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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

Greenpeace makes social media push for zero deforestation in Brazil

Mongabay.com 12 May 2012

Can loggers be conservationists?

Jeremy Hance 10 May 2012

Pictures of Yasuni, Ecuador’s rainforest gem

Mongabay.com 27 Apr 2012

Brazil’s Congress OKs weakened version of forest law; environmentalists outraged

Mongabay.com 26 Apr 2012

Oil company Perenco endangering ‘uncontacted’ indigenous people, says Peru

David Hill 25 Apr 2012

Featured video: How to save the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 22 Apr 2012

Protesters hit Brazilian mining giant Vale over involvement in Belo Monte

Mongabay.com 20 Apr 2012

Photos: Uncontacted Amazon tribes documented for first time in Colombia

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Apr 2012

Indigenous groups oppose priest pushing for road through uncontacted tribes’ land

David Hill 19 Apr 2012

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

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