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Colonization program remains important driver of deforestation in Brazil

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Jan 2012

As Amazon deforestation falls, food production rises

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Jan 2012

Ecuador makes $116 million to not drill for oil in Amazon

Jeremy Hance 2 Jan 2012

The year in review for rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Dec 2011

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2011

Jeremy Hance, Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Dec 2011

Is the Russian Forest Code a warning for Brazil?

Jeremy Hance 19 Dec 2011

Peru’s Cocha Cashu biological station changes management

Jeremy Hance 8 Dec 2011

Yasuni ITT: the virtues and vices of environmental innovation

Romain Pirard 7 Dec 2011

Brazil passes controversial Forest Code reform environmentalists say will be ‘a disaster’ for the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Dec 2011

Amazon rainforest loss in Brazil drops to lowest ever reported

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Dec 2011

Deforestation and forest degradation slows in Brazil’s Amazon since August

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2011

Brazil’s Forest Code vote delayed

Mongabay.com 30 Nov 2011

Carbon piracy, lack of recognition of indigenous rights undermining REDD in Peru, alleges report

Mongabay.com 30 Nov 2011

REDD at a crossroads in Bolivia

Mongabay.com 30 Nov 2011

Brazilian mining giant cuts ties with pig-iron producer over deforestation

Mongabay.com 27 Nov 2011

8 Amazon countries pledge more coordination in rainforest conservation

Mongabay.com 27 Nov 2011

Ecotourism isn’t bad for wildlife in the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 23 Nov 2011

Brazilian dam-builder quits Peru project after indigenous protest

Mongabay.com 23 Nov 2011

Amazon rainforest named as one of seven nature wonders

Mongabay.com 14 Nov 2011

Indigenous do not have right to free, prior and informed consultation on Amazon dam, rules Brazilian court

Mongabay.com 9 Nov 2011

Indigenous technicians scour Amazonia to help researchers track wildlife populations

Daniela Hernandez 9 Nov 2011

Peruvian authorities raid illegal gold mining operations

Mongabay.com 7 Nov 2011

11 challenges facing 7 billion super-consumers

Jeremy Hance 31 Oct 2011

Another anti-logging activist killed in Brazil

Mongabay.com 28 Oct 2011

Occupy Belo Monte: indigenous stage “permanent” protest against Amazon dam in Brazil

Mongabay.com 27 Oct 2011

Brazil boycotts OAS meeting after sharp human rights rebuke over giant Amazon dam

Mongabay.com 27 Oct 2011

Peru’s real test is a 200km pipeline

David Hill 27 Oct 2011

Breakthrough technology enables 3D mapping of rainforests, tree by tree

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Oct 2011

Bolivian road project through Amazon reserve canceled

Jeremy Hance 23 Oct 2011

World’s largest beef company breaks commitment on avoiding Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 19 Oct 2011

Isolated indigenous people and tourists collide in Peru park

Jeremy Hance 19 Oct 2011

Belo Monte dam license ‘illegal’ rules Brazilian federal judge

Mongabay.com 19 Oct 2011

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