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Belo Monte mega-dam halted again by high Brazilian court, appeal likely but difficult

Evidence of ‘isolated’ indigenous people found in Peru where priest is pushing highway

Burning forests in Southeast Asia increases mortality rates in the region

Hundreds of hotspots burn Tesso Nilo National Park, threatening elephants

Forest cover falls 9% in East Africa in 9 years

Human rights court favors indigenous tribe over Ecuadorian government in oil battle

‘National scandal:’ foreign companies stripped Papua New Guinea of community-owned forests

Half of tropical forest parks losing biodiversity

Experts: sustainable logging in rainforests impossible

Brazil cripples illegal gold mining operations in indigenous territory

Scientists propose a new way forward on orangutan conservation

Still time to save most species in the Brazilian Amazon

Indigenous tribes end occupation of Belo Monte

Vietnam buys stakes in controversial oil blocks threatening Peru’s most vulnerable indigenous people

Experts dispute recent study that claims little impact by pre-Columbian tribes in Amazon

Indigenous tribes occupy Belo Monte dam for over 10 days

Forgotten species: the overlooked Sumatran striped rabbit

Congolese experts needed to protect Congo Basin rainforests

Sarawak tribe calls on German company to walk away from controversial dam

Over 700 people killed defending forest and land rights in past ten years

Jaguars photographed in palm oil plantation

Indigenous group paid $0.65/ha for forest worth $5,000/ha in Indonesia

Growing cardamom impacts forests for decades

New population of Myanmar snub-nosed monkey discovered in China

U.S. car manufacturers linked to Amazon destruction, slave labor

Can loggers be conservationists?

Cambodia suspends economic land concessions

Exploring Asia’s lost world

Forest activist shot dead in Cambodia allegedly over photos of illegal logging

NGO: lifting sanctions on Myanmar must lead to forestry reform

Oil company Perenco endangering ‘uncontacted’ indigenous people, says Peru

$90 million in corrupt logging money linked to Malaysian Chief Minister, UBS bank

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