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Scientists find ‘ground zero’ of deadly frog pandemic

Morgan Erickson-Davis 11 May 2018

Debate ensues over British supermarket chain’s decision to ban palm oil

Loren Bell 10 May 2018

A forgotten people: traditional Amazon hamlet fights for its territory

Natalia Guerrero, Mauricio Torres 9 May 2018

Pleistocene climates help scientists pick out targets for conservation in Brazil’s forests

Mongabay.com 8 May 2018
Flowers in Anchieta in Brazil. Photo by Ignacio Amigo/Mongabay.

In Brazil, an island laboratory for Atlantic Forest restoration

Ignacio Amigo 3 May 2018

Religious leaders mobilize to protect indigenous people and forests

Liz Kimbrough 2 May 2018

New film shines light on cattle industry link to Amazon deforestation

Anna Sophie Gross 1 May 2018

3,000 indigenous people gather in Brasilia to protest ruralist agenda

Sue Branford 30 Apr 2018
The traditional Caiçara canoe is in the process of becoming part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Brazilian culture. But building the canoes is becoming increasingly difficult due to bureaucratic setbacks to obtain the wood. Courtesty personal collection of Mario Gato and Ana Carolina Barbosa.

For the Caiçaras, environmental laws in Brazil at odds with tradition

Ignacio Amigo 25 Apr 2018

Conservation Effectiveness series sparks action, dialogue

Shreya Dasgupta, Zuzana Burivalova 23 Apr 2018
Rainforest on Madagascar's Masoala Peninsula. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Save intact forests for humanity’s sake, urge experts

Mongabay.com 20 Apr 2018

Cerrado: abandoned pasturelands fail to regain savanna biodiversity

Anna Sophie Gross 20 Apr 2018

Brazil’s actual forest-related CO2 emissions could blow by Paris pledge

Claire Asher 19 Apr 2018

Anglo American iron ore pipeline suffers second rupture in Brazil

Jenny Gonzales 18 Apr 2018

Impacts of agriculture on Brazil’s Cerrado region

Mike Gaworecki 17 Apr 2018

Brazil’s high court curbs executive power to dismember protected areas

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 12 Apr 2018

NGOs acquire land in Brazil to create wildlife corridor

Ignacio Amigo 12 Apr 2018

NGOs denounce Tapajós basin intimidation, violence, Brazil inaction

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 4 Apr 2018

Yellow fever may threaten biophilia in São Paulo city (commentary)

Fabio de Oliveira Roque, Francisco Valente-Neto 4 Apr 2018
Waterfall in Laos. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Calls for change in handling abuse allegations at top conservation group

Genevieve Belmaker 2 Apr 2018

New study discovers 81 lost human settlements in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2018

Brazil creates four massive marine protected areas

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Mar 2018

Cerrado Manifesto could curb deforestation, but needs support: experts

Anna Sophie Gross 29 Mar 2018

Cerrado: U.S. investment spurs land theft, deforestation in Brazil, say experts

Alicia Prager, Flávia Milhorance 28 Mar 2018

Cerrado: Agribusiness boomtown; profits for a few, hardships for many

Alicia Prager, Flávia Milhorance 26 Mar 2018

Brazil ignored U.N. letters warning of land defender threats, record killings

Jenny Gonzales 23 Mar 2018

How to build a Guardian: students learn about making technology work in the field

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 23 Mar 2018

Cerrado: Traditional communities accuse agribusiness of ‘green land grabbing’

Alicia Prager, Flávia Milhorance 22 Mar 2018

Brazilian lawmakers funded by donors guilty of environmental crimes: report

Anna Sophie Gross 21 Mar 2018

Leopards could reduce rabies by controlling stray dog numbers in India, study finds

Mongabay.com 21 Mar 2018

Pearl Jam invests in Amazonian reforestation to offset emissions from current Brazil tour

Mongabay.com 20 Mar 2018

Cerrado: Agribusiness may be killing Brazil’s ‘birthplace of waters’

Alicia Prager, Flávia Milhorance 19 Mar 2018

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