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Biofuels driving destruction of Brazilian cerrado

New flycatcher bird species discovered in Peru

Amazon deforestation in Brazil falls 29% for 2007

Amazon deforestation rate falls to lowest on record

Dr. Marc Van Roosmalen, discover of unknown monkey species, freed in Brazil

Ethnobotanist honored for contributions to wilderness medicine

Primatologist freed but questions remain for Brazil after “attack on science”

Scientists demand release of renowned monkey discoverer in Brazil

Toll road could raise money for Amazon conservation

US says Brazilian ethanol doesn’t increase food prices, destroy Amazon rainforest

Killers of renowned anthropologist sentenced in Brazil

$11B Amazon rainforest dam gets initial approval

Poverty and corruption reduce effectiveness of rainforest parks

Home improvement giant bans illegal wood products

450 years of Amazon research reviewed

Authorities bust multi-million dollar Amazon logging ring

Forest disturbance reduces biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest

Rainforest trees colonized Africa from the Amazon

Leading Amazon biologist imprisoned in Brazil; witch-hunt suspected

Google helps protect Amazon rainforest

Amazon deforestation rates fall 89% for 2007

Amazon tribe blocks major Brazilian highway

Archer Daniels Midland announces Amazon biodiesel plant start date

Dorothy Stang fought for social equity in the Amazon

Can cattle ranchers and soy farmers save the Amazon?

Unknown tribe found in the Amazon

Pictures of newly discovered species in Suriname

Globalization could save the Amazon rainforest

Will Amazon drought worsen in 2007?

U.S. ethanol may drive Amazon deforestation

Amazon rainforest locks up 11 years of CO2 emissions

Better forest policies would reduce illegal logging in the Amazon

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