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Amazon stores 10 billion tons of carbon in ‘dead wood’

Mongabay.com 12 Aug 2009

Peru to proceed with oil and gas auctions in the Amazon despite indigenous protests

Mongabay.com 7 Aug 2009

Amazon deforestation falls in June

Mongabay.com 5 Aug 2009

Peru to raise payment to indigenous communities for Amazon forest conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Aug 2009

Weeks after bloodshed, American oil moves into Peruvian Amazon, putting rainforest, possible archeological site at risk

A Perspectivehambone Littletail (contact) 3 Aug 2009

Emissions from Amazon deforestation to rise as loggers move deeper into the rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Jul 2009

Alcoa mine to clear 25,000 acres of rainforest, suck 133,407 gallons of water per hour from the Amazon

Mongabay.com 31 Jul 2009

Timberland announces policy to avoid using leather produced by Amazon destruction

Mongabay.com 29 Jul 2009

Brazilian soy industry extends moratorium on Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 28 Jul 2009

Nike implements policy to avoid leather produced via Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2009

Chevron expects to lose $27B suit but will refuse to pay damages

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2009

Are we on the brink of saving rainforests?

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jul 2009

NASA photos show severe flooding in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2009

Can non-timber forest products help conserve the Amazon?

Guest 20 Jul 2009

Illegal Amazon timber passed off as eco-certified in massive wood laundering scheme

Mongabay.com 12 Jul 2009

Tiny monkey species discovered in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 7 Jul 2009

Extinction risk for Amazonian plants may be lower than previously estimated

Mongabay.com 6 Jul 2009

Brazil’s development bank to require beef-tracking system to avoid illegal Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Jul 2009

NASA images show huge drop in Amazon fires in 2008

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jun 2009

Tesco responds to allegations of causing Amazon deforestation

Jeremy Hance 29 Jun 2009

Brazil approves land tenure law that grants 260,000 sq mi of rainforest to settlers, speculators

Mongabay.com 29 Jun 2009

Brazilian cattle giant declares moratorium on Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Jun 2009

Brazilian miner Vale signs $500M palm oil deal in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Jun 2009

Amazon deforestation in 2009 declines to lowest on record

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jun 2009

Brazil to pay farmers $50/month to plant trees in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 22 Jun 2009

Peru revokes decrees that sparked Amazon Indian uprising

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Jun 2009

Amazon could lose 60% of forest without triggering catastrophic die-off, claims new study

Mongabay.com 16 Jun 2009

Photos: treasure trove of new species discovered in Ecuador

Jeremy Hance 16 Jun 2009

World Bank revokes loan to Brazilian cattle giant accused of Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 13 Jun 2009

Wal-Mart bans beef illegally produced in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 12 Jun 2009

Amazon deforestation doesn’t make communities richer, better educated, or healthier

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Jun 2009

Lear’s Macaw: back from the brink

Jeremy Hance 9 Jun 2009

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