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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

Brazilian beef giant on defensive on its Amazon sourcing practices

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2012

Jaguars photographed in palm oil plantation

Jeremy Hance 6 Jun 2012

Brazil finalizes 2011 deforestation data

Mongabay.com 6 Jun 2012

President Rousseff vetoes some controversial changes to Brazil’s Forest Code

Mongabay.com 29 May 2012

Tropical dams are a false solution to climate change

Mongabay.com 27 May 2012

Brazil’s Rousseff vetoes part of controversial Forest Code revision

Mongabay.com 25 May 2012

Greenpeace lifts pig iron ship blockade in Brazil

Mongabay.com 25 May 2012

Value of timber stocks could predict future logging roads, deforestation in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 20 May 2012

Brazilian deforestation lower in 2012 to date

Mongabay.com 18 May 2012

U.S. car manufacturers linked to Amazon destruction, slave labor

Jeremy Hance 14 May 2012

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