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Vietnam buys stakes in controversial oil blocks threatening Peru’s most vulnerable indigenous people

David Hill 11 Jul 2012

Indigenous leaders demand suspension of Belo Monte dam

Mongabay.com 10 Jul 2012

Critically Endangered capuchins discovered in four new locations

Jeremy Hance 9 Jul 2012

Experts dispute recent study that claims little impact by pre-Columbian tribes in Amazon

Jeremy Hance 5 Jul 2012

Indigenous tribes occupy Belo Monte dam for over 10 days

Jeremy Hance 3 Jul 2012

96 percent of the world’s species remain unevaluated by the Red List

Jeremy Hance 28 Jun 2012

Brazil’s environmental leadership at risk, warn scientists

Mongabay.com 26 Jun 2012

Small farmers cause substantial damage in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 25 Jun 2012

Fire risk to increase in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2012

Over 700 people killed defending forest and land rights in past ten years

Jeremy Hance 19 Jun 2012

Jaguars photographed in palm oil plantation

Jeremy Hance 6 Jun 2012

President Rousseff vetoes some controversial changes to Brazil’s Forest Code

Mongabay.com 29 May 2012

Brazil’s Rousseff vetoes part of controversial Forest Code revision

Mongabay.com 25 May 2012

U.S. car manufacturers linked to Amazon destruction, slave labor

Jeremy Hance 14 May 2012

Can loggers be conservationists?

Jeremy Hance 10 May 2012

Oil company Perenco endangering ‘uncontacted’ indigenous people, says Peru

David Hill 25 Apr 2012

Featured video: How to save the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 22 Apr 2012

Photos: Uncontacted Amazon tribes documented for first time in Colombia

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Apr 2012

Indigenous groups oppose priest pushing for road through uncontacted tribes’ land

David Hill 19 Apr 2012

Will mega-dams destroy the Amazon?

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Apr 2012

Pictures: Destruction of the Amazon’s Xingu River begins for Belo Monte Dam

Jeremy Hance 18 Apr 2012

Amazon tribe becomes first to get OK to sell REDD credits for rainforest conservation

Mongabay.com 12 Apr 2012

U.S. gobbling illegal wood from Peru’s Amazon rainforest

Jeremy Hance 10 Apr 2012

Brazil can eliminate deforestation by 2020, says governor of giant Amazon state

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Apr 2012

Judge suspends Brazilian dam that would flood sacred waterfalls

Jeremy Hance 2 Apr 2012

Researchers launch tool that predicts Amazon deforestation a year before it happens

Mongabay.com 30 Mar 2012

Indigenous groups fight for recognition and illumination in Peru

Patrick Le Flufy 26 Mar 2012

Greenpeace calls for zero deforestation globally by 2020

Mongabay.com 22 Mar 2012

Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon: a view from the ground

Katy Ashe 15 Mar 2012

Amazon plant yields miracle cure for dental pain

Jeremy Hance 14 Mar 2012

Surging demand for vegetable oil drives rainforest destruction

Mongabay.com 14 Mar 2012

Climate change could increase fires, logging, and hunting in rainforests

Jeremy Hance 13 Mar 2012

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