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Fires burning in the state of Pará, Brazil on August 16, 2019. Courtesy of Planet Labs Inc.

Brazilian Amazon fires scientifically linked to 2019 deforestation: report

Karla Mendes 11 Sep 2019

Private sector could play outsized role in Cerrado conservation: study

Sarah Sax 9 Sep 2019

State governors support Bolsonaro’s Amazon mining, agribusiness plans

Jenny Gonzales 9 Sep 2019

Giant Norway pension fund weighs Brazil divestment over Amazon deforestation

Zoe Sullivan 3 Sep 2019
PORTO VELHO, RONDÔNIA, BRAZIL. Aerial view of burned areas in the Amazon rainforest, in the city of Porto Velho, Rondônia state. (Photo: Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace)

Michael Shellenberger’s sloppy Forbes diatribe deceives on Amazon fires (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Aug 2019

Bolsonaro expresses ‘love’ for Amazon as it burns, offers no policy shift

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 26 Aug 2019
PORTO VELHO, RONDÔNIA, BRAZIL. Aerial view of burned areas in the Amazon rainforest, in the city of Porto Velho, Rondônia state. (Photo: Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace)

Greenpeace releases dramatic photos of Amazon fires

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Aug 2019

Rainforest destruction accelerates in Honduras UNESCO site

Taran Volckhausen 13 Aug 2019

Deforestation drops in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, but risks remain: experts

Karla Mendes 31 Jul 2019

Colombia registers first drop in deforestation since 2016 FARC peace deal

Taran Volckhausen 15 Jul 2019

Amazon rural development and conservation: a path to sustainability?

Jaqueline Sordi 2 Jul 2019
Indigenous protesters and self-proclaimed river defenders demonstrate against Brazilian dams. Image courtesy of Amazon Watch.

Amazon infrastructure puts 68% of indigenous lands / protected areas at risk: report

Jenny Gonzales 28 Jun 2019

Saving Guatemala’s vanishing macaws: Q&A with veterinarian Luis Fernando Guerra

Maxwell Radwin 27 Jun 2019

Brazil’s Roraima state at mercy of 2019 wildfires as federal funds dry up

Caio de Freitas Paes 25 Jun 2019

’Livestock revolution’ triggered decline in global pasture: Report

John Cannon 19 Jun 2019

How to save insects and ourselves

Jeremy Hance 13 Jun 2019

The tropics in trouble and some hope

Jeremy Hance 10 Jun 2019

Climate change threatens to water down Cerrado’s rich biodiversity: Study

Sarah Sax 4 Jun 2019

Chinese banks risk supporting soy-related deforestation, report finds

John Cannon 30 May 2019

Land grabbing, cattle ranching ravage Colombian Amazon after FARC demobilization

Taran Volckhausen 30 May 2019

New report examines drivers of rising Amazon deforestation on country-by-country basis

Mongabay.com 23 May 2019

Former Brazilian enviro ministers blast Bolsonaro environmental assaults

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 23 May 2019

‘Resisting to exist’: Indigenous women unite against Brazil’s far-right president

Karla Mendes 20 May 2019

The heat is on: Amazon tree loss could bring 1.45 degree C local rise

James Fair 14 May 2019

UK supermarkets implicated in Amazon deforestation supply chain: report

Sarah Sax 13 May 2019

Dismantling of Brazilian environmental protections gains pace

Sue Branford and Thais Borges 8 May 2019

’Unprecedented’ loss of biodiversity threatens humanity, report finds

Mongabay.com 7 May 2019

China, EU, US trading with Brazilian firms fined for Amazon deforestation: report

Karla Mendes 6 May 2019

Bolsonaro draws battle lines in fight over Amazon indigenous lands

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 24 Apr 2019

Amazon could be biggest casualty of US-China Trade war, researchers warn

Sarah Sax 16 Apr 2019

Indonesia’s threat to exit Paris accord over palm oil seen as cynical ploy

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Apr 2019

3 massacres in 12 days: Rural violence escalates in Brazilian Amazon

Sue Branford and Thais Borges 8 Apr 2019

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