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Tucabaca Wildlife Reserve in Roboré, Bolivia. Photo credit: Adro Molina

Rallying the public to save Bolivia’s forests: Q&A with Gina Méndez

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 May 2021

Large-scale deforesters emboldened under Brazil’s Bolsonaro, data indicate

Suzana Camargo 26 Apr 2021

Cattle-driven clearing continues in Brazil’s Triunfo do Xingu protected area

Liz Kimbrough 16 Apr 2021
Deforestation in Kapuas Hulu regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Global forest loss increased in 2020

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Mar 2021

As the Amazon unravels into savanna, its wildlife will also suffer

Luís Patriani 10 Feb 2021
Gentoo penguins watching an iceberg. Image credit: Mongabay

We’re approaching critical climate tipping points: Q&A with Tim Lenton

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Jan 2021
Blackwater oxbow lake, rainforest, and a whitewater river in the Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

How the pandemic impacted rainforests in 2020: a year in review

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Dec 2020

As Amazon deforestation hits 12 year high, France rejects Brazilian soy

Jenny Gonzales 4 Dec 2020
Heat spots in areas with Prodes warnings (2017-2019). Area next to the borders of the Kaxarari Indigenous territory, in Lábrea, Amazonas state. Taken 17 Aug, 2020. CREDIT: © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

As 2020 Amazon fire season winds down, Brazil carbon emissions rise

Liz Kimbrough 16 Nov 2020
Heat spots in areas with Prodes warnings (2017-2019). Area next to the borders of the Kaxarari Indigenous territory, in Lábrea, Amazonas state. Taken 17 Aug, 2020. CREDIT: © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

Brazil reports lower deforestation, higher fires in September

Mongabay.com 9 Oct 2020

As Brazil burns, Indigenous fire brigades face an uncertain future

Maurício Angelo 9 Oct 2020

In a drier Amazon, small farmers and researchers work together to reduce fire damage

Letícia Klein, Thiago Medaglia 8 Oct 2020

The Amazon savanna? Rainforest teeters on the brink as climate heats up

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2020

Forest degradation outpaces deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: Study

Claire Asher 5 Oct 2020

Brazil moves toward transfer of deforestation and fire monitoring to military

Jenny Gonzales 29 Sep 2020
A Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus coronatus) spends time in the moist Amazon understory foraging. Photo by Philip Stouffer.

As the Amazon burns, what happens to its biodiversity?

Liz Kimbrough 24 Sep 2020

Game changer: NASA data tool could revolutionize Amazon fire analysis

Shanna Hanbury 15 Sep 2020
Planet images showing fire on recently deforested near Itaúba in the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil on June 29, 2020.

The view from above: How do we know what’s really burning in the Amazon?

Liz Kimbrough 11 Sep 2020
Fire near the Branco river in the Jaci-Paraná Extractive Reserve, in Porto Velho, Rondônia state. Taken 16 Aug, 2020. CREDIT: © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

Rise in Amazon deforestation slows in August, but fires surge

Mongabay.com 11 Sep 2020
The Kayapó Xikrin people of the Northern Amazon were affected by 2019’s infamous Fire Day. Photo taken in August 2019. Credit: Emilio Chong/Land is Life.

Survival of Indigenous communities at risk as Amazon fire season advances

Shanna Hanbury 2 Sep 2020

In the Amazon, women are key to forest conservation

Mike Gaworecki 2 Sep 2020
Heat spots in areas with Prodes warnings (2017-2019). Area next to the borders of the Kaxarari Indigenous territory, in Lábrea, Amazonas state. Taken 17 Aug, 2020. CREDIT: © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

Greenpeace photos illuminate illegal Amazon fires

Mongabay.com 1 Sep 2020
Hots spots in areas with Prodes warnings indicating deforestation between 2017 and 2019. Area next to the borders of the Kaxarari Indigenous territory in Lábrea, Amazonas state. Taken 17 Aug, 2020. CREDIT: © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

Friday night follies: Brazil cuts deforestation funding, then restores it

Jenny Gonzales 1 Sep 2020
Deforestation in the state of Rondônia, Brazil. Courtesy of Maxar Technologies.

Despite expanding fires, Brazil suspends operations to combat Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 28 Aug 2020
Hotspot directly in the forest, next to a freshly deforested area in Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso state. © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

Bleak milestone: 500 major fires detected in Brazilian Amazon this year

Liz Kimbrough 26 Aug 2020

Key Amazon grain route blocked by Indigenous protest over funding, Grainrail

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 24 Aug 2020
Planet image of Altamira (-5.79, -53.69) in the State of Pará, Brazil taken on August 8, 2020. Courtesy of Planet.

Can we predict where Amazon fires will occur? And to what end?

Liz Kimbrough 21 Aug 2020
Hotspot directly in the forest, next to a freshly deforested area, with Deter warning, in Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso state. © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

More than 260 major, mostly illegal Amazon fires detected since late May

Liz Kimbrough 13 Aug 2020
Planet image of Altamira (-5.79, -53.69) in the State of Pará, Brazil taken on August 8, 2020. Courtesy of Planet.

Before burning comes felling: Brazil’s half-measure fire ban (commentary)

Angie Bolzan 12 Aug 2020

As Amazon tree loss worsens, political pressure grows, and Brazil hedges: Critics

Jenny Gonzales 10 Aug 2020

Brazilian Amazon protected areas ‘in flames’ as land-grabbers invade

Ana Ionova 7 Aug 2020

Scientists measure Amazon drought and deforestation feedback loop: Study

Shanna Hanbury 21 Jul 2020

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