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Amazon fire risk on the rise, says NASA

Mongabay.com 9 Jun 2013

NASA: 3% of Amazon rainforest burned between 1999-2010

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Jun 2013

Brazil’s GHG emissions fall 39% since 2005, now 10% below 1990 levels

Rhett A. Butler 6 Jun 2013

Brazil touts progress in reducing deforestation, but fails to note recent jump in clearing

Mongabay.com 5 Jun 2013

Difference within common species may predict the presence of rare animals

Jenny R. Isaacs 5 Jun 2013

Vanishing species makes astounding comeback under combined action of local government and conservationists

Alexander Holmgren 3 Jun 2013

Rainforests will survive extreme global warming, argues study

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jun 2013

Loss of big fruit-eating birds impacting trees in endangered rainforests

Mongabay.com 31 May 2013

Indigenous carbon conservation project gets verification, will start generating credits

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 May 2013

Two new arachnids discovered in Brazilian caves (photos)

Jeremy Hance 29 May 2013

Indigenous sacred sites now qualify as protected areas in Colombia

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 May 2013

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

Lacey Avery 28 May 2013

Featured video: giant anteater wallowing and scratching like a dog

Hannah Lindstrom 28 May 2013

India’s hornbill conservator is awarded the ‘Green Oscar’

Akhila Vijayaraghavan 23 May 2013

The Lions of India

Akhila Vijayaraghavan 22 May 2013

Famed bird reappears after 400,000 miles of flight

Mongabay.com 22 May 2013

World’s largest tropical park may have protected status revoked

Mongabay.com 21 May 2013

Mystery of Amazon River carbon emissions solved

Mongabay.com 21 May 2013

Peru delays oil drilling in the Amazon to consult with indigenous peoples

Jeremy Hance 20 May 2013

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon pacing 88% higher than last year’s rate

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 May 2013

Crazy cat numbers: unusually high jaguar densities discovered in the Amazon rainforest

Zach Fitzner 16 May 2013

NGO: conflict of interests behind Peruvian highway proposal in the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 16 May 2013

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

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 May 2013

Deforestation will undercut effectiveness of rainforest dams

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 May 2013

Google Time-lapse offers view of Earth over 3 decades

Mongabay.com 10 May 2013

Continued deforestation in the Amazon may kill Brazil’s agricultural growth

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 May 2013

Brazil’s satellite monitoring reduced Amazon deforestation by 60,000 sq km in 5 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 May 2013

Are seagulls killing whales in Patagonia?

Jeremy Hance 8 May 2013

Debate heats up over California’s plan to reduce emissions via rainforest protection

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 May 2013

Unconventional swine: how invasive pigs are helping preserve biodiversity in the Pantanal

Erica Santana 6 May 2013

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

Mongabay.com 3 May 2013

Is it possible to reduce the impact of oil drilling in the Amazon rainforest?

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 May 2013

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