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Exclusive: Funai confirms that land threatened by dam projects belongs to indigenous tribe

Ana Aranha 19 Feb 2015

Brazilian indigenous populations grow quickly after first contact devastation

Caitlin E. Williamson 18 Feb 2015

Drones to scan the Amazon rainforest for hidden civilizations

Mongabay.com 18 Feb 2015

Ranking the best and worst companies in terms of deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Feb 2015

Recently discovered, critically endangered bird gets its first reserve

Shaira Panela 10 Feb 2015

The Amazon’s oil boom: concessions cover a Chile-sized bloc of rainforest

Jeremy Hance 4 Feb 2015

Financial pledges for REDD+ slow to be disbursed, finds report

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2015

Accounting for natural capital on financial exchanges

Sarah Friedman 26 Jan 2015

Brazil’s soy moratorium dramatically reduced Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Jan 2015

Road building spree hurts Amazon birds

Brittany Stewart 14 Jan 2015

Deforestation climbing – along with fears – in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Jan 2015

Time for a checkup: researchers examine the health of lowland tapirs

Heather D'angelo 7 Jan 2015

Rainforests: 10 things to watch in 2015

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jan 2015

2014: the year in rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Dec 2014

Rat eradication needed to save seabird colony

Michael Buelna 30 Dec 2014

Meet Biofaces: the Facebook for wildlife enthusiasts

Jeremy Hance 30 Dec 2014

How a frog with a strange name is helping improve conservation in Brazil

Jose Hong 23 Dec 2014

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2014

Rhett A. Butler, Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Dec 2014

Impacts of deforestation on Amazonian river ecosystems could be far-reaching

Mike Gaworecki 18 Dec 2014

Plant wars: some tree species compete better against grasses for reforestation

Brittany Stewart 18 Dec 2014

Scientists reintroduce agoutis in rainforest in city of 12 million

Jeremy Hance 17 Dec 2014

An app to save 400 million animals

Alex Rodriguez 11 Dec 2014

False victories for sustainability – Amazonian Hydropower

Jose Hong 9 Dec 2014

New endangered bird species discovered in Brazil

Mike Gaworecki 4 Dec 2014

Threatened indigenous forests store more than half the Amazon’s carbon

Morgan Erickson-Davis 2 Dec 2014

Amazon deforestation in Brazil drops 18% in 2013/2014

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Nov 2014

Rising deforestation, fossil fuels use drive Brazil’s emissions 8% higher

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Nov 2014

Brazilian government silent as deforestation rises in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Nov 2014

Greenpeace investigation prompts Belgian authorities to seize timber shipment

Mongabay.com 16 Nov 2014

Surprising reasons to be optimistic about saving forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2014

New tapir? Scientists dispute biological discovery of the century

Jeremy Hance 13 Nov 2014

New laws may turn Brazil’s forests into mines

Morgan Erickson-Davis 7 Nov 2014

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