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Brazilian mining giant buys Amazon palm oil company

Mongabay.com 3 Feb 2011

Paradise & Paradox: a semester in Ecuador

An Essaymichael Rudolph 2 Feb 2011

Despite fierce opposition, work begins on Belo Monte dam

Jeremy Hance 27 Jan 2011

Marathon swimmer: an interview with the first man to swim the length of the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Jan 2011

Brazil’s environment chief resigns over controversial Amazon dam

Mongabay.com 14 Jan 2011

Sales of RSPO-certified palm oil surge 225%

Mongabay.com 10 Jan 2011

Renewed conflict between tribes and oil companies looms in Peru

Emily Kirkland 6 Jan 2011

Agricultural lending jumps in Brazil, will Amazon deforestation follow?

Mongabay.com 27 Dec 2010

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2010

Jeremy Hance 20 Dec 2010

Lack of schools, trade drive exodus from remote parts of the Amazon

Soizic Le Courtois 17 Dec 2010

New data shows REDD+ is succeeding

Doug Boucher 15 Dec 2010

Deforestation sparks giant rodent invasions

Jeremy Hance, Morgan Erickson-Davis 15 Dec 2010

NASA image reveals worst drought on record for the Amazon river

Mongabay.com 15 Dec 2010

Amazon tribe establishes first indigenous forest carbon fund

Steve Zwick Of Ecosystem Marketplace 4 Dec 2010

Brazil’s largest national bank signs zero deforestation pact for Amazon soy

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2010

Brazil’s Amazon deforestation rate falls to lowest on record

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Dec 2010

Consumer goods industry announces goal of zero deforestation in Cancun

Jeremy Hance 30 Nov 2010

Brazil strikes oil in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 29 Nov 2010

Oil, indigenous people, and Ecuador’s big idea

Jeremy Hance 23 Nov 2010

50 NGOS tell big oil to get out of uncontacted natives’ territory

Jeremy Hance 21 Nov 2010

Ecotourism brings home the bacon in the Peruvian Amazon

Catherine Meyers 15 Nov 2010

Rainforests, wildlife preserved by indigenous spiritual beliefs

Keith Rozendal 15 Nov 2010

Formal petition filed against Belo Monte dam

Jeremy Hance 11 Nov 2010

Amazon biodiversity older than believed

Jeremy Hance 11 Nov 2010

Rainforests thrived in warmer conditions in the past, yet study requires “caution”

Jeremy Hance 11 Nov 2010

Brazil’s development bank announces $588m fund to reduce agricultural emissions

Mongabay.com 11 Nov 2010

Eight new plants discovered in Bolivia

Jeremy Hance 7 Nov 2010

Deforestation jumps, but Guyana nonetheless qualifies for REDD payment

Mongabay.com 7 Nov 2010

Mato Grosso moves to strip protection of the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 7 Nov 2010

Deforestation falls, but rainforest damage surges in Brazil in Sept

Mongabay.com 6 Nov 2010

Epidemic hits Amazonian indigenous group

Jeremy Hance 31 Oct 2010

Undergrads in the Amazon: American students witness beauty and crisis in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Jeremy Hance 28 Oct 2010

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