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Brazil cripples illegal gold mining operations in indigenous territory

Jeremy Hance 18 Jul 2012

Indigenous tribes end occupation of Belo Monte

Jeremy Hance 12 Jul 2012

Vietnam buys stakes in controversial oil blocks threatening Peru’s most vulnerable indigenous people

David Hill 11 Jul 2012

Experts dispute recent study that claims little impact by pre-Columbian tribes in Amazon

Jeremy Hance 5 Jul 2012

Indigenous tribes occupy Belo Monte dam for over 10 days

Jeremy Hance 3 Jul 2012

Over 700 people killed defending forest and land rights in past ten years

Jeremy Hance 19 Jun 2012

U.S. car manufacturers linked to Amazon destruction, slave labor

Jeremy Hance 14 May 2012

Can loggers be conservationists?

Jeremy Hance 10 May 2012

Oil company Perenco endangering ‘uncontacted’ indigenous people, says Peru

David Hill 25 Apr 2012

Featured video: How to save the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 22 Apr 2012

Photos: Uncontacted Amazon tribes documented for first time in Colombia

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Apr 2012

Indigenous groups oppose priest pushing for road through uncontacted tribes’ land

David Hill 19 Apr 2012

Pictures: Destruction of the Amazon’s Xingu River begins for Belo Monte Dam

Jeremy Hance 18 Apr 2012

Amazon tribe becomes first to get OK to sell REDD credits for rainforest conservation

Mongabay.com 12 Apr 2012

Scientists unlock indigenous secret to sustainable agriculture in the Amazon’s savannas

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Apr 2012

U.S. gobbling illegal wood from Peru’s Amazon rainforest

Jeremy Hance 10 Apr 2012

Judge suspends Brazilian dam that would flood sacred waterfalls

Jeremy Hance 2 Apr 2012

Brazil’s indigenous affairs ministry: $32B carbon deal not valid

Mongabay.com 28 Mar 2012

Indigenous groups fight for recognition and illumination in Peru

Patrick Le Flufy 26 Mar 2012

Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon: a view from the ground

Katy Ashe 15 Mar 2012

Amazon plant yields miracle cure for dental pain

Jeremy Hance 14 Mar 2012

International Labor Organization raps Brazil over monster dam

Jeremy Hance 7 Mar 2012

Tourism for biodiversity in Tambopata

Ryan King 27 Feb 2012

New rainforest and indigenous reserve established in Peru

Jeremy Hance 7 Feb 2012

Guyanese tribe maps Connecticut-sized rainforest for land rights

Jeremy Hance 7 Feb 2012

Group releases close-up photos of ‘uncontacted’ tribe in Peru

Jeremy Hance 1 Feb 2012

Photos: 46 new species found in little-explored Amazonian nation

Jeremy Hance 25 Jan 2012

Brazil begins preliminary damming of Xingu River as protests continue

Jeremy Hance 19 Jan 2012

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2011

Jeremy Hance 22 Dec 2011

Brazilian dam-builder quits Peru project after indigenous protest

Mongabay.com 23 Nov 2011

Brazil boycotts OAS meeting after sharp human rights rebuke over giant Amazon dam

Mongabay.com 27 Oct 2011

Peru’s real test is a 200km pipeline

David Hill 27 Oct 2011

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