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Has Brazil turned against its progressive environmental policies?

Jeremy Hance 30 Sep 2013

Video of Amazon gold mining devastation goes viral in Peru

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Sep 2013

Judge halts construction of Amazon dam on Brazil’s Teles Pires river

Mongabay.com 19 Sep 2013

Indigenous peoples resume occupation of Brazil’s Belo Monte dam site

Mongabay.com 19 Sep 2013

Brazil’s satellite data suggests rise in Amazon deforestation over past year

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Sep 2013

Scientists discover that threatened bird migrates entirely within Amazon Basin

Jeremy Hance 11 Sep 2013

Brazil establishes 2 Amazon parks covering 2.4m acres

Mongabay.com 10 Sep 2013

Amazon rainforest tribe sells REDD+ credits to Brazilian cosmetics giant

Mongabay.com 10 Sep 2013

Satellite reveals ‘hidden’ 1000-ha oil palm plantation in Amazon rainforest in Peru

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Sep 2013

Deforestation surges as Ecuador kills Amazon protection plan

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Sep 2013

Scientists catch boa constrictor eating a howler monkey (photos)

Jeremy Hance 2 Sep 2013

$450/ha tax on deforestation could help curb forest loss in Bolivia, suggests new simulation

Mongabay.com 1 Sep 2013

Isolated Amazonian tribe makes another appearance in Peru (video)

Jeremy Hance 26 Aug 2013

Yasuni could still be spared oil drilling

Jeremy Hance 26 Aug 2013

85% of Brazilian leather goes to markets sensitive to environmental concerns

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Aug 2013

Pesticide problems in the Amazon

Adam Andrus 21 Aug 2013

With deforestation rising, Brazil sends more police to the Amazon

Mongabay.com 19 Aug 2013

Colombia establishes giant rainforest park to protect ‘uncontacted’ tribes

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Aug 2013

Ecuador shelves big idea for saving the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Aug 2013

Nutrient deficiency in Amazon rainforest linked to megafauna extinction

Jeremy Hance 12 Aug 2013

Deforestation rate doubles in the Amazon rainforest, says group

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Jul 2013

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

Jeremy Hance 18 Jul 2013

Forgotten species: the arapaima or ‘dinosaur fish’

Jeremy Hance 15 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

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