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Will my president save the Amazon? (commentary)

New Jaguar Rivers Initiative aims to reconnect South America’s fragmented ecosystems

Endangered golden-headed lion tamarin: Photo of the week

Forests, fires and fragile gains: Interview with WRI’s Elizabeth Goldman

Cerrado’s hidden carbon highlights gaps in Brazil’s conservation policy

Despite restrictions, forest loss continued on Ituna land, home to isolated people

EU moves to drop leather from deforestation law after industry lobbying

Brazil bill aims to ban satellite tool used to slow Amazon deforestation

Brazilian state greenlights deforestation for contested open-pit gold mine

Tropical forest loss falls in 2025, but world still off track on deforestation goals

AI tool tracks spread of illegal gold mining in Amazon protected areas

Brazil FOIA confirms Lula & Macron talked before key CITES vote on endangered tree

Brazil taps legal loophole to issue bids for Amazon ‘tipping point’ road

A red flower found nowhere else loses ground as mining expands in Brazil’s Amazon

Brazil: Satellites expose rampant gold mining expansion on Indigenous Kayapó land

The Amazon’s silent crime crisis (commentary)

Novel research finds unexpected climate resilience in up to 36% of Amazon forest

As EU-Mercosur agreement goes into effect, environmentalists raise red flags

Brazilian banks to verify satellite deforestation data for rural credit

Marina Silva steps down as Brazil’s environment minister to run for Congress

Study finds deforestation accounts for major Amazon rainfall decline

Behind the scenes of the Amazon’s gold rush: Director Richard Ladkani on the making of ‘Yanuni’

In Brazil, regenerative farming advances, but deforestation still pressures ecosystems

Brazil is both the world’s environmental treasure and its most exposed victim (commentary)

Mining rush for critical minerals threatens Amazon land reform settlements

The Cerrado is threatened but crucial for Brazil’s biodiversity & water security (commentary)

Concern among Indigenous leaders, relief for a few, as Amazon Soy Moratorium falters

Brazil wanted more protections for its endangered national tree. Then France called

Agroforestry offers market-based way to boost Amazon rains & farmer incomes (analysis)

In Brazil, a free platform uses government data to track EUDR compliance

The cost of compliance with the EUDR will limit its impact on reducing deforestation (commentary)

The Amazon’s most valuable export isn’t timber — it’s rain

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