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A Brazilian NGO restores widely degraded Atlantic Forest amid mining threats

Sarah Brown 6 Dec 2023

New zipline on Rio’s Sugarloaf raises outcry from conservationists

Sarah Brown 19 Apr 2023

Brazil pulp and paper company Klabin touts ‘green’ image despite mining interests

Maiara Marinho and Naira Hofmeister at Repórter Brasil 4 Apr 2023

Expansion of Mennonite farmland in Bolivia encroaches on Indigenous land

Iván Paredes Tamayo 3 Apr 2023

Mennonite colonies linked to deforestation of Indigenous territories and protected areas in Paraguay

Aldo Benítez 24 Mar 2023
A lowland tapir with its calf.

Restoration turns pastures into wildlife haven in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest

Sarah Brown 3 Mar 2023

A new mantis species rises from the ashes of Brazil’s National Museum

Suzana Camargo/Conexão Planeta 12 Mar 2020

On the prowl: Jaguar population rises in Iguazú Falls region

Jenny Gonzales 11 Mar 2020

Deforestation drops in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, but risks remain: experts

Karla Mendes 31 Jul 2019

Video: Scientists surprised to discover tiny toadlets can glow

Morgan Erickson-Davis 29 Mar 2019

Global frog pandemic may become even deadlier as strains combine

Morgan Erickson-Davis 3 Jul 2018

Pleistocene climates help scientists pick out targets for conservation in Brazil’s forests

Mongabay.com 8 May 2018
Ilha Bela, the largest sea island in Brazil, and the Atlantic Forest covers 85 percent of its area. Photo by Santiago Marrodan Ciordia.

Deforestation in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest increased almost 60 percent in the last year

Ignacio Amigo 5 Jun 2017

Forest fragmentation may be releasing much more carbon than we think

Morgan Erickson-Davis 31 Mar 2017

Three new frog species found in disappearing Atlantic Forest

Benji Jones 30 Mar 2017
Eucalyptus tree. Photo by Bidgee/Wikimedia Commons

Pressure over water in Brazil puts pulp industry in the spotlight

Ignacio Amigo 2 Mar 2017

Brazilian state invites private companies to run Atlantic Forest parks

Carolina Torres 15 Dec 2016

One-Year Anniversary of Brazil dam disaster brings prosecutions

Jenny Gonzales 2 Nov 2016

Mystery surrounds death of 44 howler monkeys in Ecuador wildlife reserve

Ruxandra Guidi 22 Feb 2016

Seven million hectares of forests have been lost in Argentina over the past 20 years

Ruxandra Guidi 19 Feb 2016

Loss of big animals reduces forests’ carbon-storing capacity

Loren Bell 19 Dec 2015

New research sheds light on how to help birds in the vanishing Atlantic Forest

Apoorva Joshi 18 Dec 2015

The Muriqui: Brazil’s critically endangered “hippie monkey” hangs tough

Elizabeth Devitt 12 Oct 2015

The jig is up: copycat woodpecker unmasked by genetics

Morgan Erickson-Davis 16 Sep 2015

Agriculture and forest restoration could coexist – with proper planning

Apoorva Joshi 23 Jul 2015

‘Deforestation fronts’ revealed

Rhett A. Butler 27 Apr 2015

Scientists reintroduce agoutis in rainforest in city of 12 million

Jeremy Hance 17 Dec 2014

Forest fragmentation’s carbon bomb: 736 million tonnes C02 annually

Jeremy Hance 9 Oct 2014

Saving the Atlantic Forest would cost less than ‘Titanic’

Jeremy Hance 28 Aug 2014

Only 15 percent of world’s biodiversity hotspots left intact

Jeremy Hance 14 Jul 2014

Scientists: well-managed forest restoration benefits both biodiversity and people

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 16 Dec 2013

Odd porcupine hugely imperiled by hunting, deforestation

Jeremy Hance 16 Dec 2013

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