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Tropical forests illegally destroyed for commercial agriculture

10 Sep 2014: Forest Trends warns that demand for palm oil, beef, soy and wood has fuelled rapid deforestation, especially in Indonesia

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The world's 10 most threatened forests

Interactive: Roll over the images for a guide to the biodiversity in the world's 10 most at-risk rainforests
The world's remaining great forests

Interactive: Find out about the world's remaining great forests and the threats to their survival
Q&A: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (Redd)

Find out more about the international plan to allow countries and companies to offset their carbon emissions by investing in preventing the destruction of forests

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Lost frogs: finding the world's rarest amphibians – in pictures

11 Sep 2014: Conservationist Robin Moore’s photographs from his journey around the world to find lost species
Amazon deforestation jumps 29%

11 Sep 2014: Satellite figures show surge in deforestation, as agriculture expands in states of Para and Mato Grosso
Tropical forests illegally destroyed for commercial agriculture

11 Sep 2014: Forest Trends warns that demand for palm oil, beef, soy and wood has fuelled rapid deforestation, especially in Indonesia
Illegal loggers blamed for murder of Peru forest campaigner

9 Sep 2014: Authorities confirm killing of Edwin Chota and three other men, with reports saying they were shot in front of villagers
Why zero deforestation is compatible with a reduction in poverty

Guardian Professional, 8 Sep 2014: Tony Juniper: Jonathon Porritt’s suggestion that poor countries should be able to cut down trees presents false notions about trading environmental for development goals
What’s the role of business in preventing deforestation? - live chat

Guardian Professional, 5 Sep 2014: Join our live chat on Monday 8 September 12 - 1pm BST to discuss the role of companies and consumers in protecting forests
How to start and grow a community forest project

4 Sep 2014: Scotland’s Kilfinan Community Forest runs workshops and promotes conservation. How can you get involved in this area?
We made a wooden table then ate a meal on it – people were amazed

4 Sep 2014: Kilfinan Community Forest in Argyll, Scotland, trades in timber and teaches visitors sustainability, forest and woodworking skills. Hope Whitmore got a cut of the action
The wood beats with the first signs of autumn

4 Sep 2014: Country Diary: Bedford Purlieus Wood, Cambridgeshire: White angelica umbels crawl with drone flies, sawflies, solitary wasps and bristly tachinid flies. But this is not a safe place to be a fly
Why do the neighbours' autumn leaves always land on my patch?

3 Sep 2014:
Readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts
Reserves and parks not enough to protect nature – David Attenborough

3 Sep 2014: Broadcaster calls for radical new approach to conservation, urging people to use all spaces from gardens to roadside verges to help wildlife
Tasmanian government rips up 'job-destroying' forestry peace deal

3 Sep 2014: 400,000 hectares of protected native forest to be opened to logging in move Liberals say will enhance job creation
Autumn promises a dazzling display of woodland colour as the summer wanes

30 Aug 2014:
Woodland experts predict a particularly early and vivid outburst of yellows, reds and oranges
From Big Belly to the Discoed Yew: the trees that grow on us

29 Aug 2014: Patrick Barkham: We bond with trees like no other living thing. And now we can celebrate them in a competition to find the nation’s favourite
New books party

29 Aug 2014: GrrlScientist: What good is a weekend without a good book to read? Take a look at these books -- hot off the presses -- that you may enjoy!