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Brazil accounts for 74% of global land area protected since 2003

Political infighting in Brazil threatens the Amazon rainforest

World governments to miss goal protecting 10 percent of every ecoregion by next year

Nike, Unilever, Burger King, IKEA may unwittingly contribute to Amazon destruction, says Greenpeace

Destruction of Brazil’s most imperiled rainforest continues

Did Malaysia cancel plans for palm oil development in the Amazon?

Brazil moves closer to legitimizing illegal land-grab in the Amazon

Near-record flooding in the Amazon

Howler monkeys poisoned because of misinformed link to yellow fever

Indigenous people serve as guardians of forest carbon, must be involved in climate solutions

New legislation in Brazil opens up road-paving across country, threatening Amazon

Mysterious decline of small mammals in Bolivia may be linked to burning Amazon

Brazil could triple agricultural output without touching the Amazon rainforest

Rainforest soy moratorium shows success in the Brazilian Amazon

Reserves with roads still vital for reducing fires in Brazilian Amazon

Former environment minister Silva honored with prestigious environmental award

Brazil: ‘Soy King’, Environment Minister strike deal on Amazon deforestation

Amazonian region likely to become savannah due to burning, deforestation

Malaysian palm oil targets the Amazon

Will palm oil drive deforestation in the Amazon?

Land rights victory for Amazon Indians in Brazil

Norway emerges as champion of rainforest conservation

37,000 sq km of Amazon rainforest destroyed or damaged in 2008

Amazon deforestation drops 70% for Nov 2008-Jan 2009 period

Amazon rainforest in big trouble, says UN

Beef consumption fuels rainforest destruction

Payments for eco services could save the Amazon

France’s Suez liable for illegal deforestation, “dynamite fishing” in the Amazon rainforest

Amazon indian tribe accused of killing and eating farmer

Frogs can be used to predict biodiversity hotspots

Brazil to boost spending on infrastructure to counter economic crisis

Amazon scientists awarded ‘Nobel Prize’ of conservation

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