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Independent of climate, forest cover in southern Amazon may fall to 20% by 2016

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Sep 2008

High mineral prices drive rainforest destruction

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Aug 2008

Oil development could destroy the most biodiverse part of the Amazon

Mongabay.com 12 Aug 2008

Brazil will forge its own path for developing the Amazon

Mongabay.com 15 May 2008

Brazil’s environmental minister resigns after losing Amazon fight

Mongabay.com 14 May 2008

Judge suspends Amazon dam project due to legal questions

Mongabay.com 30 Apr 2008

Railroad could reduce Amazon deforestation relative to proposed highway

Mongabay.com 24 Mar 2008

Amazon environmentalist gunned down in Peru

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Mar 2008

Industry-driven road-building to fuel Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Mar 2008

Controversial dam in the Amazon gets Brazilian go-ahead

Mongabay.com 11 Dec 2007

South American development plan could destroy the Amazon

Mongabay.com 4 Oct 2007

Toll road could raise money for Amazon conservation

Mongabay.com 15 Jul 2007

$11B Amazon rainforest dam gets initial approval

Mongabay.com 10 Jul 2007

Brazil debates $11B Amazon dam project

International Herald Tribune 10 Jun 2007

Amazon tribe blocks major Brazilian highway

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2007

Can cattle ranchers and soy farmers save the Amazon?

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Jun 2007

Globalization could save the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Jun 2007

Brazil splits environmental agency to fast-track development projects

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Apr 2007

Soybeans may worsen drought in the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Apr 2007

Selective logging leads to clear-cutting in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 31 Jul 2006

Oil firm abandons road project for Amazon rainforest park in Ecuador

Mongabay.com 26 Apr 2006

Brazil to flood Amazon rainforest for hydroelectric power

Reuters 17 Mar 2006

Paving of road brings change in the Amazon rainforest

The Associated Press 27 May 2005

Timber hungry China moves into Africa

Tina Butler 20 Apr 2005

Chinese economy drives road-building and deforestation in the Amazon

Tina Butler 17 Apr 2005

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