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Major Brazilian banks sued for loans linked to deforestation

Mongabay.com 3 Apr 2011

‘Luck and perseverance’: new plant genus discovered in Amazon

Jeremy Hance 31 Mar 2011

Last year’s drought hit Amazon hard: nearly a million square miles impacted

Jeremy Hance 29 Mar 2011

Amazon still neglected by researchers

Jeremy Hance 28 Mar 2011

Bill Clinton takes on Brazil’s megadams, James Cameron backs tribal groups

Jeremy Hance 28 Mar 2011

How to save the Pantanal and increase profits for the cattle industry

Jeremy Hance 28 Mar 2011

New seabird discovered, first in 55 years

Jeremy Hance 23 Mar 2011

New population discovered of the America’s mini snow leopard: the Andean cat

Jeremy Hance 16 Mar 2011

Into Colombia’s Sierra Nevada

Miguel Hernandez 11 Mar 2011

Critically endangered capuchins make tools to gather termites

Jeremy Hance 10 Mar 2011

Photos: two new freshwater stingrays discovered in the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 9 Mar 2011

World’s most controversial dam, Brazil’s Belo Monte, back on

Jeremy Hance 6 Mar 2011

Report: 90 oil spills in Peruvian Amazon over 3 years

Jeremy Hance 3 Mar 2011

New species of zombie-creating fungi discovered

Jeremy Hance 2 Mar 2011

Indigenous leaders take fight over Amazon dams to Europe

Jeremy Hance 2 Mar 2011

Judge suspends Brazil’s monster dam: contractor ‘imposing’ its interests

Jeremy Hance 27 Feb 2011

First strike against illegal gold mining in Peru: military destroys miners’ boats

Jeremy Hance 21 Feb 2011

Researchers rediscover one of the world’s most sought-after lost frogs

Jeremy Hance 17 Feb 2011

Worldwide search for ‘lost frogs’ ends with 4% success, but some surprises

Jeremy Hance 16 Feb 2011

Half a million people sign petition against Belo Monte, Brazilian mega-dam

Jeremy Hance 8 Feb 2011

Monitoring deforestation: an interview with Brazilian space researcher Gilberto Camara

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Feb 2011

Chief financier of Belo Monte dam ties social and environmental requirements to controversial project

Jeremy Hance 4 Feb 2011

Two massive droughts evidence that climate change is ‘playing Russian roulette’ with Amazon

Jeremy Hance 3 Feb 2011

Brazilian mining giant buys Amazon palm oil company

Mongabay.com 3 Feb 2011

Paradise & Paradox: a semester in Ecuador

An Essaymichael Rudolph 2 Feb 2011

Incredible new photos of uncontacted tribe in the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 31 Jan 2011

Despite fierce opposition, work begins on Belo Monte dam

Jeremy Hance 27 Jan 2011

Cocaine production killing Colombia’s rainforests

Emily Kirkland 24 Jan 2011

Brazil’s environment chief resigns over controversial Amazon dam

Mongabay.com 14 Jan 2011

Renewed conflict between tribes and oil companies looms in Peru

Emily Kirkland 6 Jan 2011

Environmental atlas highlights human impact in Latin America and Caribbean

Morgan Erickson-Davis 28 Dec 2010

Agricultural lending jumps in Brazil, will Amazon deforestation follow?

Mongabay.com 27 Dec 2010

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