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New Amazonian reserve saves over a million acres in Peru

Jeremy Hance 30 Aug 2009

Photos reveal illegal logging near uncontacted natives in Peru

Jeremy Hance 17 Aug 2009

Police face murder charges in killing of indigenous protesters in Peru

Mongabay.com 16 Aug 2009

Peru to proceed with oil and gas auctions in the Amazon despite indigenous protests

Mongabay.com 7 Aug 2009

Peru to raise payment to indigenous communities for Amazon forest conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Aug 2009

Weeks after bloodshed, American oil moves into Peruvian Amazon, putting rainforest, possible archeological site at risk

A Perspectivehambone Littletail (contact) 3 Aug 2009

Peru revokes decrees that sparked Amazon Indian uprising

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Jun 2009

Peru may take military action against Indians protesting Amazon energy development

Mongabay.com 19 May 2009

Peru gets $120m to protect 212,000 sq mi of Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 13 May 2009

Smallest Andean frog discovered in cloud forests of Peru

Jeremy Hance 18 Mar 2009

Amazon rainforest in big trouble, says UN

Mongabay.com 19 Feb 2009

Payments for eco services could save the Amazon

Mongabay.com 12 Feb 2009

Peru seeks $200 million to save its rainforests

Mongabay.com 8 Dec 2008

Captive breeding of monster Amazon fish could feed people and save it from depletion

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2008

Peru gets $25M in debt relief to fund rainforest conservation

Mongabay.com 22 Oct 2008

Peru’s uncontacted Amazon tribes under attack

Mongabay.com 22 Oct 2008

Exelon signs rainforest conservation deal to help reduce emissions

Mongabay.com 13 Oct 2008

Indian protesters win land rights battle against Peru’s President Garcia

Mongabay.com 31 Aug 2008

In Peru, a showdown between the president and tribes over mining and drilling in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 21 Aug 2008

New tree species discovered in Amazon biodiversity hotspot

Special To Mongabay.com 17 Aug 2008

Oil development could destroy the most biodiverse part of the Amazon

Mongabay.com 12 Aug 2008

Often overlooked, small wild cats are important and in trouble

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Aug 2008

Fruit bats frequent clay-licks in the Amazon rainforest

Jeremy Hance 14 Jul 2008

Photos of arrow-wielding uncontacted tribe in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 30 May 2008

Pictures of uncontacted Indian tribe in the Amazon (update)

Mongabay.com 30 May 2008

Peru fails to investigate murder of Amazon environmental leader

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Apr 2008

Rainforest destruction increasingly driven by corporate interests, not poverty

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Dec 2007

Tropical forests face huge threat from industrial agriculture

Mongabay.com 5 Dec 2007

Uncontacted Amazon tribe spotted by plane in Peru

Mongabay.com 21 Oct 2007
Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest canopy. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Is Amazon conservation worth more than clearing for cattle or soy?

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Oct 2007

New flycatcher bird species discovered in Peru

Mongabay.com 13 Aug 2007

Experts: parks effectively protect rainforest in Peru

Mongabay.com 9 Aug 2007

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