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A tale of two maps: Brazilian state won’t use new atlas to close Cerrado deforestation loophole

Russia and Canada lead the world in forest loss in 2013

Illegal deforestation driven by EU appetite for beef, palm oil, soy, say new reports

Archer Daniels Midland to demand suppliers stop chopping down forests

World’s fragmented forests are deteriorating

Seeing the trees but not the forest (commentary)

Brazil confirms rising deforestation in the Amazon

Newly discovered Brazilian bird may number fewer than 10 individuals

Endangered forests shrink as demand for soy rises

Newly described monkey species found in threatened Amazon forest

Colombia proposes protected corridor across South America

Biofuels are bad news for forests, climate, food security, says report

One of Brazil’s rarest primates still holds out in single patch of rainforest

Brazil arrests ‘Amazon’s biggest destroyer’

Rainforest loss increased in the 2000s, concludes new analysis

Dams or indigenous land: the battle over the Munduruku frontier

Exclusive: Funai confirms that land threatened by dam projects belongs to indigenous tribe

Brazilian indigenous populations grow quickly after first contact devastation

Drones to scan the Amazon rainforest for hidden civilizations

Ranking the best and worst companies in terms of deforestation

The Amazon’s oil boom: concessions cover a Chile-sized bloc of rainforest

Financial pledges for REDD+ slow to be disbursed, finds report

Brazil’s soy moratorium dramatically reduced Amazon deforestation

Road building spree hurts Amazon birds

Deforestation climbing – along with fears – in the Amazon

Rainforests: 10 things to watch in 2015

2014: the year in rainforests

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2014

False victories for sustainability – Amazonian Hydropower

Threatened indigenous forests store more than half the Amazon’s carbon

Amazon deforestation in Brazil drops 18% in 2013/2014

Rising deforestation, fossil fuels use drive Brazil’s emissions 8% higher

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