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Loss of big fruit-eating birds impacting trees in endangered rainforests

Mongabay.com 31 May 2013

Two new arachnids discovered in Brazilian caves (photos)

Jeremy Hance 29 May 2013

Indigenous sacred sites now qualify as protected areas in Colombia

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 May 2013

Scientists discover high mercury levels in Amazon residents, gold-mining to blame

Lacey Avery 28 May 2013

Featured video: giant anteater wallowing and scratching like a dog

Hannah Lindstrom 28 May 2013

World’s largest tropical park may have protected status revoked

Mongabay.com 21 May 2013

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

Jeremy Hance 20 May 2013

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon pacing 88% higher than last year’s rate

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 May 2013

Indigenous association to sue to shut down Panama’s REDD+ program

Mongabay.com 17 May 2013

Crazy cat numbers: unusually high jaguar densities discovered in the Amazon rainforest

Zach Fitzner 16 May 2013

NGO: conflict of interests behind Peruvian highway proposal in the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 16 May 2013

Photo: Stunning new pit-viper discovered in Honduras

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 May 2013

Amazon’s flood/drought cycle becoming more extreme, less predictable

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 May 2013

Deforestation will undercut effectiveness of rainforest dams

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 May 2013

Continued deforestation in the Amazon may kill Brazil’s agricultural growth

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 May 2013

Featured video: saving sea turtles in Mexico’s Magdalena Bay

Jeremy Hance 9 May 2013

Brazil’s satellite monitoring reduced Amazon deforestation by 60,000 sq km in 5 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 May 2013

Are seagulls killing whales in Patagonia?

Jeremy Hance 8 May 2013

Frankenfish or scientific marvel?: giant GM salmon await U.S. approval

Suzanne Goldenberg 7 May 2013

Central America’s largest forest under siege by colonists

Jeremy Hance 6 May 2013

Unconventional swine: how invasive pigs are helping preserve biodiversity in the Pantanal

Erica Santana 6 May 2013

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

Mongabay.com 3 May 2013

Sugarcane production impacting local climate in Brazil

Thomas Handley 1 May 2013

Conservation without supervision: Peruvian community group creates and patrols its own protected area

Jenny R. Isaacs 30 Apr 2013

Featured documentary: Damocracy, highlighting the battles over the Belo Monte and Ilisu dams

Jeremy Hance 29 Apr 2013

Brazil’s success in reducing deforestation will be hard to replicate

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Apr 2013

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

Jeremy Hance 23 Apr 2013

Brazil threatens $282m in fines for beef linked to Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 17 Apr 2013

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

Jeremy Hance 17 Apr 2013

New insect discovered in Brazil, only third known in its bizarre family (photos)

Alexander Holmgren 15 Apr 2013

Landowner who allegedly ordered Amazon murders acquitted

Jeremy Hance 10 Apr 2013

Featured video: stemming human-caused fires in the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 9 Apr 2013

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