Who Bears Costs of Exurban Sprawl Montana Public radio, 9/10 Organic Agriculture for Food Security in the Tropics Organic-Market, 9/7 Moving Ecosystem Services From Theory Into Reality Worldchanging, 9/6 Biomimicry - Looking to Nature for Inspiration and Design Living On Earth, 9/6 Guidelines to Ensure Biofuels Production Won't Hurt the Environment Mongabay.com, 9/6 Peru Energy Project Saves Rainforest Latin Business Chronicle, 9/6 Making the Business Case for Ecosystems GreenBiz, 9/5 For New Orleans, the Best Defense is a Good...Marsh Grist, 8/30 How Private Equity Can Profit From Carbon Offsets in Indonesia Mongabay.com, 8/30 Indonesia to Push Carbon Credits for Peatlands Conservation Mongabay.com, 8/29 The Sustainable Revitalization of New Orleans' Ninth Ward Grist, 8/28 Eco-Capitalists Save Mother Nature By Charging For Her Services Wired, 8/27 Forests Key to Climate Change Battle - Thomas Lovejoy ABC News Australia, 8/27 Stealth Restoration Success? Extinct Sockeye Salmon Mysteriously Return to BC River The Vancouver Sun, 8/24 Easily Applied Principles in Conservation Planning Environmental Design + Construction, 8/23 Australian Plan Would Use Funds From Carbon Credit Sales to Stop Papua New Guinea Deforestation Milton News, 8/22 Is Water the New Carbon? Sustainable Industries Journal, 8/21 Better Mass Transit and Less Driving Means More Cash in Portland Economy The Oregonian, 8/21 Towards a Pro-Poor Sustainable Biofuels Industry Science Daily, 8/21 Ecological Restoration -- A Global Strategy for Mitigating Climate Change ENN, 8/20 'Walkability' Making a Better Case for Sustainable Community Planning Than 'Density' Crosscut, 8/20 Conservation More Effective Than Biofuels for Fighting Global Warming Mongabay.com, 8/17 Can Ecosystem Markets Fund Management of Protected Areas? Ecosystem Marketplace, 8/17 'Green' Allies See Environmental Value in Logging Forests Instead of Developing Them SeattlePi, 8/16 Carbon Trading Proposal May Put Mature Tropical Forests At Risk, Scientists Warn Science Daily, 8/16 Globalization of Conservation: Conquering the Green Divide ENN, 8/15 Carbon Market Needs Better Incentives For Protecting Forests ENN, 8/15 Forest Thinning and Prescribed Burns Protect Idaho City in Tough Fire Season Idaho Statesman, 8/14 Organic, Shade Grown Cacao Good for Birds Mongabay.com, 8/13 Study: Temperate Forests Won't Work for Offsetting Carbon Emissions LiveScience, 8/13 Conservation Works: Forests, Falcons and Ferrets Benefit From Preservation Efforts Scientific American, 8/13 Payments for Ecosystem Services - Why Precision and Targeting Matter Resources For the Future, 8/10 American Chestnut Tree Poised for Comeback CS Monitor, 8/10 Carbon Credits Could Be Big Earner for Indonesia The Jakarta Post, 8/8 Experiment Suggests Limitation to Carbon Dioxide 'Tree Banking' EurekaAlert, 8/7 Yellowstone's Wolves Rescue Declining Western Tree Species New York Times, 8/6 The Climate Change Impact from Land Use Changes, Deforestation and Reforestation The Triple Pundit, 8/2 Realizing Loss of Amazon's Ecosystem Services Could Affect Growth, Brazil Reconsiders Climate Change Policy NY Times, 8/1 Payments for Ecosystem Services in East and Southern Africa Ecosystem Marketplace, 8/1 Giant Pandas Expanding Habitat in Western China Reuters, 7/30 Land Trust Helps Keep Home Prices Low SeattlePi, 7/25 Ecuador Tries Novel Balance of Oil & Environment ENN, 7/25 Community-Supported Farming Thrives in Pacific Northwest Oregon Public Broadcasting, 7/24 Getting Conservation Into the Mainstream Nature, 