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Catastrophic fires sweep through iconic Brazilian national park

Anna Sophie Gross 2 Nov 2017
A white spotted reed frog (Heterixalus alboguttatus) in Ranomafana National Park, about 30 miles west of Vohilava. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Madagascar environmental activist convicted, sentenced — and paroled

Edward Carver 2 Nov 2017

Mining activity causing nearly 10 percent of Amazon deforestation

Zoe Sullivan 2 Nov 2017

Interoceanic Highway incites deforestation in Peru, threatens more to come

Bart Crezee 1 Nov 2017

Temer offers amnesty, erasing up to $2.1 billion in environmental crime fines

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 31 Oct 2017

Brazilian police nab Amazon timber thieves who faked forest credits

Jenny Gonzales 27 Oct 2017

Another Madagascar environmental activist imprisoned

Edward Carver 20 Oct 2017

Could fungi provide an alternative to palm oil?

Kimberley Brown 19 Oct 2017

Amazonian manatee migration at risk from disruption by proposed dams

Claire Salisbury 19 Oct 2017

Leading US plywood firm linked to alleged destruction, rights violations in Malaysia

John Cannon 19 Oct 2017

Munduruku standoff against Amazon dam builders potentially explosive

Sue Branford, Fernanda Moreira, Mauricio Torres 17 Oct 2017

Farming and forest loss: study exposes malaria’s best friends

Jack Elliot Marley 16 Oct 2017

Amazon deforestation linked to McDonald’s and British retail giants

Anna Sophie Gross, Daniel Gross 4 Oct 2017

Amazon community on Tapajós River invaded by wildcat miners

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres, Ailen Vega 2 Oct 2017

Brazil: a world champion in political and environmental devastation (commentary)

Giem Guimaraes 29 Sep 2017

Temer walks back plan to open Denmark-sized area of Amazon to mining

Jenny Gonzales 27 Sep 2017

Temer uses controversial deforestation data in speech to UN

Sue Branford 21 Sep 2017

Andes dams could threaten food security for millions in Amazon basin

Claire Asher 19 Sep 2017

Belo Monte dam installation license suspended, housing inadequacy cited

Zoe Sullivan 19 Sep 2017

A lingering ‘legacy’: Deforestation warms climate more than expected

Mongabay.com 8 Sep 2017

Zero tolerance of deforestation likely only way to save Amazon gateway

Claire Asher 7 Sep 2017

Indigenous communities resist Chinese mining in Amazonian Ecuador

Max Nathanson 5 Sep 2017

Temer’s Amazon mining decrees derided by protestors, annulled by judge

Zoe Sullivan 30 Aug 2017

International investment blamed for violence and oppression in Sarawak

Jenny Denton 15 Aug 2017

First ‘intrusions’ into unbroken forests drive pulses of biodiversity loss

John Cannon 28 Jul 2017

Colombia expands indigenous reserves near key deforestation hotspot

Mike Gaworecki 14 Jul 2017

How the World Heritage Convention could save more wilderness: Q&A with World Heritage expert Cyril Kormos

Morgan Erickson-Davis 6 Jul 2017

Leaked terms of huge EU-Japan trade deal spark environmental alarm

Morgan Erickson-Davis 29 Jun 2017

New highway brings deforestation near two Colombian national parks

Taran Volckhausen 21 Jun 2017

Norway bans government purchasing of palm oil biofuel

Morgan Erickson-Davis 13 Jun 2017

‘Crunch time for biodiversity’: Farming, hunting push thousands of species toward extinction

John Cannon 7 Jun 2017

‘Killed, forced, afraid’: Philippine palm oil legacy incites new fears

Brad Miller 9 May 2017

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