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Bricks of processed gold. Photo via Pixabay.

Guilty pleas entered in South American rainforest gold laundering cases

Genevieve Belmaker 8 Sep 2017

Three years after the tragedy of Saweto, where is the justice and security? (commentary)

David S. Salisbury 8 Sep 2017

Zero tolerance of deforestation likely only way to save Amazon gateway

Claire Asher 7 Sep 2017

Indigenous communities resist Chinese mining in Amazonian Ecuador

Max Nathanson 5 Sep 2017

Temer’s Amazon mining decrees derided by protestors, annulled by judge

Zoe Sullivan 30 Aug 2017

Intact forests crucial to Amazon ecosystem resilience, stable climate

Claire Salisbury 28 Aug 2017

Quilombolas’ community land rights under attack by Brazilian ruralists

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 25 Aug 2017

Temer pays back ruralists: opens Brazil, Amazon to mining, say critics

Zoe Sullivan 24 Aug 2017

Deforestation from gold mining in Peru continues, despite gov’t crackdowns

John Cannon 22 Aug 2017

Indigenous groups win key land rights victory in Brazil’s Supreme Court

Sue Branford 17 Aug 2017

New study: Bird species blossom in stable climates

John Cannon 17 Aug 2017
Mamo Lorenzo with shaman Pachankachay in the Talking Circle (left to right). Valle de Saquenzipa, 2014. Photo courtesy of Cuvan Murillo Escobar

Colombian shamans want to restore traditional power via national network

Maximo Anderson 14 Aug 2017

Brazil’s Indians on the march in last ditch effort to stop land theft

Sue Branford 14 Aug 2017

Brazilian firm wants to build new dams in Amazon’s Aripuanã basin

Sue Branford 10 Aug 2017
 Basantes readies his motorcycle as he prepares to lead a group of tourists to one of the Mashpi Amagusa Reserve’s birdwatching areas. Photo by Johnny Magdaleno/Mongabay

Father and son butt heads in decades-long battle over bird tourism site

Johnny Magdaleno 9 Aug 2017

Monkey rediscovered in Brazil after 80 years

Christina Selby 9 Aug 2017
Three of Colombia’s eight most critically deforested areas lie in Guaviare, one of the country’s departments. Photo courtesy of Semana Sostenible

In Colombia, deforestation gangs run rampant

Antonio José Paz Cardona 8 Aug 2017

HydroCalculator: new, free, online tool helps citizens assess dams

Claire Salisbury 7 Aug 2017

Sixth mass extinction ‘tsunami’ coming, but preventable

John Cannon 4 Aug 2017

Study examines sex-specific responses of Neotropical bats to habitat fragmentation

Mike Gaworecki 2 Aug 2017

Canopy bridges keep rainforest animals connected over gas pipeline

Claire Salisbury 2 Aug 2017

Brazil’s Temer threatens constitutional indigenous land rights

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 1 Aug 2017

Landless Workers Movement protest occupies farms of Brazil’s elite

Jenny Gonzales 28 Jul 2017

Amazonian city drags down fish stocks in 1,000-kilometer shadow

John Cannon 28 Jul 2017

First ‘intrusions’ into unbroken forests drive pulses of biodiversity loss

John Cannon 28 Jul 2017

Study links most Amazon deforestation to 128 slaughterhouses

Eduardo Pegurier 27 Jul 2017
Rainforest in Malaysian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Conserving the World’s Remaining Intact Forests (commentary)

Michael Painter, David Wilkie 25 Jul 2017

Global megadam activism and the sounds of nature in Taiwan

Mike Gaworecki 25 Jul 2017

Soy King Blairo Maggi wields power over Amazon’s fate, say critics

Jenny Gonzales 13 Jul 2017

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

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 13 Jul 2017

DJ remixes the sounds of birds, lemurs, and more to inspire conservation

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jul 2017

Study: Biodiversity poorly protected by conservation areas worldwide

John Cannon 10 Jul 2017

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