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Peru’s Brazil nut harvesters learn to monitor forests with drones

Yvette Sierra Praeli 6 Dec 2018

Top U.S. flooring retailer linked to Brazilian firm snagged in timber bust

John Cannon 4 Dec 2018

New research quantifies ecosystem services provided by Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 28 Nov 2018

Extinction by omission: Peru’s disappearing ancient shihuahuaco trees

Vanessa Romo 28 Nov 2018

California’s Tropical Forest Standard could be the state’s most important climate action (commentary)

Steve Schwartzman and Christina McCain 14 Nov 2018

The last trees of the Amazon

Nelly Luna Amancio 12 Nov 2018

Novel research method reveals small-scale gold mining’s impact on Peruvian Amazon

Mike Gaworecki 9 Nov 2018

Fire fundamentally alters carbon dynamics in the Amazon

John Cannon 12 Oct 2018
Cattle at one of the 70,000 suppliers used by JBS, one of Brazil's largest beef producers. Photo courtesy of JBS

Pasture expansion driving deforestation in Brazilian protected area

Mike Gaworecki 4 Oct 2018

Latam Eco Review: Shark ceviche, bat-friendly tequila, and protein-rich worms

Mongabay.com 27 Sep 2018

Traditional groups sowing sustainable crops could save Venezuelan park

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 24 Sep 2018
Cow in Colombia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay

Land hoarding: what Colombia’s new administration has inherited

Natalie Arenas 10 Sep 2018

Latam Eco Review: Salmon escape, jungle drones, and a new biosphere reserve

Mongabay.com 8 Sep 2018

The ‘Godfather of Biodiversity’ on why it’s time to manage Earth as a system

Mike Gaworecki 5 Sep 2018

Latam Eco Review: Industrial fishing in the Galapagos, fracking Colombian cloud forests, whale sharks in Peru

Mongabay.com 2 Sep 2018

New orchid species discovered in Peruvian Amazon

Mongabay.com 23 Aug 2018

Brazil hits emissions target early, but rising deforestation risks reversal

John Cannon 23 Aug 2018

Latam Eco Review: Turtles at risk, jungle fracking, and a mafia land grab

Mongabay.com 10 Aug 2018

In Ecuador, a pipeline cuts a trail of misery through indigenous land

José María León Cabrera 9 Aug 2018

Fire, more than logging, drives Amazon forest degradation, study finds

David Klinges 6 Aug 2018
The once threatened black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) is recovering and now listed as ‘conservation dependent’ on the IUCN Red List. Photo courtesy Jason Houston/Upper Amazon Conservancy.

In Peru, a new president is faced with old conservation challenges

Justin Catanoso 2 Aug 2018

Latam Eco Review: Witchcraft and wildlife trafficking in Peru

Mongabay.com 27 Jul 2018

Soy giant Louis Dreyfus pledges deforestation-free supply chain

Anna Sophie Gross 16 Jul 2018

Leprosy prevalent among Amazon’s armadillos, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Jun 2018

Plant response to rising CO2 levels may alter rainfall patterns across tropics

Claire Asher 28 Jun 2018

A most unlikely hope: How the companies that destroyed the world’s forests can save them (commentary)

Glenn Hurowitz 28 Jun 2018

In Peru, coca puts one of the world’s best coffee crops at risk

Vanessa Romo 18 Jun 2018

Latam Eco Review: Paddington Bear Captured on Camera in Peru

Mongabay.com 15 Jun 2018

Ecuador: Waorani people map their rainforest to save it

Daniela Aguilar 6 Jun 2018

Field Museum honors Peruvian organization for its conservation work with indigenous groups

Mongabay.com 5 Jun 2018
● Guided by the indigenous people of Ecuador’s Sucumbíos province, which has been hit by oil exploitation, Waorani people from Pastaza province joined a “Toxic Tour” to learn how contamination has affected other communities in the Amazon.

Ecuador: Tribe sees how oil industry affects forest on ‘Toxic Tour’

Daniela Aguilar 1 Jun 2018

Colombia’s supreme court orders government to stop Amazon deforestation

Esteban Montaño 7 May 2018

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