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Finally, Latin America is tackling wildlife trafficking (commentary)

Susan Lieberman 2 Oct 2019

Brazilian state complicit in violence against forest defenders, report says

Naira Hofmeister 1 Oct 2019

Fires still being set in blazing Bolivia (commentary)

Claire Wordley 1 Oct 2019

New app tracks down forest fires in Bolivia

John Cannon 30 Sep 2019

As the Amazon burns, Colombia’s forests decimated for cattle and coca

Antonio José Paz Cardona 26 Sep 2019

The sink and the safeguard: Benefits of protecting and restoring intact forests for people and planet (commentary)

Lauren E. Oakes 25 Sep 2019
Jaguar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Panthera: At least 500 jaguars lost their lives or habitat in Amazon fires

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Sep 2019

Oil palm, cattle and coca take a toll on Colombia’s indigenous Jiw

Maria Fernanda Lizcano 24 Sep 2019

Prompted by Amazon fires, 230 investors warn firms linked to deforestation

Sue Branford 23 Sep 2019

Bolsonaro’s Brazil unlikely to achieve Paris Agreement goals: experts

Elisângela Mendonça 22 Sep 2019

World’s biggest meatpackers buying cattle from deforesters in Amazon

André Campos - Repórter Brasil, Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Sep 2019

Deforestation increase dovetails with armed conflict in Colombia, study finds

Antonio José Paz Cardona 18 Sep 2019

Indigenous communities, wildlife under threat as farms invade Nicaraguan reserve

Taran Volckhausen 17 Sep 2019

Interfaith leaders step up to protect the world’s ‘sacred’ rainforests

Justin Catanoso 17 Sep 2019

Mexican officials battle a tide of fire eating away at a protected reserve

Maxwell Radwin 16 Sep 2019

Going the extra mile (Insider)

James Fair 16 Sep 2019

‘A green desert’: Mammals take a hit in Colombia’s oil palm plantations

Megan Stannard 16 Sep 2019

Shocking news: There are actually three species of electric eel in the Amazon, not one

Mongabay.com 13 Sep 2019

Expand or Intensify? Balancing biodiversity and rising food needs: study

Liz Kimbrough 13 Sep 2019

Worldwide deforestation rising despite bold commitments, report finds

Mongabay.com 13 Sep 2019

Decolonizing trees in a tropical city to nurture multi-cultural identity

Carinya Sharples 13 Sep 2019

REDD+ more competitive than critics believe, study finds

John Cannon 12 Sep 2019
Fires burning in the state of Pará, Brazil on August 16, 2019. Courtesy of Planet Labs Inc.

Brazilian Amazon fires scientifically linked to 2019 deforestation: report

Karla Mendes 11 Sep 2019

Chilean band Newen Afrobeat sings of a future it hopes to see

Erik Hoffner 10 Sep 2019

Camera trap study reveals Amazon ocelot’s survival strategies

Claire Asher 10 Sep 2019
Drone view of Chiquitano forest recently deforested on the edge of the Bolivian Amazon for soy production. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Pro-deforestation policies could be ruinous for farmers (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Sep 2019

Private sector could play outsized role in Cerrado conservation: study

Sarah Sax 9 Sep 2019

State governors support Bolsonaro’s Amazon mining, agribusiness plans

Jenny Gonzales 9 Sep 2019

Disaster strikes in Bolivia as fires lay waste to unique forests

Carolina Méndez, Isabel Mercado 6 Sep 2019

Amazon deforestation and development heighten Amazon fire risk: study

Sarah Sax 6 Sep 2019

Fires in Brazil’s Amazon have devastating consequences

Antonio José Paz Cardona 6 Sep 2019

New monkey species found in Amazon forest area that’s fast disappearing

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Sep 2019

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