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Brazil’s military takes on illegal loggers to protect nearly-extinct tribe

Jeremy Hance 18 Jul 2013

Stand up paddleboarding in the Amazon for conservation

Alex Rodriguez 9 Jul 2013

Brazil confirms Amazon deforestation increase

Mongabay.com 6 Jul 2013

Amazonian students help monitor threatened frog populations

Jeremy Hance 1 Jul 2013

Brazilian state to pay counties that cut Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 1 Jul 2013

Deforestation rates for Amazon countries outside Brazil

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Jun 2013

Over 30 tons of explosives to be detonated in Manu National Park buffer zone

David Hill 24 Jun 2013

Bird extravaganza: scientists discover 15 new species of birds in the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 12 Jun 2013

11,000 barrels of oil spill into the Coca River in the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 12 Jun 2013

Brazil may lift ban on Amazon ethanol expansion

Mongabay.com 9 Jun 2013

Amazon fire risk on the rise, says NASA

Mongabay.com 9 Jun 2013

NASA: 3% of Amazon rainforest burned between 1999-2010

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Jun 2013

Brazil’s GHG emissions fall 39% since 2005, now 10% below 1990 levels

Rhett A. Butler 6 Jun 2013

Brazil touts progress in reducing deforestation, but fails to note recent jump in clearing

Mongabay.com 5 Jun 2013

Rainforests will survive extreme global warming, argues study

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jun 2013

Scientists discover high mercury levels in Amazon residents, gold-mining to blame

Lacey Avery 28 May 2013

Mystery of Amazon River carbon emissions solved

Mongabay.com 21 May 2013

Peru delays oil drilling in the Amazon to consult with indigenous peoples

Jeremy Hance 20 May 2013

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon pacing 88% higher than last year’s rate

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 May 2013

Crazy cat numbers: unusually high jaguar densities discovered in the Amazon rainforest

Zach Fitzner 16 May 2013

Amazon’s flood/drought cycle becoming more extreme, less predictable

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 May 2013

Deforestation will undercut effectiveness of rainforest dams

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 May 2013

Google Time-lapse offers view of Earth over 3 decades

Mongabay.com 10 May 2013

Continued deforestation in the Amazon may kill Brazil’s agricultural growth

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 May 2013

Brazil’s satellite monitoring reduced Amazon deforestation by 60,000 sq km in 5 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 May 2013

Debate heats up over California’s plan to reduce emissions via rainforest protection

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 May 2013

Tribesmen launch ‘occupy’ protest at dam site in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 3 May 2013

Is it possible to reduce the impact of oil drilling in the Amazon rainforest?

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 May 2013

Indigenous tribes say effects of climate change already felt in Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Apr 2013

What if companies actually had to compensate society for environmental destruction?

Jeremy Hance 29 Apr 2013

Amazon: the world’s greatest rainforest or internet giant?

Jonathan Watts 25 Apr 2013

Frequent understory fires change rainforest community composition

Mongabay.com 24 Apr 2013

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