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Private sector could play outsized role in Cerrado conservation: study

Sarah Sax 9 Sep 2019

Loss of Madagascar’s biodiversity is a loss for Earth, Pope says

Malavika Vyawahare 9 Sep 2019

State governors support Bolsonaro’s Amazon mining, agribusiness plans

Jenny Gonzales 9 Sep 2019

Amazon deforestation and development heighten Amazon fire risk: study

Sarah Sax 6 Sep 2019

Giant Norway pension fund weighs Brazil divestment over Amazon deforestation

Zoe Sullivan 3 Sep 2019

Brazilian response to Bolsonaro policies and Amazon fires grows

Sue Branford 30 Aug 2019

Misinformation and blame spread concerning sources of Amazon fires

Jenny Gonzales 28 Aug 2019

Indonesia bans food labeled ‘palm oil-free,’ in move welcomed by industry

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Aug 2019

Bolsonaro expresses ‘love’ for Amazon as it burns, offers no policy shift

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 26 Aug 2019
Newly established oil palm plantation in Central Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

81% of Indonesia’s oil palm plantations flouting regulations, audit finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Aug 2019

Amazon fires trigger protests worldwide

Jill Langlois, Elisângela Mendonça 24 Aug 2019
At the end of the 2018 fire season in the Amazon Forest, Greenpeace captured this image of forest burning in the Brazilian state of Para. CREDIT: © Daniel Beltrá / Greenpeace

Amazon rainforest fires leave São Paulo in the dark

Ignacio Amigo 21 Aug 2019

Deforestation, climate crisis could crash Amazon tree diversity: study

Jenny Gonzales 18 Aug 2019

Norway freezes support for Amazon Fund; EU/Brazil trade deal at risk?

Sue Branford and Thais Borges 16 Aug 2019
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Precision conservation: High tech to the rescue in the Peruvian Amazon

Lisa Palmer 15 Aug 2019

Indonesia forest-clearing ban is made permanent, but labeled ‘propaganda’

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Aug 2019

Germany cuts $39.5 million in environmental funding to Brazil

Karla Mendes 13 Aug 2019

Future of Amazon deforestation data in doubt as research head sacked

Karla Mendes 5 Aug 2019

As Amazon deforestation in Brazil rises, Bolsonaro administration attacks the messenger (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 3 Aug 2019

Study shows how to protect more species for less money in western Amazon

Liz Kimbrough 31 Jul 2019

Deforestation drops in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, but risks remain: experts

Karla Mendes 31 Jul 2019

Authorities investigate murder of indigenous leader in Brazilian Amazon

Thais Borges (translated by Tulio Borges) 30 Jul 2019

Brazilian Amazon deforestation surge is real despite Bolsonaro’s denial (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 29 Jul 2019

To regulate or not to regulate? EU climate commitments face key test over global deforestation (commentary)

Sam Lawson 26 Jul 2019
Timber at the port of Antwerp. Photo: Philippe Verbelen/Greenpeace

Gabonese timber linked to illegal logging seized in Antwerp

Jim Tan 25 Jul 2019
Deforestation for soy production in the Bolivian Amazon and Chaco. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

New initiative aims to jump-start stalled drive toward zero deforestation

Sarah Sax 19 Jul 2019

Experts deny alleged manipulation of Amazon satellite deforestation data

Karla Mendes 16 Jul 2019

Yanomami Amazon reserve invaded by 20,000 miners; Bolsonaro fails to act

Sue Branford 12 Jul 2019

Cargill rejects Cerrado soy moratorium, pledges $30 million search for ideas

Sarah Sax 10 Jul 2019
Planet satellite image showing a mosaic of deforestation and rainforest in São Judas Tadeu, Xapuri in the state of Acre, Brazil in August 2018. Courtesy of Planet.

Amazon REDD+ scheme side-steps land rights to reward small forest producers

Claire Asher 3 Jul 2019

Amazon rural development and conservation: a path to sustainability?

Jaqueline Sordi 2 Jul 2019
Indigenous protesters and self-proclaimed river defenders demonstrate against Brazilian dams. Image courtesy of Amazon Watch.

Amazon infrastructure puts 68% of indigenous lands / protected areas at risk: report

Jenny Gonzales 28 Jun 2019

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