7/20 Another Showing of Biodiversity's Economic Value: Sweet Herb May Be Green Gold for Paraguay AFP, 7/20 Plan to Manage Humboldt Bay Holistically First of Its Kind Times Standard, 7/19 California Growers Closer to Reaping Farm Bill Bounty SF Chronicle, 7/19 Compensation and Rewards for Environmental Services Ecosystem Marketplace, 7/18 Ground Breaking Report Underlines Vital Role of Ecosystems in Supporting Livelihoods, Reducing Poverty UNEP, 7/17 Farmers Could Win From Greater Biodiversity Swissinfo, 7/17 Getting Credit for Saving Trees Time, 7/17 Researchers Find Bats Save Farmers $$Millions in Pest Damage and Pesticide Costs The Statesman, 7/13 Study Finds Organic Tomatoes Contain More Heart Healthy Anti-Oxidants Grist, 7/12 Organic Farms, Conservation, Healthier Children -- Bay Area Leads Charge to Change How Congress Subsidizes Farming SF Chronicle, 7/11 California Group Pushes for Conservation to Be Added to Farm Subsidies SF Chronicle, 7/11 Australia to Build Cross-Continent Climate Corridor Reuters, 7/10 Halting Biodiversity Loss By 2010: An EU Action Plan Times of Malta, 7/10 How To Save The World's Oceans From Overfishing Mongabay, 7/9 Metcalf Institute Awards $75,000 Grantham Prize to Los Angeles Times' 'Altered Oceans' Series ENN, 7/9 Winning Olympic Bid for Sochi Stirs Mixed Emotions for Russian Ecologists ENN, 7/5 Scorecard Shows How Northwest's Climate Strategy Stacks Up GreenBiz, 7/5 Desertification, Climate Change and the Developing World WorldChanging, 7/5 Raising the Bar on Carbon Forestry Projects GreenBiz, 7/3 Creating 'Escape Routes' for Wildlife Christian Science Monitor, 6/29 Paying Developing Countries to Not Burn Forests NPR, 6/28 Tree-Based Offsets Better Spent in Tropics: Northern Forests Less Effective In Reducing Global Warming Eureka Alert, 6/27 FSC: China Crucial in Promoting Responsible Logging Reuters, 6/27 Predator Hunters For the Environment High Country News, 6/26 Coffee Plantations May Preserve Some Bird Species in Costa Rica Mongabay.com, 6/20 Incorporating Forest Protection in Climate Change Mitigation Ecosystem Marketplace, 6/19 China Plants Trees to Hold Back Desertification ENN, 6/19 That Sinking Feeling - On Trees and Carbon Offsets Conservation Magazine, 6/15 Ecotourism is Working to Conserve Rainforests in Costa Rica Mongabay.com, 6/14 Google to Harness Satellite Power For An Amazon Tribe San Francisco Chronicle, 6/14 Building Parks Can Help Climate Proof Cities ENS, 6/13 Forests Offer More Than Wood Vietnam News, 6/13 World Bank Eyes Paying Tropical Countries To Protect Rainforests to Fight Climate Change Wall Street Journal, 6/12 Can Cattle Ranchers and Soy Farmers Save the Amazon? Mongabay.com, 6/8 Ecuador Launches Campaign to Keep Oil Underground Reuters, 6/8 Investor Enables Communities to Protect Local Environment As Asset to Achieve Higher Standards of Living Ecosystem Marketplace, 6/7 Indonesia: No More Rainforest Clearing for Palm Oil Mongabay.com, 6/6 Amazon Rainforest at Tipping Point, But Globalization Could Help Save It Mongabay.com, 6/5 Conservation Biology Needs to be Accessible to the Masses Mongabay.com, 6/1 Ecosystem Investment Partners is Re-writing the Book on Land Conservation Ecosystem Marketplace, 5/29 How Biodiversity Can Be Protected - New Recommendations Science Daily, 5/24 Assessing Costa Rica's System of Compensating Landowners for Protecting Habitat Ecosystem Marketplace, 5/22 Idaho Town Plans Ahead of Development For Walkable Community, Open Space Conservation Idaho Statesman, 5/22 Ancient Amazonian Technology