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Temer signs law that could see millions of acres lost in the Amazon

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 13 Jul 2017

Amazon infrastructure EIAs under-assess biodiversity; scientists offer solutions

Claire Salisbury 6 Jul 2017

Is Brazil’s Forest Code failing to reduce deforestation?

John Cannon 6 Jul 2017

Study: Brazilian mega-dams caused far more flooding than EIA predicted

Claire Salisbury 5 Jul 2017

Norway vexed as Brazil sends mixed message on Amazon forest protection

Jenny Gonzales 27 Jun 2017

Warnings and protests mark Brazilian President Temer’s trip to Norway

Mike Gaworecki 22 Jun 2017

Unexamined synergies: dam building and mining go together in the Amazon

Zoe Sullivan 22 Jun 2017

Illegal logging and hunting threaten Yasuní isolated indigenous groups

Daniela Aguilar 22 Jun 2017

Brazil evicts 80 rural peasant families, awards land thieves parcel

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 21 Jun 2017

Religious leaders: Rainforest protection a ‘moral imperative’

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2017

International action a must to stop irreversible harm of Amazon dams, say experts

Claire Salisbury 19 Jun 2017

If Brazil okays Terra Legal changes, land grabbers win, Amazon loses, say environmentalists

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 16 Jun 2017

Brazil on verge of legitimizing Amazon land theft on a grand scale, warn NGOs

Mauricio Torres and Isabel Harari, Sue Branford 15 Jun 2017

Why losing big animals causes big problems in tropical forests

John Cannon 14 Jun 2017

Indigenous Guarani leader appeals to Europe to save people and forests

Lucy EJ Woods 7 Jun 2017

FSC to investigate Korean conglomerate’s palm oil operations in Indonesia

Mike Gaworecki 7 Jun 2017

Financing sustainable agriculture possible, if terms fit farmers’ needs

John Cannon 2 Jun 2017

Brazil assaults indigenous rights, environment, social movements

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 1 Jun 2017

Temer seeks to privatize Brazil’s deforestation remote sensing program

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 26 May 2017

Not out of the woods: Concerns remain with Nigerian superhighway

John Cannon 26 May 2017

Brazil agribusiness company accuses ally Temer in secret bribe taping

Jenny Gonzales 23 May 2017

New soy-driven forest destruction exposed in South America

John Cannon 22 May 2017

A stubborn dreamer who fought to save Amazon’s Waimiri-Atroari passes

Sue Branford 18 May 2017

‘Killed, forced, afraid’: Philippine palm oil legacy incites new fears

Brad Miller 9 May 2017

Coal miners owe the Indonesian government hundreds of millions of dollars

Mongabay.com 8 May 2017
Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) in Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Anti-trafficking activist held without trial in Madagascar

Fabienne Rafidiharinirina 8 May 2017
Not for republication. Image by Rod Harbinson/Rodharbinson.com

Indigenous groups, activists risk arrest to blockade logging in Malaysia

Rod Harbinson 8 May 2017
Carnegie Airborne Observatory (CAO) forest scan in the Peruvian Amazon. The CAO uses advanced optical and chemical sensors in combination with Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technologies to map forest carbon, chemistry, and other features. Image courtesy of the Carnegie Airborne Observatory/Greg Asner.

Indigenous lands ‘critical’ to forest protection in Peru, biodiversity maps show

John Cannon 5 May 2017

“We don’t believe in words anymore”: Indians stand against Temer govt.

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 3 May 2017

Over the bridge: The battle for the future of the Kinabatangan

John Cannon 3 May 2017

Delicate Solomon Island ecosystem in danger of heavy logging

Elliot Dawea & John C. Cannon 1 May 2017

Cross River superhighway changes course in Nigeria

John Cannon 28 Apr 2017

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