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The glass is half-full: conservation has made a difference

Jeremy Hance 11 Aug 2011

Uncontacted tribe missing after armed drug dealers storm their forest

Jeremy Hance 9 Aug 2011

Science has been nearly silent in Brazil’s Forest Code debate

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Aug 2011

Satellite data shows slight increase in Amazon deforestation over June last year

Mongabay.com 3 Aug 2011

Picture of the day: horse-and-rider in the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 2 Aug 2011

Indigenous peoples in Suriname still wait for land rights

Jeremy Hance 31 Jul 2011

Amazon tribes win support to protect 46 million ha of Amazon forest

Mongabay.com 21 Jul 2011

Suspects named for assassination of husband and wife activists in Brazil

Jeremy Hance 21 Jul 2011

Amazon drought and forest fire prediction system devised

Mongabay.com 18 Jul 2011

Environmental protection agency chief: Brazil will do the same to indigenous as ‘Australians did to the Aborigines’

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2011

Despite moratorium, soy still contributes indirectly to Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Jul 2011

Oil company hires indigenous people to clean up its Amazon spill with rags and buckets

Jeremy Hance 13 Jul 2011

Proposed changes to Brazil’s Forest Code could hurt economy

Rhett A. Butler 13 Jul 2011

Picture of the day: waterfall on the endangered Xingu river

Mongabay.com 11 Jul 2011

BNDES paradox: bank funds both destruction and conservation of indigenous lands

Mongabay.com 7 Jul 2011

Prominent scientists condemn proposed changes to Brazil’s Forest Code

Mongabay.com 7 Jul 2011

Ranchers using Agent Orange to deforest the Amazon

Mongabay.com 6 Jul 2011

Forest Code bill could undermine sustainable growth in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Jul 2011

Brazilian senator: Forest Code reform necessary to grow farm sector

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Jul 2011

Brazilian government: Amazon deforestation rising

Mongabay.com 30 Jun 2011

Brazil confirms existence of new uncontacted Amazon tribe

Mongabay.com 22 Jun 2011

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon continues to rise; clearing highest near Belo Monte dam site

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Jun 2011

Peru cancels massive dam project after years of protests

Jeremy Hance 16 Jun 2011

Last chance to see: the Amazon’s Xingu River

Jeremy Hance 15 Jun 2011

Revised Forest Code may cost Brazil climate commitments

Karimeh Moukaddem 14 Jun 2011
Google Earth image showing deforestation frontier in the Brazilian Amazon.

Could palm oil help save the Amazon? (2011)

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Jun 2011

Could palm oil help save the Amazon?

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Jun 2011

Germany backs out of Yasuni deal

Jeremy Hance 13 Jun 2011

Profit, not poverty, increasingly the cause of deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Jun 2011

Majority of Brazilians reject changes in Amazon Forest Code

Rhett A. Butler 11 Jun 2011

Rash of murders threatens to silence environmental and social activism in Brazil

Karimeh Moukaddem 10 Jun 2011

Can Brazil meet deforestation, climate goals and still grow its cattle industry?

Karimeh Moukaddem 9 Jun 2011

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