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Biofuels, food demand may doom tropical forests

Mongabay.com 14 Jul 2008

Palm oil industry moves into the Amazon rainforest

Rhett A. Butler 9 Jul 2008

20% of Amazon timber illegally harvested from protected areas

Mongabay.com 7 Jul 2008

Brazil fines 24 ethanol producers for illegal forest clearing

Mongabay.com 1 Jul 2008

Rainforest destruction becomes industry-driven, concentrated geographically

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jun 2008

Amazon soy moratorium extended; may be expanded to other products

Mongabay.com 23 Jun 2008

EU may mandate certification system for Amazon timber

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2008

Scientists call for mining ban, new protected areas in Suriname

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2008

Rainforests face array of emerging threats

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Jun 2008

More than 8% of the Brazilian Amazon is illegally owned

Mongabay.com 14 Jun 2008

Geology, climate links make Guiana Shield region particularly sensitive to change

Mongabay.com 14 Jun 2008

Kayapo tribe gets trust fund for Amazon protection

Mongabay.com 11 Jun 2008

Heavily-populated Amazon was decimated by old world disease

Jeremy Hance 9 Jun 2008

Guiana Shield forests help preserve biodiversity and climate

Mongabay.com 9 Jun 2008

Brazil creates 3 Amazon parks

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2008

Amazon beef producer creates eco-certified meat product with help of scientists

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2008

Brazil’s new environmental minister blames ranchers for surge in Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 3 Jun 2008

Photos of arrow-wielding uncontacted tribe in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 30 May 2008

Pictures of uncontacted Indian tribe in the Amazon (update)

Mongabay.com 30 May 2008

40 arrested in illegal timber raid in the Brazilian Amazon

Mongabay.com 29 May 2008

Brazil to establish huge Amazon preservation fund

Mongabay.com 29 May 2008

Brazil will forge its own path for developing the Amazon

Mongabay.com 15 May 2008

After acquittal, fear of open season on activists in the Amazon rainforest

Michael Astor 14 May 2008

Convicted nun-killer freed in the Brazilian Amazon

Mongabay.com 14 May 2008

Brazil’s environmental minister resigns after losing Amazon fight

Mongabay.com 14 May 2008

No sacrifices to ending deforestation in the Amazon, only gains

Jeremy Hance 29 Apr 2008

‘Soy King’ says Amazon deforestation could help solve global food crisis

Mongabay.com 28 Apr 2008

Brazil prepares to launch attack on NGOs working in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 27 Apr 2008

Fruit-eating bats ingest dirt to counter toxic plant compounds

Mongabay.com 23 Apr 2008

Amazon farming technique may fight global warming

American Chemical Society 11 Apr 2008

Rainforest peoples form alliance to demand payments for forest carbon credits

Mongabay.com 7 Apr 2008

Land invasions undermine Amazon forest law

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Apr 2008

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