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Future threats to the Amazon rainforest

Island biogeography theory doesn’t explain biodiversity changes in forest fragments

Brazil to send more police into the Amazon to fight illegal logging

Destruction of wetlands worsens global warming

Amazon timber industry declares ban on illegal logging

Amazon deforestation forecast for 2008 revised downward

Palm oil industry moves into the Amazon rainforest

20% of Amazon timber illegally harvested from protected areas

Good news for reefs: giant coral structure found off Brazil

Brazil fines 24 ethanol producers for illegal forest clearing

Rainforest destruction becomes industry-driven, concentrated geographically

Brazil signs sustainable ethanol deal with Sweden

Brazil seizes cattle illegally grazing on Amazon forest lands

Amazon soy moratorium extended; may be expanded to other products

Biofuel production on abandoned lands could meet 8% of global energy needs

More than 8% of the Brazilian Amazon is illegally owned

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Kayapo tribe gets trust fund for Amazon protection

Dung beetles persist in long-term forest fragments but may suffer from hunting of large animals

Rare golden primates help speed recovery of endangered Brazilian forest

Brazil creates 3 Amazon parks

Amazon beef producer creates eco-certified meat product with help of scientists

Brazil’s new environmental minister blames ranchers for surge in Amazon deforestation

Photos of arrow-wielding uncontacted tribe in the Amazon rainforest

Pictures of uncontacted Indian tribe in the Amazon (update)

40 arrested in illegal timber raid in the Brazilian Amazon

Brazil to establish huge Amazon preservation fund

Brazil will forge its own path for developing the Amazon

After acquittal, fear of open season on activists in the Amazon rainforest

Convicted nun-killer freed in the Brazilian Amazon

Brazil’s environmental minister resigns after losing Amazon fight

China to push for overseas acquisition of farmland to improve food security

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