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Over 700 people killed defending forest and land rights in past ten years

U.S., others commit to restoring 45 million acres of native forests

WWF: biggest villain at Rio+20 is Canada

Experts: ignoring climate change at Rio+20 makes other goals “meaningless”

Protesters dig canal through Belo Monte dam in Brazil (Photos)

WWF: only Brazil can save Rio+20 summit

World failing to meet promises on the oceans

Featured video: the Rio speech heard round the world

Animal picture of the day: the beautiful black-necked swan (and babies)

Brazilian beef giant on defensive on its Amazon sourcing practices

Brazil finalizes 2011 deforestation data

Environmentalists should turn Rio summit into their Tahrir Square, says Marina Silva

Deforestation in Brazil’s Mata Atlantica drops

President Rousseff vetoes some controversial changes to Brazil’s Forest Code

Tropical dams are a false solution to climate change

Brazil’s Rousseff vetoes part of controversial Forest Code revision

Greenpeace lifts pig iron ship blockade in Brazil

Cute animal pictures of the day: silvery marmosets run free in zoo

Blue tarantula, walking cactus, and a worm from Hell: the top 10 new species of 2011

Groups urge President Obama to attend Rio+20 Sustainability Summit

Value of timber stocks could predict future logging roads, deforestation in the Amazon

Brazilian deforestation lower in 2012 to date

Tribe partners to protect Argentina’s most endangered forest

U.S. car manufacturers linked to Amazon destruction, slave labor

Emissions from deforestation depend on fate of cleared trees

Greenpeace makes social media push for zero deforestation in Brazil

Brazil’s Congress OKs weakened version of forest law; environmentalists outraged

Featured video: How to save the Amazon

Protesters hit Brazilian mining giant Vale over involvement in Belo Monte

Pictures: Destruction of the Amazon’s Xingu River begins for Belo Monte Dam

Amazon tribe becomes first to get OK to sell REDD credits for rainforest conservation

Scientists unlock indigenous secret to sustainable agriculture in the Amazon’s savannas

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