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Gold mine approved in French Guiana’s only national park

Jeremy Hance 15 Jan 2013

Colombia to double the size of massive Amazon reserve to include uncontacted tribes’ land

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Jan 2013

The year in rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2012

Amazon rainforest failing to recover after droughts

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Dec 2012

Amazon deforestation obliterates soil biodiversity, with wider ecological implications

Mongabay.com 24 Dec 2012

Brazil launches forest trading system

Mongabay.com 19 Dec 2012

Brazil sues to block unlicensed REDD deal between Irish company and indigenous group

Mongabay.com 17 Dec 2012

Some Amazon trees more than 8 million years old

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Dec 2012

Uncontacted tribes still exist, but extinction threat looms

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Dec 2012

108 million ha of Amazon rainforest up for oil and gas exploration, development

Mongabay.com, Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Dec 2012

Norway payments to Brazil for reducing deforestation reach $670 million

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2012

Deforestation rate falls across Amazon rainforest countries

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Dec 2012

Forests, farming, and sprawl: the struggle over land in an Amazonian metropolis

Jeremy Hance 4 Dec 2012

Brazil’s deforestation at record low from 2011-2012

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Nov 2012

Unique program to leave oil beneath Amazonian paradise raises $300 million

Jeremy Hance 26 Nov 2012

Amazon deforestation tracking higher in Brazil

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Nov 2012

Featured video: on-the-ground look at Brazil’s fight against deforestation

Jeremy Hance 15 Nov 2012

Most controversial aspects of Brazil’s new Forest Code vetoed as legislation signed into law

Mongabay.com 19 Oct 2012

UNESCO disturbed by gas plans for Peru’s Manu National Park

David Hill 15 Oct 2012

Brazil forms special environmental security force to combat spike in deforestation

Mongabay.com 11 Oct 2012

Indigenous groups re-occupy Belo Monte dam in the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 9 Oct 2012

Illegal logging worth $30-100B annually

Mongabay.com 1 Oct 2012

Amazon deforestation jumps in August

Mongabay.com 22 Sep 2012

Pictures: Bolivian park may have the world’s highest biodiversity

Jeremy Hance 12 Sep 2012

Bolivia should prioritize cattle ranching, law enforcement in deforestation fight

Mongabay.com 4 Sep 2012

Survivors say gold miners in helicopter massacred village of 80 in Venezuelan Amazon

Jeremy Hance 30 Aug 2012

Emissions from Amazon deforestation in Brazil fall 57% since 2004

Mongabay.com 29 Aug 2012

Independent assessment confirms drop in Amazon deforestation for 2011-2012

Mongabay.com 21 Aug 2012

Belo Monte mega-dam halted again by high Brazilian court, appeal likely but difficult

Jeremy Hance 15 Aug 2012

Evidence of ‘isolated’ indigenous people found in Peru where priest is pushing highway

David Hill 14 Aug 2012

Pig iron producers sign zero deforestation pledge after Greenpeace campaign

Mongabay.com 2 Aug 2012

Brazil’s deforestation rate still on decline in 2012?

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Aug 2012

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