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Venezuela bans gold-mining in forest reserve, will not issue new open-pit permits

Mongabay.com 21 May 2008

Naming rights for newly discovered ‘walking frog’ to be auctioned for conservation

Mongabay.com 20 May 2008

Defaunation, like deforestation, threatens global biodiversity

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 May 2008

Frog chooses whether to lay eggs on land or in water

Mongabay.com 19 May 2008

Brazil will forge its own path for developing the Amazon

Mongabay.com 15 May 2008

After acquittal, fear of open season on activists in the Amazon rainforest

Michael Astor 14 May 2008

Convicted nun-killer freed in the Brazilian Amazon

Mongabay.com 14 May 2008

Brazil’s environmental minister resigns after losing Amazon fight

Mongabay.com 14 May 2008

New research shows wild sloths sleep less than captive sloths

Mongabay.com 14 May 2008

46% of Brazil’s energy comes from renewable sources

Mongabay.com 13 May 2008

New species of river dolphin discovered in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 30 Apr 2008

Judge suspends Amazon dam project due to legal questions

Mongabay.com 30 Apr 2008

Photos of newly discovered species in Brazil’s Cerrado

Mongabay.com 29 Apr 2008

Biodiversity key to fighting climate change

Jeremy Hance 29 Apr 2008

No sacrifices to ending deforestation in the Amazon, only gains

Jeremy Hance 29 Apr 2008

‘Soy King’ says Amazon deforestation could help solve global food crisis

Mongabay.com 28 Apr 2008

Brazil prepares to launch attack on NGOs working in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 27 Apr 2008

Rainforest recovery after deforestation can be enhanced by artificial bat houses

Mongabay.com 23 Apr 2008

Fruit-eating bats ingest dirt to counter toxic plant compounds

Mongabay.com 23 Apr 2008

A billion trees to be planted in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest over the next 7 years

Jeremy Hance 22 Apr 2008

Peru fails to investigate murder of Amazon environmental leader

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Apr 2008

Cache of rare and undiscovered species under threat in Panama

Mongabay.com 21 Apr 2008

Bats protect crops from insects

Mongabay.com 4 Apr 2008

Land invasions undermine Amazon forest law

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Apr 2008

Amazon soy ban seems to be effective in reducing explicit deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Apr 2008

Bats eat as many insects as birds

Mongabay.com 3 Apr 2008

Investing to save rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Apr 2008

Monarch butterfly migration threatened by illegal logging in Mexico

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2008

Corn planting to drop 8% in 2008

Mongabay.com 31 Mar 2008

Regrowing the rainforest

Boyce Thompson Institute For Plant Research 30 Mar 2008

Private equity firm buys rights to ecosystem services of Guyana rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Mar 2008

Railroad could reduce Amazon deforestation relative to proposed highway

Mongabay.com 24 Mar 2008

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