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Amazon at record low — communities isolated, commerce stalled

Rhett A. Butler 11 Oct 2005

Extreme drought drops Amazon river to record low levels

Peter Blackburn 7 Oct 2005

Bush administration sued over forest decision

Terence Chea 7 Oct 2005

El Salvador’s tropical storm damage worsened by deforestation

Rhett A. Butler 4 Oct 2005

Amazon river at record low levels; deforestation blamed

Mongabay.com 30 Sep 2005

Cocaine destroying rainforest parks in Colombia

Ap 28 Sep 2005

Bird sanctuary in Malaysia damaged by illegal logging and forest clearing

Rhett A. Butler 26 Sep 2005

Pig iron production fueling Amazon deforestation

Rhett A. Butler 21 Sep 2005

Tropical deforestation affects rainfall in North America

Goddard Space Flight Center 20 Sep 2005

Domestic black market for endangered wildlife thrives in Indonesia

Diana Wright 18 Sep 2005

NASA Satellite Data Used to Assess Amazon Deforestation

Goddard Space Flight Center 15 Sep 2005

Fires in peat lands cost climate

September 6 6 Sep 2005

Easter Island Mystery revealed using mathematical model

Rhett A. Butler 1 Sep 2005

Illegal loggers to be imprisoned in Malaysia, possibly executed in Indonesia

Rhett A. Butler 30 Aug 2005

Amazon deforestation lower than last year says Brazil

Rhett A. Butler 27 Aug 2005

Chevron faces Billion-Dollar Liability for damage in Ecuador

Mongabay.com 24 Aug 2005

Brazil to crackdown on illegal logging says Environment Minister

Rhett A. Butler 9 Aug 2005

Food demand greater threat to wildlife than global warming

Hudson Institute's Center For Global Food Issues 28 Jul 2005

Scientists to set fire to Amazon rainforest to study its resilience

Woods Hole Research Center 19 Jul 2005

Brazilian environment chief arrested on illegal forest-clearing charges

Bloomberg 3 Jun 2005

Prize recognizes largest contributor to Amazon rainforest destruction

Mongabay.com 27 May 2005

Second “uncontacted” tribe in Amazon rain forest threatened by loggers

Reuters 27 May 2005

World Bank aims to reduce deforestation rates by 10% by 2010 with help from WWF

rhett-butler 25 May 2005

Green party quits government to protest Amazon deforestation

Rhett A. Butler 24 May 2005

Tsunami relief, rainforest attack; aid groups conflict over deforestation and reconstruction

Tina Butler 22 May 2005

Rainforest loss in the Amazon tops 200,000 square miles, new figures from Brazilian government

Mongabay.com 20 May 2005

Should environmentalists fear logging or learn to understand its impact?

Mongabay.com 18 May 2005

In Madagascar, Woodworking Zafimaniry remember lost forests

Rhett A. Butler 12 May 2005

Rebuilding tsunami-ravaged Indonesia without further deforestation

rhett-butler 12 May 2005

Wood Smuggling Link between Indonesia and China

The Environmental Investigation Agency 8 May 2005

Hardwood flooring linked to illegal timber smuggling ring, says group

The Environmental Investigation Agency 8 May 2005

‘Human footprint’ to increase with repeal of roadless rule

Mongabay.com 5 May 2005

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