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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

Brazil plans $120 billion in infrastructure investments in the Amazon by 2020

Mongabay.com 19 Oct 2011

Soy moratorium in Amazon maintaining its effectiveness

Mongabay.com 14 Oct 2011

High gold price triggers rainforest devastation in Peru

Barbara Fraser 11 Oct 2011

Brazil: Amazon deforestation higher than initially stated

Mongabay.com 9 Oct 2011

2010 Amazon drought released more carbon than India’s annual emissions

Mongabay.com 9 Oct 2011

Judge: work must halt on monster dam, Belo Monte

Jeremy Hance 29 Sep 2011

Repeated burning undercuts Amazon rainforest recovery

Jeremy Hance 26 Sep 2011

Tribal leader to the UN: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon are in danger

Almir Surui Narayamoga Of The Surui Tribe 22 Sep 2011

New map reveals the most biodiverse place on Earth, but already threatened by oil

Jeremy Hance 22 Sep 2011

Amazon deforestation up moderately in August, but forest degradation falls

Mongabay.com 22 Sep 2011

Indigenous people blockade river against ‘murderous’ oil company

Jeremy Hance 21 Sep 2011

Two arrested in connection with murdering Amazon activists

Jeremy Hance 20 Sep 2011

Picture of the day: Meandering river in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 18 Sep 2011

Green Jobs? New program to compensate poor for environmental protection

Karimeh Moukaddem 12 Sep 2011

Loving the tapir: pioneering conservation for South America’s biggest animal

Jeremy Hance 11 Sep 2011

Peru president signs indigenous rights act into law

Jeremy Hance 7 Sep 2011

Cute animal picture of the day: baby Bolivian gray titi monkey

Jeremy Hance 7 Sep 2011

Brazilian court upholds conviction of rancher who murdered an American nun in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 7 Sep 2011

Picture of the day: where the Andes meets the Amazon rainforest

Rhett A. Butler 4 Sep 2011

62% of deforested Amazon land ends up as cattle pasture

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Sep 2011

World’s oldest person discovered in Amazon rainforest

Jeremy Hance 31 Aug 2011

Picture of the day: rainbow over the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 31 Aug 2011

Justice delayed: Dorothy Stang’s killer appeals

Karimeh Moukaddem 31 Aug 2011

Model predicts deforestation hot spots in Brazilian Amazon

Karimeh Moukaddem 25 Aug 2011

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon up moderately over last year

Karimeh Moukaddem 24 Aug 2011

Protesters demand end to controversial Amazon dam

Mongabay.com 23 Aug 2011

Amazon rainforest communities added to Google Street View

Mongabay.com 22 Aug 2011

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