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Two Chaco Chachalacas in Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Photo by Dario Sanches via Wikimedia Commons.

Jurisdictional certification approach aims to strengthen protections against deforestation

Tara MacIsaac 4 Apr 2017

New research shows role ancient peoples might have played in shaping Amazon rainforest

Mike Gaworecki 31 Mar 2017

Two new clown tree frogs discovered in the Amazon

Mike Gaworecki 27 Mar 2017

Amazon land speculators poised to gain control of vast public lands

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 27 Mar 2017

Crime and not enough punishment: Amazon thieves keep stolen public land

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 15 Mar 2017

Suppliers of Lowe’s in the US and Walmart in Brazil linked to slave labor in the Amazon

André Campos - Repórter Brasil 13 Mar 2017

Slave labor in the Amazon: Risking lives to cut down the rainforest

Tania Caliari, Ana Aranha, from Repórter Brasil 13 Mar 2017

Investigation reveals slave labor conditions in Brazil’s timber industry

Thais Lazzeri, from Repórter Brasil 13 Mar 2017

Big data timber exchange partners with FSC in Brazil

Mongabay.com 13 Mar 2017
Participants at a press conference in Quito last Thursday included Shuar community members Tuntiak Katan, far right, and Elvia Dagua, second from right. Photo by Kimberley Brown for Mongabay

Indigenous leaders denounce Ecuadorian government over mining conflicts

Kimberley Brown 13 Mar 2017
2. The Belo Monte megadam, Pará state, northwestern Brazil. The dam cut off the Xingu River and reduced its flow by 80 per cent, December 2016. Photo by Maximo Anderson for Mongabay

Displaced by Brazil’s giant Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, ‘river people’ reoccupy reservoir

Maximo Anderson 13 Mar 2017

New bill aims to cut protection of 1M hectares of Brazilian rainforest

Benji Jones 10 Mar 2017

Short film takes you into the Amazon with researcher who discovered a new frog species

Mike Gaworecki 8 Mar 2017

In Ecuador, progress stalls on mining dispute between government and indigenous Shuar people

Daniela Aguilar 8 Mar 2017

Amazon Soy Moratorium: defeating deforestation or greenwash diversion?

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 8 Mar 2017
Logs burn at sunset in Bolivia. Photo by Jim Wickens/Ecostorm

Brazilian savanna and Bolivian rainforest at risk from soy production, says report

Maximo Anderson 8 Mar 2017

Forests provide a nutritional boon to some communities, research shows

Mongabay.com 2 Mar 2017

The changing face of Amazon development: from land grab to eco-lodge

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 23 Feb 2017

Judge halts excavation plans for largest-ever Brazilian goldmine

Zoe Sullivan 22 Feb 2017

What happens when the soy and palm oil boom ends?

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Feb 2017

Protected areas found to be ‘significant’ sources of carbon emissions

Benji Jones 17 Feb 2017

Getting there: The rush to turn the Amazon into a soy transport corridor

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 15 Feb 2017

Counterintuitive: Global hydropower boom will add to climate change

Claire Salisbury 14 Feb 2017
Kalapalo tribal men, an indigenous group that lives in the Xingu Resex in 2008. Photo by Eduardo Giacomazzi/Wikimedia Commons

Brazil’s ‘river people’ join forces with indigenous communities, offer alternative to deforestation

Maximo Anderson 10 Feb 2017

Soy invasion poses imminent threat to Amazon, say agricultural experts

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 8 Feb 2017

An in-depth look at Mongabay’s collaboration with The Intercept Brasil

Mike Gaworecki 7 Feb 2017

Scientists launch expedition to find missing monkeys

Christina Selby 2 Feb 2017

Birds wanted: Recovering forests need avian assist 

Mongabay.com 2 Feb 2017

Brazil alters indigenous land demarcation process, sparking conflict

Jenny Gonzales 2 Feb 2017

Introducing Mongabay news alerts

Mongabay.com 1 Feb 2017

Battle for the Amazon: As Sinop grew, the Amazon rainforest faded away

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 1 Feb 2017
Deforestation for pulp and paper production in Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Norway starts $400-million fund to halt deforestation, help farmers

Mongabay 31 Jan 2017

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