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Deforestation for cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Norwegian poultry producer bars Brazilian soy due to deforestation risk

Mongabay.com 21 May 2021

Cattle-driven clearing continues in Brazil’s Triunfo do Xingu protected area

Liz Kimbrough 16 Apr 2021

New palm oil frontier sparks scramble for land in the Brazilian Amazon

Ana Ionova 12 Apr 2021

Drinking coffee in the U.S.? Worry about forests in Vietnam, study says

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2021

As Amazon forest-to-savanna tipping point looms, solutions remain elusive

Shanna Hanbury 23 Feb 2021
An atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), at the Atlanterhavsparken aquarium in Ålesund, Norway. Photo by Hans-Petter Fjeld via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA).

European farmed salmon sector to use only deforestation-free Brazilian soy

Genevieve Belmaker 29 Jan 2021

Seven financial firms key to rooting out deforestation, report finds

John Cannon 29 Jan 2021

Traditional and Indigenous peoples ‘denounce’ planned Amazon railway

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 23 Dec 2020
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

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

Brazilian and international banks financing global deforestation: Reports

Sue Branford; Thais Borges; and Diego Rebouças 5 Nov 2020

Report: Soy, cattle industries trail palm oil, timber on deforestation risk

Ashoka Mukpo 3 Nov 2020

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

Sue Branford 21 Oct 2020
Image by ilustrativa/John Lambeth/Pexels

For European chemical giants, Brazil is an open market for toxic pesticides banned at home

Pedro Grigori - Agência Pública / Repórter Brasil 10 Sep 2020

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

Sibélia Zanon 7 Aug 2020

Forest restoration, not just halting deforestation, vital to Amazon

Sarah Sax 22 Jul 2020

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

Sarah Sax 17 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

Tax exemptions on pesticides in Brazil add up to US$ 2.2 billion per year

Mariana Della Barba and Diego Junqueira from Repórter Brasil and Pedro Grigori from Agência Pública 1 Apr 2020

Brazil sets record for highly hazardous pesticide consumption: Report

Jenny Gonzales 12 Mar 2020

Amazon Tipping Point puts Brazil’s agribusiness, energy sector at risk: Top scientists

Shanna Hanbury 24 Feb 2020
Chickens. Image by Capri23auto via Pixabay.

Investors drop demands after Tyson Foods commits to no deforestation

Liz Kimbrough 20 Feb 2020

Brazilian meat giant JBS expands its reach in China

Mongabay.com 20 Feb 2020

Making a thriller out of Belo Monte hydro dam: Q&A with filmmaker Sabrina McCormick

Débora Pinto 18 Feb 2020

Bolsonaro sends Congress bill to open indigenous lands to mining, fossil fuels

Jan Rocha 7 Feb 2020

Use it, don’t lose it: Q&A with Amazon eco scientist Marcelino Guedes

Débora Pinto 29 Jan 2020

Belo Monte boondoggle: Brazil’s biggest, costliest dam may be unviable

Tiffany Higgins 17 Jan 2020
PORTO VELHO, RONDÔNIA, BRAZIL. Aerial view of burned areas in the Amazon rainforest, in the city of Porto Velho, Rondônia state. (Photo: Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace)

2019: The year rainforests burned

Rhett A. Butler 27 Dec 2019

Amazon’s Mura indigenous group demands input over giant mining project

Thais Borges; Sue Branford; and Mauricio Torres 27 Dec 2019

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