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Indigenous communities sidelined for Suriname’s new carbon credit program, critics say

One year after oil referendum, what’s next for Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park?

Streak of falling deforestation snapped at 15 months in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest

Forest degradation releases 5 times more Amazon carbon than deforestation: Study

Scaling up the Amazon’s many bioeconomies requires investment in nature, prosperity, and inclusion (commentary)

Raw materials become high-value bioeconomy goods at an Amazon science park

Time for a copal comeback? The natural resin could boost Amazon’s economy

New relatives of the cacao tree uncovered in old plant collections

Are the Amazon’s biggest trees dying? Forest coroners investigate

DNA testing proves that cocoa originated in the Amazon and reveals robust pre-Columbian trade

The Amazon’s most fertile forests are also most vulnerable to drought: Study

“Game over” for the Amazon forest and global climate if Trump wins? (commentary)

Climate surprises: Amazonia and the lessons of Brazil’s catastrophic flood in Rio Grande do Sul (commentary)

Study says 40% of Amazon region is potentially conserved — more than officially recorded

Revealed: Illegal cattle ranching booms in Arariboia territory during deadly year for Indigenous Guajajara

Brazil’s BR-319 Highway: The latest maneuver to obtain approval for an environmental disaster (commentary)

Deforestation in Earth’s largest rainforest continues to plummet despite a rise in fires

In Peru’s Madre de Dios, deforestation from mining brings huge economic losses

Landmark ruling in Suriname grants protections to local and Indigenous communities — for now

Brazil police raid Amazon carbon credit projects exposed by Mongabay

New bill to expand farmlands in the Amazon may derail Brazil’s green efforts

Governments are ramping up actions to fight environmental crime across the Amazon, but is it working? (commentary)

Top brands buy Amazon carbon credits from suspected timber laundering scam

Despite drought, Amazon deforestation alerts hit five-year low

Secrets from the rainforest’s past uncovered in Amazonian backyards

Deforestation haunts top Peruvian reserve and its Indigenous communities

A web of front people conceals environmental offenders in the Amazon

Deforestation alerts in the Brazilian Amazon fall to a 5-year low

New technologies to map environmental crime in the Amazon Basin (commentary)

A short walk through Amazon time: Interview with archaeologist Anna Roosevelt

Deforestation from soy shows no sign of stopping in Cerrado, report says

Ancient giant river dolphin species found in the Peruvian Amazon

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