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Tropical nations make progress in slowing deforestation

In cutting deforestation, Brazil leads world in reducing emissions

Oil company breaks agreement, builds big roads in Yasuni rainforest

Intact Amazon forests show possible signs of global warming impact

After throwing out referendum, Ecuador approves oil drilling in Yasuni’s embattled heart

Of jaguars and loggers: new film to showcase one of the least-known regions in the deep Amazon

Logging, fires take a hidden toll on Amazon rainforest

Emerald-faced reptile discovered in Ecuador

Olinguito, tinkerbell, and a dragon: meet the top 10 new species of 2013

Happy Amazon: $215 million raised for world’s largest protected area network

Greenpeace: Timber laundering rampant in the Brazilian Amazon

53 indigenous activists on trial for police-protester massacre in Peru

New report reveals human rights abuses by corporations, governments in the Amazon

Uncovering the impact of big banks on the Amazon

Borneo bests Amazon in terms of giant tree growth rates

Not unique to humans: marmoset shows compassion for dying mate (VIDEO)

It’s in the genes: researchers use DNA to learn about tapir behavior

Clothing brand Stella McCartney pledges to use deforestation-free fabrics

Stolen information may derail Yasuni drilling referendum

NASA photographs the amazing ‘guitar forest’

3M linked to deforestation in Brazil, Canada, Europe, and U.S., says NGO

Letting forests regrow on cattle pasture yields cheap conservation benefits

Intensifying cattle production in Brazil could cut global deforestation emissions 25%, says study

Next big idea in forest conservation? Crowdsourced forest monitoring

The beef with beef: how 12 strategies could drastically cut agricultural emissions

Brazil’s new Forest Code a mixed bag for native ecosystems

Brazil to test drones in monitoring the Amazon rainforest

NASA detects surge in deforestation in Malaysia, Bolivia during first quarter of 2014

Small monkeys take over when big primates have been hunted out in the Amazon

Brazil strips protected status from 5.2M ha

Rainforests on fire: climate change is pushing the Amazon over the edge

Legal logging concessions drive illegal logging in Peru, threatening forests and indigenous people

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