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Ranchers using Agent Orange to deforest the Amazon

Mongabay.com 6 Jul 2011

Forest Code bill could undermine sustainable growth in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Jul 2011

Brazilian senator: Forest Code reform necessary to grow farm sector

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Jul 2011

Brazilian government: Amazon deforestation rising

Mongabay.com 30 Jun 2011

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon continues to rise; clearing highest near Belo Monte dam site

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Jun 2011

Peru cancels massive dam project after years of protests

Jeremy Hance 16 Jun 2011

Last chance to see: the Amazon’s Xingu River

Jeremy Hance 15 Jun 2011

Revised Forest Code may cost Brazil climate commitments

Karimeh Moukaddem 14 Jun 2011

Germany backs out of Yasuni deal

Jeremy Hance 13 Jun 2011

Majority of Brazilians reject changes in Amazon Forest Code

Rhett A. Butler 11 Jun 2011

Rash of murders threatens to silence environmental and social activism in Brazil

Karimeh Moukaddem 10 Jun 2011

Brazil’s shame

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Jun 2011

New technology enables scientists to map rainforest biodiversity by airplane

Mongabay.com 2 Jun 2011

New global carbon map for 2.5 billion ha of forests

Mongabay.com 31 May 2011

Assassinations of environmentalists continue in Brazil’s Amazon, deforestation rises

Mongabay.com 28 May 2011

Shareholders to Chevron: company showing ‘poor judgment’ in Ecuador oil spill case

Jeremy Hance 26 May 2011

Amnesty for illegal rainforest loggers moves forward in Brazil

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 May 2011

Killing in the name of deforestation: Amazon activist and wife assassinated

Jeremy Hance 24 May 2011

Authorities launch stealth operation in Amazon after satellite images reveal deforestation

Karimeh Moukaddem 24 May 2011

Brazil’s new cabinet-level post in response to surge in deforestation

Karimeh Moukaddem 21 May 2011

Climate change and deforestation pose risk to Amazon rainforest

Karimeh Moukaddem 20 May 2011

Uncovering the private lives of Amazon wildlife through camera traps

Jeremy Hance 20 May 2011

Brazil confirms big jump in Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 May 2011

Under pressure from rising deforestation, Brazil’s IBAMA establishes ‘Zero Deforestation Policy’ in the Amazon

Karimeh Moukaddem 17 May 2011

Information leak: Amazon deforestation increases sharply while forest code debated

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 May 2011

ConocoPhillips withdraws from oil exploitation in uncontacted indigenous territory

Jeremy Hance 11 May 2011

Brazil’s forest code debate may determine fate of the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 5 May 2011

NASA image reveals extent of deforestation in western Brazil

Jeremy Hance 4 May 2011

Controversial Brazilian mega-dam receives investment of $1.4 billion

Jeremy Hance 2 May 2011

World’s largest beef company signs Amazon rainforest pact

Mongabay.com 29 Apr 2011

Protected areas cover 44% of the Brazilian Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Apr 2011

Demand for gold pushing deforestation in Peruvian Amazon

Jeremy Hance 19 Apr 2011

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