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Bolsonaro’s Brazil: 2019 brings death by 1,000 cuts to Amazon — part one

Sue Branford and Thais Borges 30 Dec 2019

EU/Chinese soy consumption linked to species impacts in Brazilian Cerrado: study

Sarah Sax 24 Dec 2019

Brazil investigates agribusiness bribes to judges for favorable land rulings

Maurício Angelo 27 Nov 2019

Brazil sugarcane growth can meet biofuel need and not drive deforestation: study

Claire Asher 25 Nov 2019

Feral horses gallop to the rescue of butterflies in distress

Nanticha Ocharoenchai 18 Nov 2019

Deforestation preceded fires in ‘massive’ area of Amazon in 2019

John Cannon 14 Nov 2019

Brazil’s ‘coconut breakers’ feel the squeeze of Cerrado development

Sarah Sax, Maurício Angelo 12 Nov 2019

Enforce Brazilian laws to curb criminal Amazon deforestation: study

Karla Mendes, Elisângela Mendonça 4 Nov 2019

‘Witnessing extinction in the flames’ as the Amazon burns for agribusiness

Ana Ionova 10 Oct 2019

For India’s flood-hit rhinos, refuge depends increasingly on humans

Manon Verchot 9 Oct 2019

Brazilian beef industry plays outsized role in tropical carbon emissions: report

Zoe Sullivan 3 Oct 2019

Fires still being set in blazing Bolivia (commentary)

Claire Wordley 1 Oct 2019

As the Amazon burns, Colombia’s forests decimated for cattle and coca

Antonio José Paz Cardona 26 Sep 2019

Expand or Intensify? Balancing biodiversity and rising food needs: study

Liz Kimbrough 13 Sep 2019
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

Giant Norway pension fund weighs Brazil divestment over Amazon deforestation

Zoe Sullivan 3 Sep 2019
Jasiri, an eastern black rhino captive bred in Dvur Kralove in the Czech Republic. Photo: Dvur Kralove

Europe-bred rhinos join South African cousins to repopulate Rwanda park

Jim Tan 14 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
Deforestation for soy production in the Bolivian Amazon and Chaco. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

New initiative aims to jump-start stalled drive toward zero deforestation

Sarah Sax 19 Jul 2019

Colombia registers first drop in deforestation since 2016 FARC peace deal

Taran Volckhausen 15 Jul 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

Despite a decade of zero-deforestation vows, forest loss continues: Greenpeace

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Jun 2019

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

Sarah Sax 4 Jun 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, Sue Branford 23 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

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

Karla Mendes 6 May 2019

When losing your soil means losing your livelihood (commentary)

Sophie Erfurth 3 May 2019

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