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The Amazon near Manaus, Brazil. Image by Neil Palmer/CIAT via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Soy moratorium averted New Jersey-size loss of Amazon rainforest: Study

John Cannon 23 Dec 2020

Illegal mining sparks malaria outbreak in Indigenous territories in Brazil

Eduardo Goulart de Andrade, Fábio Bispo, Hyury Potter 8 Dec 2020

As Amazon deforestation hits 12 year high, France rejects Brazilian soy

Jenny Gonzales 4 Dec 2020

French Guiana soy biofuel power plants risk massive Amazon deforestation

Justin Catanoso 2 Dec 2020

Multiplying Amazon river ports open new Brazil-to-China commodities routes

Manuela Andreoni; Diálogo Chino 19 Nov 2020

Satellites, maps and the flow of cattle: Brazilian solutions for reducing deforestation are already in use

Naira Hofmeister and Fernanda Wenzel and Pedro Papini 12 Nov 2020

‘Digital land grab’ deprives traditional LatAm peoples of ancestral lands: Report

Sue Branford 21 Oct 2020
Satellite image of a major fire in the savannas of Beni on September 12, 2020. Data from Planet. Image courtesy of MAAP.

In Bolivia, more than 25% of major fires this year burned in protected areas

Liz Kimbrough 12 Oct 2020

The murky process of licensing Amazonian meat plants

Flávia Milhorance / Diálogo Chino 8 Oct 2020

Stock indices let Brazil meatpackers shed ties to deforestation, draw investors

Fernanda Wenzel, Naira Hofmeister, Pedro Papini 6 Oct 2020

BlackRock’s $400m stake in Amazon meatpackers defies sustainability cred

Fernanda Wenzel, Naira Hofmeister, Pedro Papini 24 Sep 2020

Amazon meatpacking plants, a COVID-19 hotspot, may be ground zero for next pandemic

Fernanda Wenzel, Naira Hofmeister, Pedro Papini and Juliana Lopes from ((o))eco 11 Sep 2020

Brazil green recovery plan could boost economy, add jobs, cut emissions: Report

Shanna Hanbury 27 Aug 2020
Hotspot directly in the forest, next to a freshly deforested area in Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso state. © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

Bleak milestone: 500 major fires detected in Brazilian Amazon this year

Liz Kimbrough 26 Aug 2020
Planet image of Altamira (-5.79, -53.69) in the State of Pará, Brazil taken on August 8, 2020. Courtesy of Planet.

Can we predict where Amazon fires will occur? And to what end?

Liz Kimbrough 21 Aug 2020
Hotspot directly in the forest, next to a freshly deforested area, with Deter warning, in Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso state. © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

More than 260 major, mostly illegal Amazon fires detected since late May

Liz Kimbrough 13 Aug 2020

All talk, no walk: ‘Green’ financiers still support Amazon beef industry

Fernanda Wenzel, Naira Hofmeister, Pedro Papini e Juliana Lopes from ((o))eco 13 Aug 2020

Paper maze and lack of transparency cloak investment in companies involved in Amazon deforestation

Fernanda Wenzel, Naira Hofmeister, Pedro Papini and Juliana Lopes from ((o))eco 11 Aug 2020

Deforestation in the Amazon is drying up the rest of Brazil: Report

Sibélia Zanon 7 Aug 2020

Scientists launch ambitious conservation project to save the Amazon

Shanna Hanbury 27 Jul 2020

A Brazilian forest community shows certified timber really does work

Maria Fernanda Ribeiro 22 Jul 2020

Forest restoration, not just halting deforestation, vital to Amazon

Sarah Sax 22 Jul 2020

Where there’s cattle ranching and soybean farming, there’s fire, study finds

Marcelo Coppola 20 Jul 2020

International investors urge Brazil to take real action to stop deforestation

Fernanda Wenzel from ((o))eco 17 Jul 2020

Only a few ‘rotten apples’ causing most illegal Brazil deforestation: Study

Sarah Sax 17 Jul 2020

Brazilian meatpacker expands with World Bank funding but fails to reduce impacts in the Amazon

Naira Hofmeister 9 Jul 2020

Prosecutors target Brazil’s environment minister over dismantling of protections

Suzana Camargo 8 Jul 2020
Mist rising from the Amazon rainforest at dawn. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Brazil bows to pressure from business, decrees 120-day Amazon fire ban

Jenny Gonzales 8 Jul 2020

World’s biggest trade deal in trouble over EU anger at Brazil deforestation

Jenny Gonzales 6 Jul 2020

In the Amazon, a farmer practices the future of sustainable cattle ranching

Maria Fernanda Ribeiro 28 May 2020

Green alert: How indigenous people are experiencing climate change in the Amazon

Jenny Gonzales 27 May 2020

Brazil minister advises using COVID-19 to distract from Amazon deregulation

Jenny Gonzales 26 May 2020

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