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Drought threatens the Amazon rainforest as a carbon sink

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Mar 2009

Amazon deforestation drops 70% for Nov 2008-Jan 2009 period

Mongabay.com 4 Mar 2009

14,000-barrel oil spill in the Ecuadorean Amazon

Mongabay.com 27 Feb 2009

Biologists warn of rainforest mining threat from Alcoa, Newmont in Suriname

Mongabay.com 23 Feb 2009

Amazon rainforest in big trouble, says UN

Mongabay.com 19 Feb 2009

Beef consumption fuels rainforest destruction

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Feb 2009

Payments for eco services could save the Amazon

Mongabay.com 12 Feb 2009

France’s Suez liable for illegal deforestation, “dynamite fishing” in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 11 Feb 2009

Global warming may drive the Amazon rainforest toward seasonal forests rather than savanna

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Feb 2009

Amazon indian tribe accused of killing and eating farmer

Mongabay.com 10 Feb 2009

Frogs can be used to predict biodiversity hotspots

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2009

Brazil to boost spending on infrastructure to counter economic crisis

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2009

Norway to pay Guyana to save its rainforests

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2009

Amazon scientists awarded ‘Nobel Prize’ of conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Feb 2009

Beef drives 80% of Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Jan 2009

Photo: Indigenous leaders form giant human banner to protest Amazon destruction

Mongabay.com 28 Jan 2009

Camera trap photos reveal bushmeat hunting threat to jaguars in Ecuador

Julie Larsen Maher 27 Jan 2009

ADM takes step towards more sustainable soy production in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2009

How to make forest fragments more hospitable to wildlife

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2009

How to save the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2009

Rancher accused of ordering murder of American nun is arrested in Brazil

Mongabay.com 30 Dec 2008

20 years ago the Amazon lost its strongest advocate

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Dec 2008

Amazon rainforest damage surges 67% in 2008

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Dec 2008

European conquest of the Americas may have driven global cooling

Mongabay.com 18 Dec 2008

Computer hackers are helping illegal loggers destroy the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Dec 2008

Lula pledges big cuts in Amazon deforestation — after he leaves office

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Dec 2008

Peru seeks $200 million to save its rainforests

Mongabay.com 8 Dec 2008

Rainforest canopy-penetrating technology gets boost for forest carbon monitoring

Mongabay.com 4 Dec 2008

Agricultural firms cut incentives for Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2008

Brazil to cut Amazon deforestation by 70% to fight global warming

Mongabay.com 1 Dec 2008

Amazon deforestation rises slightly to 4,600 square miles in 2008

Mongabay.com 28 Nov 2008

Captive breeding of monster Amazon fish could feed people and save it from depletion

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2008

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