Could Save the World Mongabay.com, 5/18 Learning to Love (and Value) Ecosystem Services Two Steps Forward, 5/11 Reducing Tropical Deforestation Will Help Fight Global Warming Mongabay.com, 5/11 Unusual Land Use Coalition Rolls Out Blackfoot Wilderness Proposal Missoulan, 5/11 WRI: Value Earth's Ecosystems Or They Will Disappear ENS, 5/10 Environmental Revolutionary Works to Banish Idea That Economy Loses When Environment Wins Ecosystem Marketplace, 5/9 Sales of Carbon Helping Land Rich, But Cash Poor Tribes NY Times, 5/9 Conservation is Benefiting Both Lemurs and People in Madagascar Mongabay.com, 5/8 World Bank Eyes $250 Million Deal to Save Forests as Way to Reduce Carbon Emissions ENN, 5/4 Protection of Grasslands Cited As Way to Stop Sandstorms SciDev.net, 5/4 Madagascar's Rainforests Are Recovering Due to Social Institutions Mongabay.com, 5/3 Mississippi River To Provide Hurricane Protection - Plan Would Divert River to Re-Build Barrier Wetlands Washington Post, 5/2 seedPOD: A "Wikiseedia" for the Future of Food and Farmingign WorldChanging, 4/30 Rainforest Alliance Awards First Smar tLogging Certification to Maine Master Logger Certification Program ENN, 4/27 Feeding the World Sustainably Grist, 4/26 When Wine is Green NY Times, 4/26 The Role of Trees in Reducing Carbon Emissions Conservation Magazine, 4/25 Ecuador Seeks Compensation to Leave Amazon Oil Undisturbed ENS, 4/25 Parthenon Capital Fuels Wildland, Inc. Rapid Growth Ecosystem Marketplace, 4/25 Establishing Environmental Markets Ecosystem Marketplace, 4/20 Benefits of Marine Conservation - No Fishing Zones in Tropics Yield Fast Payoffs NY Times, 4/19 Connecting the Dots Between Timber Investment and Conservation Ecosystem Marketplace, 4/18 USDA Proposes Standards Board for U.S. Environmental Markets Ecosystem Marketplace, 4/18 Montana Farmers to Sell Credits for Carbon Missoulan, 4/12 Is the Dry American West a Good Place to Grow Cows? New West, 4/12 Congo Cancels Logging Contracts, Calls For Sustainable Forest Management Mongabay.com, 4/11 Deforestation Effects Depend on Location ENN, 4/11 The IRS Goes (Land)Trust Busting in Colorado Ecosystem Marketplace, 4/11 First Carbon Scrubbing Forestry Products Certified ClimateBiz, 4/5 Plight of the Disappearing Bees - Solutions Include Adjusting Ag Practices to Boost Natural Pollinators Christian Science Monitor, 4/4 Brazil Eyes Free Internet to Protect Amazon MSNBC, 4/3 First Carbon-Scrubbing Forestry Projects Certified GreenBiz, 4/2 Reflections on the Role of Conservation Science in Land Use Planning ENN, 3/29 In China, Forest Restoration for Climate, Community, and Biodiversity Ecosystem Marketplace, 3/27 Sustainable Food Production's Environmental, Energy and Health Benefits SeattlePi, 3/27 The Nature Conservancy, African Wildlife Foundation Team to Protect Zambizi River, Support Local Communities ENN, 3/26 If Organic Food is So Popular, Why Aren't More Farms Transitioning Their Land? Grist, 3/23 Conservation for Profit New Straits Times, 3/23 Mother Nature Still a Rich Source of New Drugs ENN, 3/21 A New Approach to Fisheries Management Ecosystem Marketplace, 3/21 Green Spaces Help Build Community Times Colonist, 3/20 Costa Rica Aims to Become First "Carbon Neutral" Country WorldChanging, 3/15 Australia Plans Massive Conservation Corridor Cosmos, 3/13 Sustainable Rainforest Farming Can Preserve Biodiversity, Ecological Services Mongabay.com, 3/9 Ecuadorian Brothers Show Conservation-Based Microentrepreneurship Possible Mongabay.com, 3/9 Oregon Proposals Aim to Replace County