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Race to destroy the Amazon forest: Brazil’s National Congress set to force construction of Highway BR-319 (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 20 Dec 2023
Quinto Inuma carried out patrols in the forest with other members of the Santa Rosillo de Yanayacu community. Image courtesy of Quinto Inuma.

When will families of slain Amazon land defenders get justice? (commentary)

Jorge Pérez Rubio 19 Dec 2023
Rendering of an oil derrick in the rainforest. AI-generated.

Brazil’s “End-of-the-World” auction for oil and gas drilling (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 16 Dec 2023
The Cape Orange National Park off the coast of Amapá state in the extreme northeast of Brazil.

Mega oil and gas auction in the Brazilian Amazon may threaten Indigenous lands

Aimee Gabay 15 Dec 2023

Outcry as Brazil Congress overrides president to revive anti-Indigenous law

Sarah Brown 15 Dec 2023

Brazil’s mammals help humanity, but those services are at risk, study says

Liz Kimbrough 15 Dec 2023

Major soy producers announce improved deforestation commitments—with caveats

Maxwell Radwin 15 Dec 2023

Rural finance in the Pan Amazon: the Brazil success case

Timothy J. Killeen 14 Dec 2023

Roundtables and certification schemes in the Pan-Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 13 Dec 2023

Protecting the Brazilian Caatinga from desertification

Rafael Martins, Xavier Bartaburu 13 Dec 2023
The Xingu River in the Amazonian state of Pará. Image by Cícero Pedrosa Neto / Amazon Watch.

Mining company Belo Sun sues environmental defenders in intimidation tactic, NGOs say

Aimee Gabay 12 Dec 2023

Latest planned Amazon dam project threatens Indigenous lands, endemic species

Beatriz Jucá, Leandro Barbosa 11 Dec 2023

A community-led strategy to save Brazil’s dry forests from desertification

Xavier Bartaburu 11 Dec 2023

Deforestation falls for 8th straight month in the Amazon rainforest, but rises in the cerrado

Mongabay.com 8 Dec 2023
Mist rising from the Amazon rainforest at dawn. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Amazon deforestation declines but fossil fuels remain contentious, COP28 shows

Sarah Brown 7 Dec 2023

A Brazilian NGO restores widely degraded Atlantic Forest amid mining threats

Sarah Brown 6 Dec 2023

Prolonged drought brings unprecedented changes to Amazonian communities in Pará

Sarah Brown 6 Dec 2023

Coca in the Amazon – The anti-development crop

Timothy J. Killeen 6 Dec 2023

Least-studied areas of Brazilian Amazon at high risk from climate change

Maurício Brum, Lucas Berti 6 Dec 2023

Amazonian expedition searches out rare ‘fish from the clouds’

Adele Santelli, Images by Gustavo Fonseca 6 Dec 2023

Local and national food crops in the Andean Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 5 Dec 2023

Certificate of origin for Acre’s açaí is a boost for the Amazonian superfood

Tácita Muniz 5 Dec 2023

NGO restores the Atlantic Forest amid mining threats in Brazil

Sarah Brown 5 Dec 2023

Brazil cattle traceability program to limit deforestation in Pará state

Maxwell Radwin 4 Dec 2023
Planet satellite images of the drought-affected Rio Negro in October 2023. Photo courtesy of Planet Labs.

What Brazil should have said at COP28 but didn’t (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 4 Dec 2023
Rainbow over rainforest and plantations in Jambi on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Photo credit Rhett A. Butler

Brazil proposes $250 billion “Tropical Forests Forever” fund for rainforests

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2023

Ancient Amazon earthwork findings spotlight Indigenous land struggles today

Michael Esquer 1 Dec 2023

Sieged by mining and megaprojects, the Munduruku push for land rights in the Amazon

Sam Cowie 1 Dec 2023

Germany signals boost in support for Brazil through Amazon Fund

Heloísa Traiano 1 Dec 2023
Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine (Coendou roosmalenorum) Photo credit: M.G.M. van Roosmalen

Scientists unearth secrets of the world’s smallest porcupine species

Andrea Tamayo 30 Nov 2023

High quality cacao in Amazonia

Timothy J. Killeen 29 Nov 2023

Cargill widens its deforestation-free goals, but critics say it’s not enough

Maxwell Radwin 29 Nov 2023

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