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Brazilian mining giant cuts ties with pig-iron producer over deforestation

8 Amazon countries pledge more coordination in rainforest conservation

Indigenous do not have right to free, prior and informed consultation on Amazon dam, rules Brazilian court

Indigenous technicians scour Amazonia to help researchers track wildlife populations

Another anti-logging activist killed in Brazil

Occupy Belo Monte: indigenous stage “permanent” protest against Amazon dam in Brazil

Brazil boycotts OAS meeting after sharp human rights rebuke over giant Amazon dam

Breakthrough technology enables 3D mapping of rainforests, tree by tree

World’s largest beef company breaks commitment on avoiding Amazon deforestation

Belo Monte dam license ‘illegal’ rules Brazilian federal judge

Brazil plans $120 billion in infrastructure investments in the Amazon by 2020

Soy moratorium in Amazon maintaining its effectiveness

Brazil: Amazon deforestation higher than initially stated

Animal picture of the day: hyacinth macaw

Judge: work must halt on monster dam, Belo Monte

Forest carbon projects rake in $178 million in 2010

Following violent crackdown against protestors, Bolivia puts Amazon road project on ice

Caatinga ecosystem almost wholly ignored in Brazil

Expanding ethanol threatens last remnants of Atlantic Forest

Atlantic Forest stores less carbon due to drastic fragmentation

Tribal leader to the UN: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon are in danger

Amazon deforestation up moderately in August, but forest degradation falls

Two arrested in connection with murdering Amazon activists

Loving the tapir: pioneering conservation for South America’s biggest animal

Cute animal picture of the day: baby Bolivian gray titi monkey

Brazilian court upholds conviction of rancher who murdered an American nun in the Amazon

62% of deforested Amazon land ends up as cattle pasture

World’s oldest person discovered in Amazon rainforest

Picture of the day: rainbow over the Amazon rainforest

Justice delayed: Dorothy Stang’s killer appeals

Scientists discover massive underground river 13,000 feet beneath the Amazon

Model predicts deforestation hot spots in Brazilian Amazon

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