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Brazilian Amazon deforestation surge is real despite Bolsonaro’s denial (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 29 Jul 2019

Experts deny alleged manipulation of Amazon satellite deforestation data

Karla Mendes 16 Jul 2019

Yanomami Amazon reserve invaded by 20,000 miners; Bolsonaro fails to act

Sue Branford 12 Jul 2019
Planet satellite image showing a mosaic of deforestation and rainforest in São Judas Tadeu, Xapuri in the state of Acre, Brazil in August 2018. Courtesy of Planet.

Amazon REDD+ scheme side-steps land rights to reward small forest producers

Claire Asher 3 Jul 2019

Amazon rural development and conservation: a path to sustainability?

Jaqueline Sordi 2 Jul 2019

Amazon infrastructure puts 68% of indigenous lands / protected areas at risk: report

Jenny Gonzales 28 Jun 2019

Brazil’s Bolsonaro presses anti-indigenous agenda; resistance surges

Sue Branford 27 Jun 2019

Brazil’s Roraima state at mercy of 2019 wildfires as federal funds dry up

Caio Freitas Paes 25 Jun 2019

Brazil guts environmental agencies, clears way for unchecked deforestation

Sue Branford and Thais Borges 10 Jun 2019

The Sateré-Mawé move to reclaim Amazon ancestral lands from invaders

Thais Borges; Mauricio Torres; and Sue Branford 4 Jun 2019

New report examines drivers of rising Amazon deforestation on country-by-country basis

Mongabay.com 23 May 2019

Former Brazilian enviro ministers blast Bolsonaro environmental assaults

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 23 May 2019

‘Resisting to exist’: Indigenous women unite against Brazil’s far-right president

Karla Mendes 20 May 2019

The heat is on: Amazon tree loss could bring 1.45 degree C local rise

James Fair 14 May 2019

UK supermarkets implicated in Amazon deforestation supply chain: report

Sarah Sax 13 May 2019

Pressure mounts on EU to curb Brazilian deforestation, human rights abuses

Sarah Sax 9 May 2019

Dismantling of Brazilian environmental protections gains pace

Sue Branford and Thais Borges 8 May 2019

China, EU, US trading with Brazilian firms fined for Amazon deforestation: report

Karla Mendes 6 May 2019

Amazon fish kill at Sinop spotlights risk from 80+ Tapajós basin dams

Caio Freitas Paes 29 Apr 2019

Brazil Supreme Court land demarcation decision sparks indigenous protest

Karla Mendes 26 Apr 2019

Stinging ants: Amazon indigenous group girds itself to hold ancestral lands

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 25 Apr 2019

Bolsonaro draws battle lines in fight over Amazon indigenous lands

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 24 Apr 2019

Amazon could be biggest casualty of US-China Trade war, researchers warn

Sarah Sax 16 Apr 2019

3 massacres in 12 days: Rural violence escalates in Brazilian Amazon

Sue Branford and Thais Borges 8 Apr 2019

Brazil soy trade linked to widespread deforestation, carbon emissions

Claire Asher 3 Apr 2019

Leading Amazon dam rights activist, spouse and friend murdered in Brazil

Jenny Gonzales 27 Mar 2019

Brazil fails to give adequate public access to Amazon land title data, study finds

Liz Kimbrough 25 Mar 2019

Madeira River dams may spell doom for Amazon’s marathon catfish: Studies

Text by Gustavo Faleiros and images by Marcio Isensee e Sá 25 Mar 2019

Bolsonaro on the move: International meetings push agribusiness agenda

Jenny Gonzales 20 Mar 2019

Brazil’s key deforestation drivers: Pasture, cropland, land speculation

Alicia Prager 19 Mar 2019
Drone view of Chiquitano forest recently deforested on the edge of the Bolivian Amazon for soy production. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Investors warn soy giants of backlash over deforestation in South America

James Fair 18 Mar 2019

New maps show where humans are pushing species closer to extinction

John Cannon 15 Mar 2019

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