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8 Amazon countries pledge more coordination in rainforest conservation

Ecotourism isn’t bad for wildlife in the Amazon

Brazilian dam-builder quits Peru project after indigenous protest

Indigenous do not have right to free, prior and informed consultation on Amazon dam, rules Brazilian court

Peruvian authorities raid illegal gold mining operations

Featured video: camera traps catch Andean cats and others in Argentina

Breakthrough technology enables 3D mapping of rainforests, tree by tree

Bolivian road project through Amazon reserve canceled

Picture of the day: jaguars take self-portraits in Bolivia

World’s largest beef company breaks commitment on avoiding Amazon deforestation

Isolated indigenous people and tourists collide in Peru park

Belo Monte dam license ‘illegal’ rules Brazilian federal judge

Soy moratorium in Amazon maintaining its effectiveness

High gold price triggers rainforest devastation in Peru

2010 Amazon drought released more carbon than India’s annual emissions

Animal picture of the day: hyacinth macaw

Colombian president: no oil drilling in award-winning Seaflower marine reserve

Judge: work must halt on monster dam, Belo Monte

Forest carbon projects rake in $178 million in 2010

Animal picture of the day: chestnut breasted coronet

Following violent crackdown against protestors, Bolivia puts Amazon road project on ice

Caatinga ecosystem almost wholly ignored in Brazil

Atlantic Forest stores less carbon due to drastic fragmentation

Activists worldwide push for leaving the fossil fuel age behind

Tribal leader to the UN: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon are in danger

New map reveals the most biodiverse place on Earth, but already threatened by oil

Amazon deforestation up moderately in August, but forest degradation falls

Indigenous people blockade river against ‘murderous’ oil company

Two arrested in connection with murdering Amazon activists

Loving the tapir: pioneering conservation for South America’s biggest animal

Sowing the seeds to save the Patagonian Sea

Peru president signs indigenous rights act into law

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