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A tale of 2 Perus: Climate Summit host, 57 murdered environmentalists

Jeremy Hance 18 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

Peru has massive opportunity to avoid emissions from deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Nov 2014

New laws may turn Brazil’s forests into mines

Morgan Erickson-Davis 7 Nov 2014

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

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Nov 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

‘River wolves’ recover in Peruvian park, but still remain threatened inside and out (photos)

Jeremy Hance 14 Oct 2014

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

Jeremy Hance 9 Oct 2014

An impossible balancing act? Forests benefit from isolation, but at cost to local communities

Anna Ikarashi 7 Oct 2014

Turning point for Peru’s forests? Norway and Germany put muscle and money behind ambitious agreement

Jeremy Hance 24 Sep 2014

‘The green Amazon is red with indigenous blood’: authorities pull bodies from river that may have belonged to slain leaders

Jeremy Hance 17 Sep 2014

How do we save the world’s vanishing old-growth forests?

Jeremy Hance 26 Aug 2014

2 prize-winning journalists will report on Amazon, 2 new prizes announced

Mongabay.org 1 Aug 2014

Stunning high-resolution map reveals secrets of Peru’s forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jul 2014

Short-eared dog? Uncovering the secrets of one of the Amazon’s most mysterious mammals

Jeremy Hance 28 Jul 2014

Targeted enforcement saved a Massachusetts-worth of Amazon rainforest in 3 years

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2014

Camera trap captures first ever video of rarely-seen bird in the Amazon…and much more

Jeremy Hance 17 Jun 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Learning from innovations to make REDD+ work

Dr Liz Kimbrough 12 Jun 2014

In cutting deforestation, Brazil leads world in reducing emissions

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Jun 2014

Oil company breaks agreement, builds big roads in Yasuni rainforest

Jeremy Hance 5 Jun 2014

Intact Amazon forests show possible signs of global warming impact

Mongabay.com 4 Jun 2014

After throwing out referendum, Ecuador approves oil drilling in Yasuni’s embattled heart

Jeremy Hance 2 Jun 2014

Of jaguars and loggers: new film to showcase one of the least-known regions in the deep Amazon

Jeremy Hance 2 Jun 2014

Logging, fires take a hidden toll on Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 May 2014

Happy Amazon: $215 million raised for world’s largest protected area network

Jeremy Hance 21 May 2014

53 indigenous activists on trial for police-protester massacre in Peru

Jeremy Hance 15 May 2014

Uncovering the impact of big banks on the Amazon

Mongabay.org 13 May 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Crowdsourced forest monitoring

Dr Liz Kimbrough 25 Apr 2014

Brazil’s new Forest Code a mixed bag for native ecosystems

Mongabay.com 24 Apr 2014

Brazil to test drones in monitoring the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com, Mongabay.com 24 Apr 2014

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