Timber Revenues With Trusts That Balance Logging, Conservation Mail Tribune, 3/7 National Wetlands Newsletter Warms Against Water Quality Trading Schemes Based on Wetland Mitigation Banking ENN, 3/7 Eco-Friendly Timber Makes More Green Oregonian, 3/6 Tax Breaks Proposed for Landowners Who Offer Habitats ENN, 3/2 Reviving a Much-Cited, Little-Read Sustainable Agriculture Masterpiece Grist, 3/2 Aboriginal Burnoffs May Help Prevent Megafires Reuters, 3/2 Kyoto Carbon Markets Bring New Value to the Green Slopes of New Zealand Ecosystem Marketplace, 3/1 The Connection Between Poverty Allieviation and the Global Carbon Market Ecosystem Marketplace, 2/27 Great Forests Hold Fateful Role in Climate Change Washington Post, 2/23 Farms Modeled on Biological Systems May Better Cope With Global Warming Mongabay.com, 2/22 Humans' Beef With Lifestock - A Warmer Planet Christian Science Monitor, 2/21 The Master Tree Planter Speaks Living on Earth, 2/21 New Study - Some Organic Food Not Better for The Environment The Independent, 2/20 Willets, CA Plans for Energy and Economic Independence In a Post Oil World High Country News, 2/20 Time to Begin 'Adapting' to Climate Change? CS Monitor, 2/14 Report Examines Open Space Conservation Plans Planetizen, 2/14 What Can We Learn From Community-Based Conservation? Ecosystem Marketplace, 2/13 In Niger, Trees and Crops Turn Back the Desert NY Times, 2/12 Incentive-Based Wildlife Preservation Efforts Focus on Private Lands ENN, 2/9 Blackfoot Valley is a Conservation Model Missoulan, 2/9 Carbon-Free Living: China's Green Leap Forward The Independent, 2/7 Indonesia Wants to be Paid for Slowing Deforestation Mongabay.com, 2/6 The Need to Stop Subsidizing Climate Change ENN, 2/2 Mountains for the Centuries - Clever Ways to Save Land in the Newly Populous West Economist, 2/2 Farm Bill Proposal Takes Bullish Approach to Market-Based Land Conservation Ecosystem Marketplace, 2/2 Gourmet Carbon Vs. Commodity Carbon - An Exploration of the Voluntary Carbon Market Ecosystem Marketplace, 1/31 Nez Perce Plant Trees to Eat CO2, Generate Carbon Offset Revenues From Forests Casper Star Tribune, 1/31 Brazil Nuts Offer Communities a Way to Make a Living From the Amazon Without Destroying It BBC, 1/30 Developing Nations Need Cloning BBC, 1/29 The Environmental Revolution - Comparable in Scale to Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions ENN, 1/26 Threatened Amazon Tribes Fight Against the Odds Indian Country, 1/24 Why Federal Farm Support Deserves a Fresh Look Grist, 1/24 BC Land Conservation Deal Will Protect Great Bear Rainforest and Jobs Vancouver Sun , 1/23 Could Smart Urban Design Keep People Fit? Science News, 1/23 Pioneering New Relationship Between Private Equity and Land Conservation in Western U.S. Ecosystem Marketplace, 1/17 Large Size Crucial for Amazon Forest Reserves ENN, 1/17 Conservation Group, Unions Joining to Protect Wildlife Habitats, Quality of Life Washington Post, 1/17 2006 Conservation Achievements - Trust for Public Land ENN, 1/4 Farmers Reap Financial, Health, Environmental Benefits from Climate Friendly Practices Daily Astorian, 1/3 What's the Buzz - Ecosystem Services and Coffee Ecosystem Marketplace, 1/3 Holiday Joy For Fishing Industry, Tribes, Environmentalists - Dam is Gone, Salmon Are Back Seattle Times, 12/29 Farmers and Conservationists Form Rare Alliance NY Times, 12/29 Of Salvage Logging and Salvation High Country News, 12/29 Incentive-Based N.Y. Forest Deal A Model for Land Conservation NY Times, 12/26 Two Timber Firms Pretending to be 