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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon continues to rise; clearing highest near Belo Monte dam site

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Jun 2011

Bloody June: fifth rural activist assassinated in Brazil this month

Karimeh Moukaddem 16 Jun 2011

Peru cancels massive dam project after years of protests

Jeremy Hance 16 Jun 2011

Last chance to see: the Amazon’s Xingu River

Jeremy Hance 15 Jun 2011

Revised Forest Code may cost Brazil climate commitments

Karimeh Moukaddem 14 Jun 2011
Google Earth image showing deforestation frontier in the Brazilian Amazon.

Could palm oil help save the Amazon? (2011)

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Jun 2011

Could palm oil help save the Amazon?

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Jun 2011

Majority of Brazilians reject changes in Amazon Forest Code

Rhett A. Butler 11 Jun 2011

Rash of murders threatens to silence environmental and social activism in Brazil

Karimeh Moukaddem 10 Jun 2011

Can Brazil meet deforestation, climate goals and still grow its cattle industry?

Karimeh Moukaddem 9 Jun 2011

Forest protection plans failing to address food needs

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2011

Dutch buy first ‘responsible’ soy sourced from the Amazon

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2011

Brazil’s shame

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Jun 2011

Amazon mega-dam gets final approval

Mongabay.com 1 Jun 2011

May in review: Jump in Amazon deforestation and murders, Indonesia’s ‘moratorium’

Mongabay.com 1 Jun 2011

New record in global carbon emissions ‘another wake-up call’

Jeremy Hance 31 May 2011

New global carbon map for 2.5 billion ha of forests

Mongabay.com 31 May 2011

Assassinations of environmentalists continue in Brazil’s Amazon, deforestation rises

Mongabay.com 28 May 2011

Destruction of Brazil’s most endangered forest, the Mata Atlantica, slows

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 May 2011

Dengan Moratorium Indonesia menuju pertumbuhan ekonomi rendah karbon

27 May 2011

Amnesty for illegal rainforest loggers moves forward in Brazil

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 May 2011

Killing in the name of deforestation: Amazon activist and wife assassinated

Jeremy Hance 24 May 2011

Authorities launch stealth operation in Amazon after satellite images reveal deforestation

Karimeh Moukaddem 24 May 2011

10 former environment ministers ask Brazil to hold off on Forest Code vote

Mongabay.com 24 May 2011

Photos: the top ten new species discovered in 2010

Jeremy Hance 23 May 2011

Brazil’s new cabinet-level post in response to surge in deforestation

Karimeh Moukaddem 21 May 2011

Climate change and deforestation pose risk to Amazon rainforest

Karimeh Moukaddem 20 May 2011

Brazil confirms big jump in Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 May 2011

Under pressure from rising deforestation, Brazil’s IBAMA establishes ‘Zero Deforestation Policy’ in the Amazon

Karimeh Moukaddem 17 May 2011

Huge surge in Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 17 May 2011

Information leak: Amazon deforestation increases sharply while forest code debated

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 May 2011

Brazil’s forest code vote delayed again

Mongabay.com 13 May 2011

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