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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

Brazilian tribes demarcate territory in bid to block dams

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Nov 2014

Reducing tax evasion could help save the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Nov 2014

Facing severe drought, ‘war effort’ needed to save the Amazon, says scientist

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Nov 2014

De-protection of Protected Areas ramps up in Brazil, ‘compromises the capacity’ of ecosystems

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 31 Oct 2014

Beef, palm oil, soy, and wood products from 8 countries responsible for 1/3 of forest destruction

Jeremy Hance 23 Oct 2014

Brazil declares new protected area larger than Delaware

Morgan Erickson-Davis 23 Oct 2014

Gold mining expanding rapidly along Guiana Shield, threatening forests, water, wildlife

Dr Liz Kimbrough 22 Oct 2014

Daring activists use high-tech to track illegal logging trucks in the Brazilian Amazon

Jeremy Hance 15 Oct 2014

As Amazon deforestation falls, small farmers play bigger role in forest clearing

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Oct 2014

Forest fragmentation’s carbon bomb: 736 million tonnes C02 annually

Jeremy Hance 9 Oct 2014

Brazil unlikely to sustain gains in reducing deforestation without new incentives for ranchers, says study

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Oct 2014

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