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Oil or Death in the Amazon

Jennifer Jacobs 6 Jun 2009

Peruvian police kill 10 Indians in battle over Amazon oil drilling

Mongabay.com 6 Jun 2009

Bill Clinton speaks out for rainforests in Brazil

Jeremy Hance 3 Jun 2009

Tribes in Peru to get $0.68/acre for protecting Amazon forest

Mongabay.com 3 Jun 2009

Brazil’s plan to save the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jun 2009

Brazil accounts for 74% of global land area protected since 2003

Mongabay.com 1 Jun 2009

Political infighting in Brazil threatens the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 1 Jun 2009

Nike, Unilever, Burger King, IKEA may unwittingly contribute to Amazon destruction, says Greenpeace

Mongabay.com 1 Jun 2009

Destruction of Brazil’s most imperiled rainforest continues

Mongabay.com 31 May 2009

Conservation through commerce in Costa Rica

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 May 2009

Did Malaysia cancel plans for palm oil development in the Amazon?

Mongabay.com 21 May 2009

Chevron faces shareholder rebuke on claims by Amazon rainforest Indians

Mongabay.com 21 May 2009

Peru may take military action against Indians protesting Amazon energy development

Mongabay.com 19 May 2009

Brazil moves closer to legitimizing illegal land-grab in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 17 May 2009

Near-record flooding in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 13 May 2009

Peru gets $120m to protect 212,000 sq mi of Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 13 May 2009

First-ever photo of jaguar on Barro Colorado Island

Mongabay.com 4 May 2009

Howler monkeys poisoned because of misinformed link to yellow fever

Jeremy Hance 22 Apr 2009

New legislation in Brazil opens up road-paving across country, threatening Amazon

Jeremy Hance 21 Apr 2009

Brazil could triple agricultural output without touching the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Apr 2009

Rainforest soy moratorium shows success in the Brazilian Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Apr 2009

Reserves with roads still vital for reducing fires in Brazilian Amazon

Jeremy Hance 8 Apr 2009

Former environment minister Silva honored with prestigious environmental award

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2009

Brazil: ‘Soy King’, Environment Minister strike deal on Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2009

Amazonian region likely to become savannah due to burning, deforestation

Jeremy Hance 31 Mar 2009

Malaysian palm oil targets the Amazon

Mongabay.com 25 Mar 2009

Will palm oil drive deforestation in the Amazon?

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Mar 2009

Mama tree iguanas targeted by hunters as source of traditional medicine in Bolivia

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2009

Territorial disputes and conservation

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2009

Land rights victory for Amazon Indians in Brazil

Mongabay.com 20 Mar 2009

37,000 sq km of Amazon rainforest destroyed or damaged in 2008

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Mar 2009

Smallest Andean frog discovered in cloud forests of Peru

Jeremy Hance 18 Mar 2009

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