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Why is Amazon deforestation climbing?

Daniel Nepstad 17 Nov 2013

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon jumps 28% in 2013

Mongabay.com 14 Nov 2013

Powered by Google, high resolution forest map reveals massive deforestation worldwide

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2013

Scientists identify 137 protected areas most important for preserving biodiversity

Jeremy Hance 14 Nov 2013

Armored giant turns out to be vital ecosystem engineer

Jeremy Hance 24 Oct 2013

Illegal logging remains rampant in Brazil

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Oct 2013

Scientist splits Amazonian giants into separate species

Jeremy Hance 23 Oct 2013

Has Brazil turned against its progressive environmental policies?

Jeremy Hance 30 Sep 2013

Photo essay: India’s Western Ghats is a haven for endemic amphibians

Krithi K. Karanth 16 Sep 2013

Scientists discover that threatened bird migrates entirely within Amazon Basin

Jeremy Hance 11 Sep 2013

Brazil establishes 2 Amazon parks covering 2.4m acres

Mongabay.com 10 Sep 2013

Amazon rainforest tribe sells REDD+ credits to Brazilian cosmetics giant

Mongabay.com 10 Sep 2013

Scientists catch boa constrictor eating a howler monkey (photos)

Jeremy Hance 2 Sep 2013

Pesticide problems in the Amazon

Adam Andrus 21 Aug 2013

Forest fragmentation leading to higher extinction rates

Jeremy Hance 13 Aug 2013

Little NGO takes on goliath task: conserving the vanishing ecosystems of Paraguay

Dr Liz Kimbrough 12 Aug 2013

Brazil’s military takes on illegal loggers to protect nearly-extinct tribe

Jeremy Hance 18 Jul 2013

Brazil confirms Amazon deforestation increase

Mongabay.com 6 Jul 2013

On guard: protecting wildlife in a heavily hunted Brazilian forest

Dr Liz Kimbrough 24 Jun 2013

Bird extravaganza: scientists discover 15 new species of birds in the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 12 Jun 2013

11,000 barrels of oil spill into the Coca River in the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 12 Jun 2013

Loss of big fruit-eating birds impacting trees in endangered rainforests

Mongabay.com 31 May 2013

Indigenous carbon conservation project gets verification, will start generating credits

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 May 2013

World’s largest tropical park may have protected status revoked

Mongabay.com 21 May 2013

Amazon’s flood/drought cycle becoming more extreme, less predictable

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 May 2013

Deforestation will undercut effectiveness of rainforest dams

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 May 2013

Brazil’s satellite monitoring reduced Amazon deforestation by 60,000 sq km in 5 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 May 2013

Debate heats up over California’s plan to reduce emissions via rainforest protection

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 May 2013

Tribesmen launch ‘occupy’ protest at dam site in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 3 May 2013

Is it possible to reduce the impact of oil drilling in the Amazon rainforest?

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 May 2013

Indigenous tribes say effects of climate change already felt in Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Apr 2013

What if companies actually had to compensate society for environmental destruction?

Jeremy Hance 29 Apr 2013

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