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Kalapalo tribal men, an indigenous group that lives in the Xingu Resex in 2008. Photo by Eduardo Giacomazzi/Wikimedia Commons

Brazil’s ‘river people’ join forces with indigenous communities, offer alternative to deforestation

Maximo Anderson 10 Feb 2017

Soy invasion poses imminent threat to Amazon, say agricultural experts

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 8 Feb 2017

Scientists launch expedition to find missing monkeys

Christina Selby 2 Feb 2017

Birds wanted: Recovering forests need avian assist 

Mongabay.com 2 Feb 2017

Brazil alters indigenous land demarcation process, sparking conflict

Jenny Gonzales 2 Feb 2017

Introducing Mongabay news alerts

Mongabay.com 1 Feb 2017

Battle for the Amazon: As Sinop grew, the Amazon rainforest faded away

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 1 Feb 2017

First-ever underwater photos of newly discovered Amazon Reef have surfaced

Mike Gaworecki 30 Jan 2017

Primates face impending extinction – what’s next?

Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands 24 Jan 2017

Is Brazil green washing hydropower? The case of the Teles Pires dam

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 18 Jan 2017

‘Day of Terror’: Munduruku village attacked by Brazil’s Federal Police

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 11 Jan 2017

New maps show how our consumption impacts wildlife thousands of miles away

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Jan 2017

The end of a People: Amazon dam destroys sacred Munduruku “Heaven”

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 5 Jan 2017

What to expect for rainforests in 2017

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2017

Battle for the Amazon: Tapajós Basin threatened by massive development

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 3 Jan 2017
Renowned chef Alex Atala’s golden Amazonian ant over coconut meringue. Courtesy Netflix Chef’s Table and Chef Table Season 2. Photo by Zhana Leeson

Food from Brazil’s Amazon finds its way to metropolitan tables

Carolina Torres 2 Jan 2017

The year in tropical rainforests: 2016

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2016

Temer government set to overthrow Brazil’s environmental agenda

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 21 Dec 2016

Resource wars: Brazilian gold miners go up against indigenous people

Zoe Sullivan 15 Dec 2016

Brazilian state invites private companies to run Atlantic Forest parks

Carolina Torres 15 Dec 2016

Brazil’s dispossessed: Belo Monte dam ruinous for indigenous cultures

Zoe Sullivan 8 Dec 2016

Brazil pledges ‘largest restoration commitment ever made’

John Cannon 8 Dec 2016

Brazil: deforestation in the Amazon increased 29% over last year

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Nov 2016

NYT explores life and impact of Chico Mendes, “a Fighter for the Amazon”

Mike Gaworecki 28 Nov 2016

Top scientists: Amazon’s Tapajós Dam Complex “a crisis in the making”

Claire Salisbury 28 Nov 2016

Amazon oil spill impacts indigenous villages on Teles Pires River

Zoe Sullivan 21 Nov 2016

New report: Brazil’s Cerrado could sidestep conversion for agriculture

John Cannon 13 Nov 2016

Feral pigs, vampire bats, and infectious diseases in rural Brazil

Mike Gaworecki 11 Nov 2016

‘A man schooled in the Amazon:’ Q&A with director of new feature film about the fight to save the rainforest

Mike Gaworecki 9 Nov 2016

No more mining disasters

Payal Sampat 4 Nov 2016

Rio Doce: The murder of an already dead river (commentary)

Dr. Fabiano de Melo 4 Nov 2016

One-Year Anniversary of Brazil dam disaster brings prosecutions

Jenny Gonzales 2 Nov 2016

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