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Kayapo tribe gets trust fund for Amazon protection

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

Heavily-populated Amazon was decimated by old world disease

Guiana Shield forests help preserve biodiversity and climate

Brazil creates 3 Amazon parks

Amazon beef producer creates eco-certified meat product with help of scientists

Brazil’s new environmental minister blames ranchers for surge in Amazon deforestation

Photos of arrow-wielding uncontacted tribe in the Amazon rainforest

Pictures of uncontacted Indian tribe in the Amazon (update)

40 arrested in illegal timber raid in the Brazilian Amazon

Brazil to establish huge Amazon preservation fund

Cocaine use is destroying the Amazon rainforest, says new campaign

Brazil will forge its own path for developing the Amazon

Insect diversity in the tropics greater than previously believed

After acquittal, fear of open season on activists in the Amazon rainforest

Convicted nun-killer freed in the Brazilian Amazon

Brazil’s environmental minister resigns after losing Amazon fight

New species of river dolphin discovered in the Amazon

Judge suspends Amazon dam project due to legal questions

Photos of newly discovered species in Brazil’s Cerrado

No sacrifices to ending deforestation in the Amazon, only gains

‘Soy King’ says Amazon deforestation could help solve global food crisis

Brazil prepares to launch attack on NGOs working in the Amazon

Fruit-eating bats ingest dirt to counter toxic plant compounds

Amazon farming technique may fight global warming

Rainforest peoples form alliance to demand payments for forest carbon credits

Land invasions undermine Amazon forest law

Amazon soy ban seems to be effective in reducing explicit deforestation

Investing to save rainforests

Corn planting to drop 8% in 2008

Private equity firm buys rights to ecosystem services of Guyana rainforest

Railroad could reduce Amazon deforestation relative to proposed highway

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