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Human rights key to rainforest conservation, argues report

Mongabay.com 6 Sep 2012

Indigenous groups in Panama wait for UN REDD to meet promises

Jeremy Hance 30 Aug 2012

Construction of controversial Belo Monte dam stopped

Mongabay.com 24 Aug 2012

Move to regularize mining in Colombia spurs concerns

Mongabay.com 17 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

Indigenous tribes hold 3 engineers hostage over Belo Monte dam

Jeremy Hance 26 Jul 2012

Smartphones promoted as a tool for indigenous forest protection

Andrew Davey 23 Jul 2012

Experts: sustainable logging in rainforests impossible

Jeremy Hance 19 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

Building indigenous resilience in the face of land-grabbing, deforestation in Malaysian Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 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

Sarawak tribe calls on German company to walk away from controversial dam

Jeremy Hance 19 Jun 2012

Indigenous rights rising in tropical forests, but big gaps remain

Jeremy Hance 31 May 2012

Broadcaster for Radio Free Sarawak goes missing in Malaysia

Mongabay.com 31 May 2012

Indigenous group paid $0.65/ha for forest worth $5,000/ha in Indonesia

Jeremy Hance 23 May 2012

Tribe partners to protect Argentina’s most endangered forest

Jeremy Hance 17 May 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

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

Police hired by loggers in Papua New Guinea lock locals in shipping containers

Jeremy Hance 16 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

Mining cancellation throws wrench into Sarawak dam-building spree

Jeremy Hance 27 Mar 2012

Featured video: indigenous community witnesses end of forest for palm oil

Jeremy Hance 26 Mar 2012

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