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Isolated Amazonian tribe makes another appearance in Peru (video)

Jeremy Hance 26 Aug 2013

Yasuni could still be spared oil drilling

Jeremy Hance 26 Aug 2013

Colombia establishes giant rainforest park to protect ‘uncontacted’ tribes

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Aug 2013

Brazil’s military takes on illegal loggers to protect nearly-extinct tribe

Jeremy Hance 18 Jul 2013

Over 30 tons of explosives to be detonated in Manu National Park buffer zone

David Hill 24 Jun 2013

Peru delays oil drilling in the Amazon to consult with indigenous peoples

Jeremy Hance 20 May 2013

Tribesmen launch ‘occupy’ protest at dam site in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 3 May 2013

Indigenous tribes say effects of climate change already felt in Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Apr 2013

Amazon: the world’s greatest rainforest or internet giant?

Jonathan Watts 25 Apr 2013

Featured video: Earth Day message from indigenous tribes in the Peruvian Amazon

Jeremy Hance 23 Apr 2013

Judge halts military-backed dam assessment in Brazil’s Amazon

Jeremy Hance 17 Apr 2013

Indigenous group: Brazil using military to force Amazon dams

Jonathan Watts 8 Apr 2013

After decades of turning a blind eye, Peru declares state of emergency due to oil contamination in Amazon

Jeremy Hance 26 Mar 2013

Tribe rejects payment from electricity company behind destructive Amazon dam

Mongabay.com 14 Mar 2013

Parks, indigenous territories are effectively reducing Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 11 Mar 2013

Long lost tribe spotted in the Colombian Amazon

Mongabay.com 23 Feb 2013

Featured video: Saving the Amazon through maps

Jeremy Hance 20 Feb 2013

Brazilian agency rejects Canadian company’s bid to mine controversial Amazon dam site for gold

Mongabay.com 13 Feb 2013

Fossil fuel company looking to exploit deposits in Manu National Park

Jeremy Hance 11 Feb 2013

Miners win ruling over indigenous groups in Guyana

Jeremy Hance 29 Jan 2013

Colombia to double the size of massive Amazon reserve to include uncontacted tribes’ land

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Jan 2013

Brazil sues to block unlicensed REDD deal between Irish company and indigenous group

Mongabay.com 17 Dec 2012

Uncontacted tribes still exist, but extinction threat looms

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Dec 2012

Indigenous groups re-occupy Belo Monte dam in the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 9 Oct 2012

New forest map shows 6% of Amazon deforested between 2000 and 2010

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2012

Talisman abandons Amazon oil development in Peru’s rainforest

Mongabay.com 13 Sep 2012

Construction of controversial Belo Monte dam stopped

Mongabay.com 24 Aug 2012

Belo Monte mega-dam halted again by high Brazilian court, appeal likely but difficult

Jeremy Hance 15 Aug 2012

Evidence of ‘isolated’ indigenous people found in Peru where priest is pushing highway

David Hill 14 Aug 2012

Human rights court favors indigenous tribe over Ecuadorian government in oil battle

Jeremy Hance 31 Jul 2012

Brazil decree opens tribal lands to mining, dams in ‘national interest’

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Jul 2012

Experts: sustainable logging in rainforests impossible

Jeremy Hance 19 Jul 2012

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