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Corruption guided award of huge Amazon dam contracts in Brazil

Sue Branford 13 Jan 2016

What’s ahead for rainforests in 2016? 10 things to watch

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2016

Applying open-source tracking technology to hunting research in Brazil

Suzanne Palminteri 30 Dec 2015

The year in rainforests: 2015

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Dec 2015

Wildlife catastrophe at Amazon dam a warning for future Tapajós dams

Jennifer Huizen 28 Dec 2015
Chevron's Duri oil field in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

How does the global commodity collapse impact forest conservation?

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Dec 2015

Loss of big animals reduces forests’ carbon-storing capacity

Loren Bell 19 Dec 2015

New research sheds light on how to help birds in the vanishing Atlantic Forest

Apoorva Joshi 18 Dec 2015

One of Brazil’s worst environmental crimes brings into question whether the country’s environmental policies are influenced by large mining companies

Renata Leite Pitman 17 Dec 2015

El Niño vs. the Amazon: researchers worry Brazil is not prepared

Ethan Harfenist 16 Dec 2015

Damming the Amazon: new hydropower projects put river dolphins at risk

Claire Salisbury 15 Dec 2015

Norway extends forest conservation initiative

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Dec 2015

Sharp rise in wildfires in the Brazilian Amazon over the past 16 years

Carolina Torres 9 Dec 2015

The Maned wolf: Saving South America’s largest canid

Sean Mowbray 7 Dec 2015

Brazilian environmental NGOs depend heavily on corporate money

Jenny Gonzales 1 Dec 2015
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Amazon deforestation jumps in Brazil, but remains historically low

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Nov 2015

Eden Besieged: Amazonia’s Matchless Wildlife Pillaged by Traffickers

William H. Funk 23 Nov 2015

Rapidly-spreading fire destroyed over half of the Amazon forest in the Brazilian state of Maranhão

Carolina Torres 18 Nov 2015

To tackle climate change cheaply, first secure indigenous forest rights

Sandra Cuffe 17 Nov 2015

Increased deforestation in the Amazon could mean far less rainfall

Mike Gaworecki 17 Nov 2015

Key forest countries’ climate pledges fall short on emissions from land use and deforestation

Mike Gaworecki 13 Nov 2015

Brazil climate change report warns of failed hydropower and crops

Sue Branford 9 Nov 2015

Reforestation contributed more than $5 billion to Brazil’s economy

Mike Gaworecki 6 Nov 2015

There have been more than 11,000 fires in just one region of the Brazilian Amazon this year

Mike Gaworecki 5 Nov 2015

São Paolo Trafficking: Smuggling Brazil’s Wildlife

Sharon Guynup 28 Oct 2015

Three Amazon nations, three approaches to reducing deforestation

Julian Smith 22 Oct 2015

Brazil poised to break global moratorium on GM Terminator seeds

Sue Branford 20 Oct 2015

1.4 million Brazilians co-sign zero deforestation bill submitted to Brazil’s Congress

Mike Gaworecki 13 Oct 2015

The Muriqui: Brazil’s critically endangered “hippie monkey” hangs tough

Elizabeth Devitt 12 Oct 2015
Map of historic deforestation in the Amazon rainforest since 1970

Deforestation declines in the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Oct 2015

Brazil to cut emissions 300 million tons by 2030

Mongabay.com 2 Oct 2015

Match the footprint: error-prone method of identifying wild cats

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Sep 2015

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