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Zero deforestation commitments bearing fruit in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 May 2015

Satellite data shows how deforestation is impacting our weather and our food

Mike Gaworecki 12 May 2015

Brazilian firm’s mega-dam plans in Peru spark major social conflict

David Hill 11 May 2015

Brazilian Amazon nears deforestation threshold past which wildlife may crash, says study

Apoorva Joshi 1 May 2015

Giant Amazonian catfish threatened by dams

Sandhya Sekar 1 May 2015

‘Deforestation fronts’ revealed

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Apr 2015

‘Zero Deforestation’ not necessarily the answer, environmentalists warn

Pek Shibao 27 Apr 2015

Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon continues to accelerate

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Apr 2015

Featured video: ‘A river in dispute’ documentary explores how a planned dam in the Amazon is affecting traditional communities

Agência Pública 15 Apr 2015

A tale of two maps: Brazilian state won’t use new atlas to close Cerrado deforestation loophole

Brendan Borrell 13 Apr 2015

Conservation and carbon storage goals collide in Brazil’s Cerrado

Brendan Borrell 13 Apr 2015

Tiny Brazilian opossum could be farmers’ friend

Brendan Borrell 7 Apr 2015

Brazilian farmers urge return of big cats to Cerrado to protect crops from rampaging peccaries

Brendan Borrell 7 Apr 2015

Russia and Canada lead the world in forest loss in 2013

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Apr 2015

Illegal deforestation driven by EU appetite for beef, palm oil, soy, say new reports

Mike Gaworecki 1 Apr 2015

Tropical soundscapes offer clues to forest and animal community health

Heather D'angelo 1 Apr 2015

Indonesia, Brazil subsidizing forest loss far more than REDD+ slows it

Mongabay.com 1 Apr 2015

Archer Daniels Midland to demand suppliers stop chopping down forests

Mongabay.com 31 Mar 2015

Here comes progress: what will planned megaprojects mean for an Amazon city?

Bruno Fonseca 31 Mar 2015

Nobody listened to them: fishing communities to be displaced by dams want a say in their future

Ana Aranha, Jessica Mota 30 Mar 2015

Low crop prices means time is ripe for new forest protection programs

Heather D'angelo 27 Mar 2015

World’s fragmented forests are deteriorating

Loren Bell 24 Mar 2015

Seeing the trees but not the forest (commentary)

Kenneth G. Macdicken 20 Mar 2015

Brazil confirms rising deforestation in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Mar 2015

Newly discovered Brazilian bird may number fewer than 10 individuals

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Mar 2015

Endangered forests shrink as demand for soy rises

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 10 Mar 2015

Newly described monkey species found in threatened Amazon forest

Mike Gaworecki 6 Mar 2015

Colombia proposes protected corridor across South America

Mike Gaworecki 3 Mar 2015

Biofuels are bad news for forests, climate, food security, says report

Mike Gaworecki 27 Feb 2015

One of Brazil’s rarest primates still holds out in single patch of rainforest

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 26 Feb 2015

Brazil arrests ‘Amazon’s biggest destroyer’

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2015

Rainforest loss increased in the 2000s, concludes new analysis

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2015

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