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Indigenous populations deforested New World rainforests before European contact

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Feb 2007

Brazil to allow large-scale monitored harvesting of the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Feb 2007

High fashion driving conservation efforts of rare species?

Mongabay.com 21 Feb 2007

Largest tropical glacier retreating at 200 feet per year in Peru

Mongabay.com 18 Feb 2007

HSBC gives Smithsonian $8 million to study global warming impact on forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Feb 2007

Just how bad is the biodiversity extinction crisis?

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Feb 2007

Gold Rush Tears Up a Patch of the Amazon

The Associated Press 2 Feb 2007

Starbucks, Earthwatch team up to improve eco-friendly coffee

Mongabay.com 1 Feb 2007

New maps reveal causes of Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 26 Jan 2007

Pesticides threaten cloud forests in Costa Rica – new study

Mongabay.com 22 Jan 2007

Lost civilization found in Peru

Mongabay.com 20 Jan 2007

Paraguay extends deforestation law that has cut forest loss by 85%

Mongabay.com 20 Dec 2006

Are Brazil nuts really sustainable?

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Dec 2006

Europe’s largest tropical rainforest invaded by gold miners

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Dec 2006

Time is running out for French Guiana’s rainforests

Mongabay.com 19 Dec 2006

Who pays for Amazon rainforest conservation?

Rhett A. Butler 12 Dec 2006

Logging roads lead to disease, social breakdown in Ecuador rainforest communities

Mongabay.com 4 Dec 2006

Mexico’s rainforests depend on government conservation efforts

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Nov 2006

Amazon Indians use Google Earth, GPS to protect forest home

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Nov 2006

Mining in Venezuelan Amazon threatens biodiversity, indigenous people

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Nov 2006

Carbon finance could net Guyana and Suriname tens of millions of dollars

Mongabay.com 6 Nov 2006

Bolivia could earn hundreds of millions under global warming deal

Mongabay.com 6 Nov 2006

British firm looks to Amazon rainforest for new drugs

Mongabay.com 2 Nov 2006

Indians are key to rainforest conservation efforts says renowned ethnobotanist

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Oct 2006

Energy development threatens Pumalin nature sanctuary in Chlie’s Pantagonia

George Black 27 Oct 2006

Amazon deforestation rate plunges 41 percent

Mongabay.com 27 Oct 2006

Brazil claims soy and beef not responsible for Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 26 Oct 2006

Largest seizure of illegally logged Amazon rainforest timber announced by authorities

Mongabay.com 23 Oct 2006

Global warming could cause catastrophic die-off of Amazon rainforest by 2080

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Oct 2006

Brazil says no to rainforest privatization plan, asks Gore for help

Mongabay.com 18 Oct 2006

Brazil proposes compensation plan for rainforest conservation

Mongabay.com 16 Oct 2006

Photo of new bird species discovered in Colombia

Mongabay.com 10 Oct 2006

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