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Will mega-dams destroy the Amazon?

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Apr 2012

Pictures: Destruction of the Amazon’s Xingu River begins for Belo Monte Dam

Jeremy Hance 18 Apr 2012

Amazon tribe becomes first to get OK to sell REDD credits for rainforest conservation

Mongabay.com 12 Apr 2012

Scientists unlock indigenous secret to sustainable agriculture in the Amazon’s savannas

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Apr 2012

U.S. gobbling illegal wood from Peru’s Amazon rainforest

Jeremy Hance 10 Apr 2012

Brazil can eliminate deforestation by 2020, says governor of giant Amazon state

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Apr 2012

BP moves into the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 3 Apr 2012

Judge suspends Brazilian dam that would flood sacred waterfalls

Jeremy Hance 2 Apr 2012

Researchers launch tool that predicts Amazon deforestation a year before it happens

Mongabay.com 30 Mar 2012

Brazil’s indigenous affairs ministry: $32B carbon deal not valid

Mongabay.com 28 Mar 2012

Government policy contributes to huge drop in Amazon deforestation in Brazil

Mongabay.com 28 Mar 2012

Indigenous groups fight for recognition and illumination in Peru

Patrick Le Flufy 26 Mar 2012

Belo Monte Dam: A spearhead for Brazil’s dam-building attack on the Amazon?

Guest Philip Fearnside Of Inpa 23 Mar 2012

Google brings Street View, Maps to the Amazon (photos)

Mongabay.com 22 Mar 2012

Greenpeace calls for zero deforestation globally by 2020

Mongabay.com 22 Mar 2012

Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon: a view from the ground

Katy Ashe 15 Mar 2012

Amazon plant yields miracle cure for dental pain

Jeremy Hance 14 Mar 2012

Surging demand for vegetable oil drives rainforest destruction

Mongabay.com 14 Mar 2012

Climate change could increase fires, logging, and hunting in rainforests

Jeremy Hance 13 Mar 2012

International Labor Organization raps Brazil over monster dam

Jeremy Hance 7 Mar 2012

Rally calls on Brazil President to veto new forest code

Jeremy Hance 7 Mar 2012

Brazil delays Forest Code vote

Mongabay.com 7 Mar 2012

Innovative program seeks to safeguard Peruvian Amazon from impacts of Inter-Oceanic Highway

Ryan King 6 Mar 2012

World’s most toxic frog gets new reserve

Jeremy Hance 5 Mar 2012

Tourism for biodiversity in Tambopata

Ryan King 27 Feb 2012

Brazil’s plan to cut protected areas for dams faces constitutional challenge

Mongabay.com 17 Feb 2012

Humans drove rainforest into savannah in ancient Africa

Jeremy Hance 9 Feb 2012

Majority of protected tropical forests “empty” due to hunting

Jeremy Hance 8 Feb 2012

New rainforest and indigenous reserve established in Peru

Jeremy Hance 7 Feb 2012

Guyanese tribe maps Connecticut-sized rainforest for land rights

Jeremy Hance 7 Feb 2012

Fungus from the Amazon devours plastic

Jeremy Hance 2 Feb 2012

Photo of the day: super-abundance of life found in Amazon park

Jeremy Hance 2 Feb 2012

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