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Often overlooked, small wild cats are important and in trouble

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Aug 2008

Corporations become prime driver of deforestation, providing clear target for environmentalists

Jeremy Hance 5 Aug 2008

Brazil asks rich countries to fund Amazon conservation

Mongabay.com 2 Aug 2008

Future threats to the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Jul 2008

Island biogeography theory doesn’t explain biodiversity changes in forest fragments

Mongabay.com 28 Jul 2008

An interview a shaman in the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Jul 2008

Brazil to send more police into the Amazon to fight illegal logging

Mongabay.com 23 Jul 2008

Leaf-cutter ants test theories about the Amazon’s biodiversity

Jeremy Hance 23 Jul 2008

Biofuels can reduce emissions, but not when grown in place of rainforests

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2008

600 species of mushrooms discovered in Guyana

Jeremy Hance 21 Jul 2008

Implementing a butterfly farm: Iwokrama reserve’s latest sustainable initiative

Jeremy Hance 20 Jul 2008

Amazon timber industry declares ban on illegal logging

Mongabay.com 18 Jul 2008

Amazon deforestation forecast for 2008 revised downward

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2008

Fruit bats frequent clay-licks in the Amazon rainforest

Jeremy Hance 14 Jul 2008

Biofuels, food demand may doom tropical forests

Mongabay.com 14 Jul 2008

Palm oil industry moves into the Amazon rainforest

Rhett A. Butler 9 Jul 2008

20% of Amazon timber illegally harvested from protected areas

Mongabay.com 7 Jul 2008

Brazil fines 24 ethanol producers for illegal forest clearing

Mongabay.com 1 Jul 2008

Rainforest destruction becomes industry-driven, concentrated geographically

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jun 2008

Brazil seizes cattle illegally grazing on Amazon forest lands

Mongabay.com 25 Jun 2008

Amazon soy moratorium extended; may be expanded to other products

Mongabay.com 23 Jun 2008

EU may mandate certification system for Amazon timber

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2008

Scientists call for mining ban, new protected areas in Suriname

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2008

Rainforests face array of emerging threats

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Jun 2008

More than 8% of the Brazilian Amazon is illegally owned

Mongabay.com 14 Jun 2008

Geology, climate links make Guiana Shield region particularly sensitive to change

Mongabay.com 14 Jun 2008

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Mongabay.com 11 Jun 2008

Kayapo tribe gets trust fund for Amazon protection

Mongabay.com 11 Jun 2008

Dung beetles persist in long-term forest fragments but may suffer from hunting of large animals

Mongabay.com 9 Jun 2008

Heavily-populated Amazon was decimated by old world disease

Jeremy Hance 9 Jun 2008

Guiana Shield forests help preserve biodiversity and climate

Mongabay.com 9 Jun 2008

Brazil creates 3 Amazon parks

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2008

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