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Bolivia’s aggressive agricultural development plans threaten forests

Alexandra Ellerbeck 8 Jun 2015

Proposed Andean headwater dams an ecological calamity for Amazon Basin

Anjali Kumar, Liz Kimbrough 4 Jun 2015

China defends trans-Amazon railway, says it will protect the environment

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 May 2015

Amazon deforestation speeding global warming

Mike Gaworecki 27 May 2015

62M ha of Latin American forests cleared for agriculture since 2001

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 May 2015

Peru eyes the Amazon for one of world’s most powerful dams

David Hill 18 May 2015

China’s investment in Latin America taking toll on the environment, setting the stage for conflict

Shreya Dasgupta 18 May 2015

What’s the current deforestation rate in the Amazon rainforest?

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 May 2015

Zero deforestation commitments bearing fruit in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 May 2015

Videos reveal rare birds, wild monkeys, and jaguar family in oil-exploited park

Jeremy Hance 11 May 2015

Brazilian firm’s mega-dam plans in Peru spark major social conflict

David Hill 11 May 2015

Peru considers fate of Amazon wildlife paradise

Mongabay.com 8 May 2015

Brazilian Amazon nears deforestation threshold past which wildlife may crash, says study

Apoorva Joshi 1 May 2015

Giant Amazonian catfish threatened by dams

Sandhya Sekar 1 May 2015

Featured video: the Uncharted Amazon trailer

Jeremy Hance 29 Apr 2015

Peru’s mega-dam projects threaten Amazon River source and ecosystem collapse

David Hill 28 Apr 2015

‘Deforestation fronts’ revealed

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Apr 2015

Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon continues to accelerate

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Apr 2015

Camera traps catch rare Amazon bird following peccaries

Jeremy Hance 21 Apr 2015

Court rules deforestation of Peruvian rainforest for chocolate was legal

John Cannon 16 Apr 2015

Featured video: ‘A river in dispute’ documentary explores how a planned dam in the Amazon is affecting traditional communities

Agência Pública 15 Apr 2015

A tale of two maps: Brazilian state won’t use new atlas to close Cerrado deforestation loophole

Brendan Borrell 13 Apr 2015

Platform provides near-real time analysis of deforestation in non-Brazilian Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Apr 2015

Russia and Canada lead the world in forest loss in 2013

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Apr 2015

Archer Daniels Midland to demand suppliers stop chopping down forests

Mongabay.com 31 Mar 2015

Here comes progress: what will planned megaprojects mean for an Amazon city?

Bruno Fonseca 31 Mar 2015

Nobody listened to them: fishing communities to be displaced by dams want a say in their future

Ana Aranha, Jessica Mota 30 Mar 2015

9 months after Amazonian oil pipeline spill, effects and fears linger

Barbara Fraser 30 Mar 2015

Photos: expedition to Amazon’s white sands may have found new primate

Jeremy Hance 24 Mar 2015

Halloween in the Amazon: baby bird dresses up like killer caterpillar

Jeremy Hance 23 Mar 2015

Brazil confirms rising deforestation in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Mar 2015

Endangered forests shrink as demand for soy rises

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 10 Mar 2015

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