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Amazon illegal miners bypass enforcement by smuggling gold into Venezuela

Illegal gold mining creeps within a kilometer of Amazon’s second-tallest tree

Mongabay investigation spurs Brazil crackdown on illegal cattle in Amazon’s Arariboia territory

Indigenous aguaje tree climbers bring down profits in Peru’s Amazon — sustainably

For scandal-ridden carbon credit industry, Amazon restoration offers redemption

A Kichwa women’s collective uses ecotourism to safeguard Ecuador’s Amazon

Brazil plans new Amazon routes linking the Pacific & China’s New Silk Road

Colombia creates landmark territory to protect uncontacted Indigenous groups

Pressure bears down around uncontacted tribes at the edge of Brazil’s arc of deforestation

Ecuador must improve conditions for uncontacted Indigenous communities, human rights court rules

‘Unprecedented’ Supreme Court bill threatens Indigenous rights in Brazil

The rough road to sustainable farming in an Amazon deforestation hotspot

New setbacks for Peruvian Amazon reserve put uncontacted tribes at risk

Clash of worlds for the Amazon’s Cinta Larga: Interview with author Alex Cuadros

Land rights bill in Suriname sparks outrage in Indigenous communities

Yanomami youth turn to drones to watch their Amazon territory

Endemic fish wiped out in Brazilian Amazon hydroelectric dam area, study finds

Randy Borman (1955-2025): An unlikely guardian of the Amazon rainforest

As the rainforest gets drier, Amazon Indigenous groups thirst for clean water

Mining dredges return to Amazon River’s main tributary, months after crackdown

Ecuador’s next debt-for-nature deal falls short of Indigenous involvement

What’s at stake for the environment in Ecuador’s upcoming election?

Amazon states lead rebellion on environmental enforcement

Yanomami sees success two years into Amazon miner evictions, but fears remain

Calls for protection as new images emerge of uncontacted Amazonian tribe

Early results suggest communities stop logging during basic income pilot project

‘We’re getting back on track’: Interview with IBAMA head Rodrigo Agostinho

Traditional ecological knowledge isn’t dying — it’s adapting and transforming (Commentary)

Plans for bauxite mine in Suriname reignite Indigenous land rights debate

After a searing Amazon fire season, experts warn of more in 2025

Amazon communities reap the smallest share of bioeconomy profits

The Amazon in 2025: Challenges and hopes as the rainforest takes center stage

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