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Scientists discover high mercury levels in Amazon residents, gold-mining to blame

Lacey Avery 28 May 2013

Water crisis widening: 4.5 billion people live near ‘impaired water sources’

Fiona Harvey 28 May 2013

Mystery of Amazon River carbon emissions solved

Mongabay.com 21 May 2013

China approves another mega-dam that will imperil endangered species

Jonathan Kaiman 21 May 2013

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

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 May 2013

Rainforest tribe urges Norwegian king to recall energy executive

Mongabay.com 13 May 2013

Deforestation will undercut effectiveness of rainforest dams

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 May 2013

New endangered list for ecosystems modeled after ‘Red list’ for species

Mongabay.com 9 May 2013

Uranium mine at edge of Grand Canyon National Park approved

Leslie Macmillan 8 May 2013

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

Mongabay.com 3 May 2013

Mekong region has lost a third of its forests in 30 years, may lose another third by 2030

Mongabay.com 3 May 2013

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

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Apr 2013

Featured documentary: Damocracy, highlighting the battles over the Belo Monte and Ilisu dams

Jeremy Hance 29 Apr 2013

The river of plenty: uncovering the secrets of the amazing Mekong

Jeremy Hance 23 Apr 2013

Judge halts military-backed dam assessment in Brazil’s Amazon

Jeremy Hance 17 Apr 2013

Yangtze porpoise down to 1,000 animals as world’s most degraded river may soon claim another extinction

Jeremy Hance 16 Apr 2013

Indigenous group: Brazil using military to force Amazon dams

Jonathan Watts 8 Apr 2013

After decades of turning a blind eye, Peru declares state of emergency due to oil contamination in Amazon

Jeremy Hance 26 Mar 2013

Jaguars, tapirs, oh my!: Amazon explorer films shocking wildlife bonanza in threatened forest

Jeremy Hance 19 Feb 2013

Brazilian agency rejects Canadian company’s bid to mine controversial Amazon dam site for gold

Mongabay.com 13 Feb 2013

Amazon river ecosystems being rapidly degraded, but remain neglected by conservation efforts

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Feb 2013

Fish unable to pass through dams in U.S. presents ‘cautionary tale’ for developing world

Jeremy Hance 17 Jan 2013

Gold mine approved in French Guiana’s only national park

Jeremy Hance 15 Jan 2013

Environment ministry drops copper mine in Zambezi park

Caillie Mutterback 7 Jan 2013

China plans over 300 dam projects worldwide

Jeremy Hance 10 Dec 2012

Dams are rapidly damning the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Dec 2012

Forests, farming, and sprawl: the struggle over land in an Amazonian metropolis

Jeremy Hance 4 Dec 2012

Brazilian bank approves $10.8 billion loan for controversial Amazon rainforest dam

Mongabay.com 30 Nov 2012

Introducing the ‘Obama-fish’

Mongabay.com 30 Nov 2012

Controversial dam gets approval in Laos

Jeremy Hance 7 Nov 2012

Artificial ‘misting system’ allows vanished toad to be released back into the wild

Jeremy Hance 1 Nov 2012

Future of the Tongass forest lies in salmon, not clear-cut logging

Austin Williams 25 Oct 2012

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