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Kuikuro men playing flutes.

The Amazon’s archaeology of hope: Q&A with anthropologist Michael Heckenberger

Peter Speetjens 18 Oct 2023
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Rare Amazon dark soils could help forest restoration, study shows

Juliana Ennes 14 Jun 2023

‘Many features of the Amazon are man-made’: Q&A with archaeologist Eduardo Neves

Peter Speetjens 3 May 2023

‘Lost’ Amazonian cities hint at how to build urban landscapes without harming nature

Kimberley Brown 15 Jun 2022

Amazonia’s people domesticated crops on ‘forest islands’ 10,000 years ago: Study

Liz Kimbrough 31 Jul 2020
Mark Plotkin and Yaloefuh in Suriname in 1982. Courtesy of Mark Plotkin.

Everything you need to know about the Amazon rainforest: an interview with Mark Plotkin

Rhett A. Butler 5 May 2020

Ancient human sites may have distorted our understanding of the Amazon’s natural ecology

Kimber Price 16 Jan 2018

Drones to scan the Amazon rainforest for hidden civilizations

Mongabay.com 18 Feb 2015

Biochar: a brief history and developing future

Ryan King 2 Jan 2013

Terra preta found in Asia

Jeremy Hance 14 May 2012

Scientists unlock indigenous secret to sustainable agriculture in the Amazon’s savannas

Rhett A. Butler 11 Apr 2012

Dapatkah Biochar Selamatkan Dunia?

Oleh Jeremy Hance 1 Sep 2010

Could biochar save the world?

Jeremy Hance 16 Aug 2010

Congo biochar initiative will reduce poverty, protect forests, slow climate change

Mongabay.com 19 May 2009

Biochar and its Role in Mitigating Climate Change

Salman Zafar 17 Dec 2008

Pre-Colombian Amazonians lived in sustainable ‘urban’ society

Rhett A. Butler 28 Aug 2008

Heavily-populated Amazon was decimated by old world disease

Jeremy Hance 9 Jun 2008

Could felling and burying trees help fight global warming?

Mongabay.com 30 Apr 2008

Amazon farming technique may fight global warming

American Chemical Society 11 Apr 2008

Biochar fund to fight hunger, energy poverty, deforestation, and global warming

Mongabay.com 10 Mar 2008

Restoring soil carbon can reverse global warming, desertification and biodiversity loss

Rhett A. Butler 21 Feb 2008

Ancient Amazon fires linked to human populations

Rhett A. Butler 20 Feb 2008

Killers of renowned anthropologist sentenced in Brazil

Mongabay.com 12 Jul 2007

Ancient Amazonian technology could save the world

Mongabay.com 17 May 2007

Who pays for Amazon rainforest conservation?

Rhett A. Butler 12 Dec 2006

Global warming could cause catastrophic die-off of Amazon rainforest by 2080

Rhett A. Butler 23 Oct 2006

Pre-Columbian Amazon supported millions of people

Tina Butler 18 Oct 2005

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