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Brazil cripples illegal gold mining operations in indigenous territory

Indigenous tribes end occupation of Belo Monte

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

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

Indigenous tribes occupy Belo Monte dam for over 10 days

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

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

Can loggers be conservationists?

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

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Photos: Uncontacted Amazon tribes documented for first time in Colombia

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

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

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

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

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

Judge suspends Brazilian dam that would flood sacred waterfalls

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

Indigenous groups fight for recognition and illumination in Peru

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

Amazon plant yields miracle cure for dental pain

International Labor Organization raps Brazil over monster dam

Tourism for biodiversity in Tambopata

New rainforest and indigenous reserve established in Peru

Guyanese tribe maps Connecticut-sized rainforest for land rights

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

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

Brazil begins preliminary damming of Xingu River as protests continue

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Brazilian dam-builder quits Peru project after indigenous protest

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

Peru’s real test is a 200km pipeline

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