'Green', Groups Allege Washington Post, 12/26 Conservation Can Help Achieve Poverty Reduction Conservation International, 12/20 UN: Environmental Protection Enhances Economic Development ENS, 12/19 Marine Protected Areas Boost Fishing Yields Mongabay, 12/19 Sustainable Cities, Better Living - Building Along Railway Lines Wall Street Journal, 12/18 Sustainable Agriculture: The Consciousness of Farming Green Money Journal, 12/13 Who Pays for Rainforest Conservation? Mongabay.com, 12/13 A Better Way to Cut Down the Amazon? Forest Cutting Method May Reduce Negative Impacts on Regeneration Mongabay, 12/13 California Wine Growing Report Reflects Increased Rise of Sustainable Practices GreenBiz, 12/12 Conserving Native Grasslands for Biofuels - Study Finds They Contain More Energy Than Corn Mongabay, 12/8 Conservation Efforts Offset Land Lost to Sprawl USA Today, 11/30 Saving the Forest for the Climate...And Other Reasons Treehugger, 11/29 Australia's Regional Land Management Could Lay the Groundwork for Environmental Markets Ecosystem Marketplace, 11/29 Great Rivers Partnership Hires Specialist to Assess Economic Benefits of Protecting Major Rivers Around the World The Nature Conservancy, 11/28 Greenhouse Gases Could Go Undersea Discover, 11/28 New Map Emphasizes Human Factor in Wildfire Management Innovations Report, 11/22 Precious Woods: The Amazon's Conveyor Belt to the Future Ecosystem Marketplace, 11/21 Report: Breaching Dams Would Save Money, Salmon Idaho Statesman, 11/17 Study Finds Forest Thinning Forests Without Burning Worsens Fire Threat to Communities NY TImes, 11/17 Florida Expands Marine Reserve to America's Largest. Will Benefit Fish, Protect Long-Term Fishing Economy ENN, 11/15 Amazon Indians Use Google Earth, GPS to Protect Forest Home MongaBay.com, 11/15 Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Biodiversity Conservation - Indigenous Peoples Documenting Medicinal Plants, Finding Anti-Cancer Substances The Star Online, 11/14 Getting Paid to Keep Trees Standing Ecosystem Marketplace, 11/9 Portland Voters Greenlight Greenspace Purchases As Key to Region's Quality of Life The Oregonian, 11/8 Kenyan Nobel Prize Winner Launches Plan to Plant 1 Billion Trees to Fight Global Warming ENN, 11/8 Opportunities for Andes Landowners to Receive Payments for Environmental Services Ecosystem Marketplace, 11/7 Banking on Wetlands - a Profitable Solution to Counter Habitat Loss? Living on Earth, 11/7 Building Resilience to Climate Change May Help Coral Reefs, Mangroves (and Related Industries) Survive ENS, 11/3 Plan to Reduce Deforestation Could Mean Billions for World's Poorest Countries, Preserve Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Mongabay, 11/3 The Nature Conservancy and Xerox Announce Plan to Enhance, Advance Forest Conservation LOHAS Weekly, 11/3 Integrating Biodiversity and Cultural Conservation Can be More Effective Than Traditional Protected Areas for Protecting Rainforests Mongabay, 11/3 Indigenous Group in Brazil Granted Largest Tropical Forest Certification in the World by the Forest Stewardship Council ENN, 11/3 Scientific Insights on Ecosystem Services, Issue 2 Ecosystem Marketplace, 11/2 Clinton Champions Protection and Restoration of Mangroves as Natural Barriers to Future Tsunamis ENN, 11/1 Nebraska Governer Signs Conservation Agreement to Protect River, Farmers ENN, 11/1 Farmers Aim to Get Paid for Harvesting Carbon MSNBC, 10/31 Pollinators Help One Third of World's Crop Production UC Berkeley News, 10/27 Carbon Trading Could Save Threatened Forests, Boost