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Harvard’s half-billion land stake in Brazil marred by conflict and abuse

Maurício Angelo 19 Aug 2020

Is Chinese investment driving a sharp increase in jaguar poaching?

Rebecca Branford 11 Aug 2020

The Large-antlered muntjac — Southeast Asia’s mystery deer (Commentary)

Joel Berger, Minh Nguyen 3 Aug 2020

Brazilian Amazon drained of millions of wild animals by criminal networks: Report

Sharon Guynup 28 Jul 2020

The woman building the forest corridors saving Brazil’s black lion tamarin

Sibélia Zanon 14 Jul 2020

In Madagascar’s dry forests, COVID-19 sparks an intense, early fire season

Malavika Vyawahare 25 Jun 2020

China and EU appetite for soy drives Brazilian deforestation, climate change: Study

Chris Arsenault 23 Jun 2020

Palm oil from Indonesian grower that burned forest is still being sold

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Jun 2020

Amazon river dolphin risks extinction if Brazil moratorium not renewed

Peter Yeung 16 Jun 2020

Disaster interrupted: How you can help save the insects

Liz Kimbrough 15 May 2020

As habitat degradation threatens Amazon species, one region offers hope

Taran Volckhausen 14 May 2020

Amazon road projects could lead to Belize-size loss of forest, study shows

Maurício Angelo 14 May 2020

Bolsonaro revives a plan to carve a road through one of Brazil’s last untouched areas

Fernanda Wenzel/oeco 11 May 2020

Pandemic lockdown gives Philippine province time to rethink planned split-up

Keith Anthony Fabro 10 May 2020

Brazilian government office responds to Fearnside’s BR-319 oil & gas commentary

Philip M. Fearnside 8 Apr 2020

For Philippines’ displaced indigenous students, COVID-19 is one of many threats

Leilani Chavez 3 Apr 2020

BR-319 illegal side road threatens Amazon protected area, indigenous land (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside, Lucas Ferrante, Maryane B. T. de Andrade 27 Mar 2020

The next great threat to Brazil’s golden lion tamarin: Yellow fever

Peter Yeung 26 Mar 2020

Three new species of chameleons emerge from centuries-old entanglement

Malavika Vyawahare 20 Mar 2020

Extreme El Niño drought, fires contribute to Amazon insect collapse: Study

Taran Volckhausen 13 Mar 2020

Oil and gas project threatens Brazil’s last great block of Amazon forest (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 9 Mar 2020

Coronavirus outbreak may spur Southeast Asian action on wildlife trafficking

Imelda Abano 4 Mar 2020

Pope makes impassioned plea to save the Amazon — will the world listen?

Justin Catanoso 17 Feb 2020

Economists, conservationists, political leaders urge adoption of carbon tax to halt tropical deforestation

Mongabay.com 13 Feb 2020

Vale has filed hundreds of requests to exploit indigenous lands in Amazon

Maurício Angelo 27 Jan 2020

Update to biodiversity treaty proposes protecting at least 30% of Earth

Mongabay.com 13 Jan 2020

Bolsonaro’s Brazil: 2020 could see revived Amazon mining assault — part two

Sue Branford and Thais Borges 31 Dec 2019

EU/Chinese soy consumption linked to species impacts in Brazilian Cerrado: study

Sarah Sax 24 Dec 2019

Deforestation for potential rubber plantation raises concerns in Papua New Guinea

John Cannon 19 Dec 2019

Central American countries pledge to protect Mesoamerica’s ‘5 Great Forests’

Mongabay.com 18 Dec 2019

As pesticide approvals soar, Brazil’s tapirs, bees, other wildlife suffer

Jenny Gonzales 18 Dec 2019

Madagascar: Is NGO-led conservation too conservative to conserve much?

Edward Carver 16 Dec 2019

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