Can Asia make sustainable palm oil?

A new report shows that our progress has been marginal, but also illuminates major opportunities for private sector intervention.

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Can Asia make sustainable palm oil?

Demand is driving deforestation — what can companies do?

Research found that 27 percent of global forest loss is caused by permanent commodity-driven deforestation-as-usual.

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How to conserve half the planet without going hungry

In order to preserve biodiversity, we need to protect land — land that’s been resettled for agriculture.

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How to conserve half the planet without going hungry

Trade and food security are linked — and both are in danger

Climate change is disrupting our agricultural production, and we’ll need international agreements to solve the global challenge.

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Trade and food security are linked — and both are in danger

To avoid collapse, humanity needs a new narrative

A vision of the shift in which humanity pulls itself from the brink of massive disruption. From here, the future looks bright.

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To avoid collapse, humanity needs a new narrative

Photo: This tiny songbird is also called a "firebird"

The Kirtland’s warbler is particular about where it lives. It can be found in the jack pine forests of the northern lower peninsula of Michigan where conservationists have been working on a clever strategy to bring the species back from the brink.

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Photo: This tiny songbird is also called a "firebird"

How self-driving cars might change our cities

A great article in the New Yorker gives a great overview of the state of the art.

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The top ten posts of the week on TreeHugger, from cozy cows to keeping calm

And: how to aim a solar panel, how to stay alive on a bike.

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Conservationists Rescue the Iberian Lynx from the Brink of Extinction

Just five years ago, the Iberian lynx was classified as critically endangered on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List (IUCN), but now the population in southern Spain has nearly tripled thanks to a particularly well-designed conservation program . Funded by the Andalusian government and the European Union, the program brought together hunters, farmers and the tourism industry to revive this magnificent wild cat. Read the rest of Conservationists Rescue the Iberian Lynx from the Brink of Extinction Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Andalusia , Donana National Park , Environment , european union , Iberian lynx , News , Sierra Morena , Southern Spain , wildcat , Wildlife conservation        

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24 Endangered Birds Gifted Their Own Hawaiian Island

Photo and inset via Wikipedia Commons For a handfull of lucky, yet critically endangered songbirds, life just got a whole lot roomier. The tiny species of Millerbird, native to Hawaii’s Nihoa island, has been teetering on the brink of extinction there for decades. But now, in an attempt to hedge the chances of the bird’s survival, conservationists have gifted two… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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