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Zezico Rodrigues Guajarara, a teacher from the Arariboia indigenous reserve in Maranhão state, was found shot dead on March 31. He is the fifth Guajarara leader to be killed since November 2019. Image reproduced from his Facebook profile. 

Calls for justice after latest murder of indigenous Guajajara leader in Brazil

Sam Cowie 3 Apr 2020
Health officials from SESAI — the federal government’s body in charge of health services for indigenous people — were sent to monitor indigenous people in the Lago Grande village in Amazonas state. Image by heath department of Santo Antônio do Içá.

First COVID-19 case among indigenous people confirmed in Brazilian Amazon

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 2 Apr 2020

Tax exemptions on pesticides in Brazil add up to US$ 2.2 billion per year

Mariana Della Barba and Diego Junqueira from Repórter Brasil and Pedro Grigori from Agência Pública 1 Apr 2020

Anglo American seeking to mine on indigenous lands in Brazil’s Amazon

Maurício Angelo 31 Mar 2020

As COVID-19 rages, evangelical pastor may contact remote Amazon tribes

Sam Cowie 30 Mar 2020
Guarani indigenous people protest against real estate speculation in a lot close to Jaraguá indigenous reserve in São Paulo. Image by Tommaso Protti for Mongabay

Housing project puts São Paulo’s remaining Atlantic Forest at risk

Tiffany Higgins, Tommaso Protti 27 Mar 2020

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

Philip M. Fearnside; Lucas Ferrante and 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

First possible COVID-19 indigenous cases detected near key Amazon reserve

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 25 Mar 2020

Amazon indigenous put at risk by Brazil’s feeble Covid-19 response: Critics

Sam Cowie 20 Mar 2020

Spix’s macaw returns to Brazil, but is overshadowed by controversy

Suzana Camargo 19 Mar 2020

Bringing Christ and coronavirus: Evangelicals to contact Amazon indigenous

Sue Branford 17 Mar 2020

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

Taran Volckhausen 13 Mar 2020

A new mantis species rises from the ashes of Brazil’s National Museum

Suzana Camargo/Conexão Planeta 12 Mar 2020

Brazil sets record for highly hazardous pesticide consumption: Report

Jenny Gonzales 12 Mar 2020

Brazil drastically reduces controls over suspicious Amazon timber exports

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 11 Mar 2020

On the prowl: Jaguar population rises in Iguazú Falls region

Jenny Gonzales 11 Mar 2020

Drones in the canopy: Project aims to save the Amazon with technology

Sibélia Zanon 9 Mar 2020

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

Philip M. Fearnside 9 Mar 2020

Leaders on the cutting edge of conservation recognized on International Women’s Day

Genevieve Belmaker 6 Mar 2020

Painting with fire: Cerrado land managers learn from traditional peoples

Sarah Sax and Maurício Angelo 3 Mar 2020

A bloody January for Brazil’s indigenous Kaiowá spotlights persecution

Caio de Freitas Paes 2 Mar 2020

‘Out of control’: Unprecedented fires ravage Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands

Ana Ionova 27 Feb 2020

On anniversary of nun’s murder Amazon land rights activists at high risk

Sam Cowie 27 Feb 2020

Barrage of mining requests targets Brazil’s isolated indigenous peoples

Maurício Angelo 26 Feb 2020

Amazon Tipping Point puts Brazil’s agribusiness, energy sector at risk: Top scientists

Shanna Hanbury 24 Feb 2020

New parasitoid wasp species discovered in Amazon manipulate host behavior in ‘complex way’

Mongabay.com 21 Feb 2020

Past and future tropical dams devastating to fish the world over: Study

Asher Elbein 21 Feb 2020
Chickens. Image by Capri23auto via Pixabay.

Investors drop demands after Tyson Foods commits to no deforestation

Liz Kimbrough 20 Feb 2020

Brazilian meat giant JBS expands its reach in China

Mongabay.com 20 Feb 2020

Study finds new population of rare deer — but in Brazil’s Arc of Deforestation

Aimee Gabay 19 Feb 2020

Making a thriller out of Belo Monte hydro dam: Q&A with filmmaker Sabrina McCormick

Débora Pinto 18 Feb 2020

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