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Deforestation rate falls across Amazon rainforest countries

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Dec 2012

Forests, farming, and sprawl: the struggle over land in an Amazonian metropolis

Jeremy Hance 4 Dec 2012

Brazilian bank approves $10.8 billion loan for controversial Amazon rainforest dam

Mongabay.com 30 Nov 2012

Brazil’s deforestation at record low from 2011-2012

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Nov 2012

Unique program to leave oil beneath Amazonian paradise raises $300 million

Jeremy Hance 26 Nov 2012

Amazon deforestation tracking higher in Brazil

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Nov 2012

Featured video: on-the-ground look at Brazil’s fight against deforestation

Jeremy Hance 15 Nov 2012

Most controversial aspects of Brazil’s new Forest Code vetoed as legislation signed into law

Mongabay.com 19 Oct 2012

UNESCO disturbed by gas plans for Peru’s Manu National Park

David Hill 15 Oct 2012

Brazil forms special environmental security force to combat spike in deforestation

Mongabay.com 11 Oct 2012

Indigenous groups re-occupy Belo Monte dam in the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 9 Oct 2012

Illegal logging worth $30-100B annually

Mongabay.com 1 Oct 2012

Amazon deforestation jumps in August

Mongabay.com 22 Sep 2012

New forest map shows 6% of Amazon deforested between 2000 and 2010

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2012

Talisman abandons Amazon oil development in Peru’s rainforest

Mongabay.com 13 Sep 2012

Pictures: Bolivian park may have the world’s highest biodiversity

Jeremy Hance 12 Sep 2012

Amazon deforestation could trigger drop in rainfall across South America

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Sep 2012

Bolivia should prioritize cattle ranching, law enforcement in deforestation fight

Mongabay.com 4 Sep 2012

Rainforest fungi, plants fuel rainfall

Mongabay.com 4 Sep 2012

Survivors say gold miners in helicopter massacred village of 80 in Venezuelan Amazon

Jeremy Hance 30 Aug 2012

Emissions from Amazon deforestation in Brazil fall 57% since 2004

Mongabay.com 29 Aug 2012

Brazil’s controversial Belo Monte back on track after court decision overruled

Mongabay.com 29 Aug 2012

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

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