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Ten banks back zero net deforestation push

NEWS: Standard Chartered is the latest to promise forest-friendly finance under the Soft Commodities Compact

NEWS: Government is registering 5 million properties in a bid to reverse trend of forest clearance by beef and soy farmers

NEWS: Emerging economy will aim for 28-33% renewable energy by 2030, President Rousseff said in joint statement with Obama

NEWS: Amazon protection on the agenda when president Dilma Rousseff meets Barack Obama in Washington next week

NEWS: Rules for how REDD+ scheme will work are now agreed, work can start on ramping up projects say experts

COMMENT: To have a chance of limiting warming to below 2 degrees, emissions balance sheets submitted to the UN must add up

NEWS: Follow Mexico’s lead, world’s 2nd and 3rd emitter told as emissions pledge for climate pact freeze out forests, study says

ANALYSIS: Forest clearance counts for a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions but cash is not yet flowing to protect trees

NEWS: In the face of climate change and peak farmland, tree foods offer “hidden harvest” for global hungry, report says

COMMENT: New report from Prince of Wales International Sustainability Unit highlights vulnerability of world’s rainforests

NEWS: Campaigners claim victory after Ministry of Coal confirms a controversial coal block in sensitive forest will not be auctioned

NEWS: Ethiopia, US and Mexico among countries pledging action at Bonn meeting to cut carbon emissions and create jobs

NEWS: The ability of Amazon forest to absorb carbon dioxide has halved in the past two decades, warn researchers

NEWS: Campaigners say bloc must tighten import laws, citing loss of 2.4 million hectares of tropical forests to farmers and industry

ANALYSIS: Can the world’s biggest pulp and paper producer quit destroying rainforest and what difference does it make to the climate?

NEWS: UN’s Clean Development Mechanism increased reliance on Brazil’s native forests for steel making, say researchers

NEWS: UN climate pact should ensure basic rights of forest communities are respected, say activists from Liberia and Philippines

NEWS: Rainforests are the “sweat glands” of the world and losses could wreak havoc with farming, researchers warn

NEWS: Destruction of rainforest likely to endanger global climate unless it can be stopped and restored

NEWS: Eight South American countries make promise at UN meeting to start restoring damaged lands