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An uncontacted Indigenous community in Acre, Brazil.

New online map tracks threats to uncontacted Indigenous peoples in Brazil’s Amazon

Sarah Brown 27 Sep 2023

Infrastructure in the Pan Amazon: Public-private partnerships

Timothy J. Killeen 27 Sep 2023

Infrastructure in the Pan Amazon – Finance: What is new and what is not

Timothy J. Killeen 26 Sep 2023

Brazil Supreme Court quashes time frame proposal in win for Indigenous rights

Sarah Brown 22 Sep 2023

Infrastructure in the Pan Amazon: Railroad development

Timothy J. Killeen 21 Sep 2023

Infrastructure in the Pan Amazon: Waterway options

Timothy J. Killeen 20 Sep 2023
Cattle grazing in the Amazon.

Meatpacking giant and Amazon deforester JBS bid for NYSE listing challenged

Shanna Hanbury 20 Sep 2023
Aldenísio Pereira da Silva, a teacher of Indigenous education in the Tabalascada Indigenous Community.

In Roraima, Indigenous communities forge sustainable solutions amid threats

Amanda Magnani 19 Sep 2023

In the Amazon, global competition drives bulk transport systems

Timothy J. Killeen 13 Sep 2023

The future of hydropower in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 12 Sep 2023

Brazil cap-and-trade carbon framework in sight, but agriculture gets a pass

Sarah Brown 6 Sep 2023
Hydroelectric dam in Baños, Ecuador. Photo by Eric Chan/Flickr.

Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: An overview of the private energy sector in Ecuador and China’s role

Timothy J. Killeen 6 Sep 2023

Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: A look at the private energy sector in Peru

Timothy J. Killeen 5 Sep 2023

Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: Bolivia seeks an energy export model

Timothy J. Killeen 30 Aug 2023

Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: Río Trombetas and Calha Norte

Timothy J. Killeen 29 Aug 2023

Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: The Tapajós Basin and the prevalence of Indigenous rights

Timothy J. Killeen 25 Aug 2023

Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: Belo Monte and the Río Xingu

Timothy J. Killeen 24 Aug 2023
River in the Western Amazon. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler / Mongabay

The deceptions of the Amazon Summit in Belém (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 17 Aug 2023

Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: The Madeira Hydropower Complex

Timothy J. Killeen 17 Aug 2023

Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: Tucuruí and the Tocantins Cascade

Timothy J. Killeen 16 Aug 2023
A channel-billed toucan in Yasuní National Park.

Can upcoming referendum in Ecuador stop oil drilling in Yasuní National Park?

Kimberley Brown 11 Aug 2023
A coral reef and fish in the mouth of the Amazon River.

Amazon Summit nations agree on saving rainforest — but not on conservation goals

Sarah Brown 11 Aug 2023

Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: The Guri complex and the Caroni Cascade

Timothy J. Killeen 11 Aug 2023

Brazilian authorities launch probe into ‘Amazon’s largest single deforester’

André Schröder 10 Aug 2023

Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: A shift toward reduced impact facilities, but the controversy continues

Timothy J. Killeen 9 Aug 2023

Amazon Summit sparks hope for coordinated efforts from the rainforest nations

Sarah Brown 4 Aug 2023

Infrastructure in the Pan Amazon: The Guiana Shield and the Coastal Plain

Timothy J. Killeen 3 Aug 2023

Infrastructure in the Andean Amazon: The Carretera Marginal de la Selva

Timothy J. Killeen 1 Aug 2023

The Andean republics of the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 27 Jul 2023

The Human-Modified Landscapes (HML) and the Brazilian highway network

Timothy J. Killeen 26 Jul 2023

Roads are primary vectors of deforestation in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 20 Jul 2023

Infrastructure defines the future: Chapter 2 of “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon”

Timothy J. Killeen 19 Jul 2023

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