Rural Incomes Edie, 10/26 World Bank Says Carbon Trading Saves Rainforests Mongabay.com, 10/25 To Stop Dust Bowl, Mongolia Builds 'Great Wall' of Trees Wall St. Journal, 10/25 Restoration of San Joaquin River Will Boost Fish and Wildlife Populations, Improve Drinking Water Quality and Enhance Recreational Opportunities SF Chronicle, 10/24 New Incentive Program to Help Conserve Southern Forests US Newswire, 10/20 Local Food for National Security and Public Health WorldChanging, 10/20 EU Plans Tough Laws to Boost Energy Efficiency, Save Hundreds of Billions/Year Financial Times, 10/20 Proposal Would Help Loggers Help Salmon (and Fishing Jobs) Register Guard, 10/20 How to Save a Creek One Drop at a Time High Country News, 10/20 NRCS, EPA Look to Water-Quality Trading in the United States Ecosytems Marketplace, 10/16 PwC Report: Carbon Capture and Storage Must Be Part of Greenhouse Gas Stabilization Solution Green Car Congree, 10/14 Linking People and Land in Hawaii - School's Land Assets Division Delivers Returns on Economic, Cultural and Natural Capital Ecosystem Marketplace, 10/13 Brazil Conference Focuses on Ways to Develop, Improve Payments for Ecosystem Services Ecosystem Marketplace, 10/13 Sustainable Development in Indonesia Benefits Communities Grist, 10/13 Leading CA Green Groups Embrace Planktos Ecorestoration to Erase Their Carbon Footprints Ecosystem Marketplace, 10/10 Conservation Incentives Start to Take Off in Brazil Ecosystem Marketplace, 10/5 Local Governments Get Serious About the Environment Los Angeles Times, 10/5 U.S. to Cut Guatemala's Debt in Exchange for Protecting Rainforest NY Times, 10/4 Program Awards Funding to Help Ensure Sustainable Farms Tri-City Herald, 10/4 Carbon Markets - A Brazillian Perspective Ecosystem Marketplace, 10/4 Two Northwest National Forests Start Managing Lands for Climate Change Wenatchee World, 10/3 The Ecology of Cities - Designing Them to be Sustainable Treehugger, 9/28 Momentum Building for Conserving Portland's Streams The Oregonian, 9/28 Study: Intact Northern Forests Provide $250 Billion Per Year in 'Ecosystem Services' ENN, 9/27 Big Game Can Help Protect Ecosystems from Global Warming Dr. David Suzuki, 9/26 Could Biofuel Crops Become Agricultural Weeds? The Oregonian, 9/26 City Aims to Excel As Ecological Example Register Guard, 9/22 Biodiesel As a Rural Development Strategy Planetizen, 9/22 Cooling Cities With Green Planetizen, 9/20 New Easements Help Landowners Keep Farmland in Production Despite Rising Property Taxes High Country News, 9/19 Australia Develops New Biodiversity Banking and Offset Scheme Ecosystem Marketplace, 9/15 Washington State Forests Receive Industry-Backed, but Not Independent Certification of Sustainable Management Seattle Pi, 9/15 Settlement Will Restore San Joaquin River, Benefitting Wildlife, Drinking Water, Fishing S.F. Chronicle, 9/13 Chicago Shines With Sustainable Design Chicago Sun Tribune, 9/13 The Greening of Downtown Atlanta N.Y. Times, 9/7 Nature on the Threshold N.Y. Times, 9/7 California's Forest Owners, Eyeing Future Carbon Market, Blend Forestry and Conservation Ecosystem Marketplace, 9/6 Sustainable Land Use Planning - Conservation Corridors Boost Biodiversity, Study Says National Geographic, 9/6 Author Sees Science, Religion Saving Environment ENN, 9/5 Portland Going 100% Renewable Marketplace, 9/1 Looking to Strengthen Oregon's Green Legacy The Oregonian, 9/1 Rebuild New Orleans Wetlands, Architect Suggests Reuters, 8/31 Restore Tahoe's Forests to Keep the Lake Blue S.F. Chronicle, 8/30