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Construction of controversial Belo Monte dam stopped

Mongabay.com 24 Aug 2012

Independent assessment confirms drop in Amazon deforestation for 2011-2012

Mongabay.com 21 Aug 2012

Belo Monte mega-dam halted again by high Brazilian court, appeal likely but difficult

Jeremy Hance 15 Aug 2012

Evidence of ‘isolated’ indigenous people found in Peru where priest is pushing highway

David Hill 14 Aug 2012

Pig iron producers sign zero deforestation pledge after Greenpeace campaign

Mongabay.com 2 Aug 2012

Brazil’s deforestation rate still on decline in 2012?

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Aug 2012

‘Penis snake’ discovered in Brazil is actually a rare species of amphibian

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Aug 2012

Human rights court favors indigenous tribe over Ecuadorian government in oil battle

Jeremy Hance 31 Jul 2012

European Space Agency releases time series showing Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 30 Jul 2012

Guyana rainforests secure trust fund

Jeremy Hance 30 Jul 2012

Brazil decree opens tribal lands to mining, dams in ‘national interest’

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Jul 2012

165,000 sq km of Colombian rainforest mapped in stunning detail using lasers, satellites

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Jul 2012

Experts: sustainable logging in rainforests impossible

Jeremy Hance 19 Jul 2012

Brazil cripples illegal gold mining operations in indigenous territory

Jeremy Hance 18 Jul 2012

Scientists slam Telegraph blogger’s claims that climate change will be good for the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Jul 2012

Still time to save most species in the Brazilian Amazon

Jeremy Hance 12 Jul 2012

Indigenous tribes end occupation of Belo Monte

Jeremy Hance 12 Jul 2012

Vietnam buys stakes in controversial oil blocks threatening Peru’s most vulnerable indigenous people

David Hill 11 Jul 2012

Indigenous leaders demand suspension of Belo Monte dam

Mongabay.com 10 Jul 2012

Vale’s $1 trillion iron mine in the Amazon wins approval

Mongabay.com 9 Jul 2012

Critically Endangered capuchins discovered in four new locations

Jeremy Hance 9 Jul 2012

Experts dispute recent study that claims little impact by pre-Columbian tribes in Amazon

Jeremy Hance 5 Jul 2012

Indigenous tribes occupy Belo Monte dam for over 10 days

Jeremy Hance 3 Jul 2012

96 percent of the world’s species remain unevaluated by the Red List

Jeremy Hance 28 Jun 2012

Brazil’s environmental leadership at risk, warn scientists

Mongabay.com 26 Jun 2012

Dams are ‘centerpiece of greenwashing’ in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 25 Jun 2012

Small farmers cause substantial damage in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 25 Jun 2012

New geojournalism mapping platform for the Amazon

Mongabay.com 21 Jun 2012

Fire risk to increase in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2012

Photo: Human canvas on Rio beach protests Brazil’s dam-building spree in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2012

Over 700 people killed defending forest and land rights in past ten years

Jeremy Hance 19 Jun 2012

Protesters dig canal through Belo Monte dam in Brazil (Photos)

Mongabay.com 16 Jun 2012

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