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Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Brazil’s deforestation alert system reports surge in Amazon forest clearing

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Sep 2015

Hundreds of new Amazon dams an “ecological experiment” on global scale

Julian Smith 27 Aug 2015

Amazon paradox: drop in large-scale deforestation makes enforcement more difficult

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Aug 2015

Bolivia’s Morales pushes controversial TIPNIS highway forward

Alexandra Ellerbeck, Benjamin Soloway 18 Aug 2015

Scientists discover new primate in the embattled heart of the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 17 Aug 2015

Big Oil is the law on Waorani ancestral lands

Veronica Goyzueta 13 Aug 2015

The XyloTron: combating illegal logging in seconds

Sammi Dowdell 22 Jul 2015

Amazon Headwaters Under Siege: 19 dams slated for Napo watershed

Anjali Kumar, Liz Kimbrough 15 Jul 2015

Scaling bottom-up conservation in Latin America

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Jul 2015

Mega-dams doing drastic harm to tropical biodiversity: study

Mike Gaworecki 13 Jul 2015

Researchers find ‘hidden tapestry’ of plant chemicals in Amazon forest

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Jul 2015

Dilma disappoints with weak rainforest target

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jun 2015

Palm oil plantations used to ‘reforest’ parts of Brazil despite being wildlife deserts

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 30 Jun 2015

Into the great unknown: The ability of global forests to store carbon is at risk

Julian Smith 30 Jun 2015

Amazon tribe creates 500-page traditional medicine encyclopedia

Jeremy Hance 24 Jun 2015

Has Amazon deforestation reached a 7-year high in Brazil?

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Jun 2015

It can be done! – Building better dams in the Andean Amazon

Anjali Kumar, Liz Kimbrough 18 Jun 2015

Gold miners invade Amazonian indigenous reserve

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Jun 2015

Bolivia opens protected areas to oil companies

Mongabay.com 16 Jun 2015

Rainforest parks cut malaria transmission

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Jun 2015

90% of Amazon deforestation occurs outside protected areas

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Jun 2015

Tapajós and other Amazon dams not sustainable development say reports

Mike Gaworecki 11 Jun 2015

151 dams could be catastrophic to Amazon ecological connectivity

Anjali Kumar, Liz Kimbrough 10 Jun 2015

Proposed Andean headwater dams an ecological calamity for Amazon Basin

Anjali Kumar, Liz Kimbrough 4 Jun 2015

Amazon deforestation speeding global warming

Mike Gaworecki 27 May 2015

62M ha of Latin American forests cleared for agriculture since 2001

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 May 2015

China’s investment in Latin America taking toll on the environment, setting the stage for conflict

Shreya Dasgupta 18 May 2015

What’s the current deforestation rate in the Amazon rainforest?

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 May 2015

Zero deforestation commitments bearing fruit in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 May 2015

Videos reveal rare birds, wild monkeys, and jaguar family in oil-exploited park

Jeremy Hance 11 May 2015

Peru considers fate of Amazon wildlife paradise

Mongabay.com 8 May 2015

Brazilian Amazon nears deforestation threshold past which wildlife may crash, says study

Apoorva Joshi 1 May 2015

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