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Colonization program remains important driver of deforestation in Brazil

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Jan 2012

As Amazon deforestation falls, food production rises

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Jan 2012

Weird carnivorous flower devours worms underground

Jeremy Hance 9 Jan 2012

The year in review for rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Dec 2011

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2011

Jeremy Hance, Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Dec 2011

Earth systems disruption: Does 2011 indicate the “new normal” of climate chaos and conflict?

Ryan King 21 Dec 2011

Is the Russian Forest Code a warning for Brazil?

Jeremy Hance 19 Dec 2011

Estimating the rich diversity of galling insects

Jeremy Hance 12 Dec 2011

Brazil passes controversial Forest Code reform environmentalists say will be ‘a disaster’ for the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Dec 2011

Amazon rainforest loss in Brazil drops to lowest ever reported

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Dec 2011

Deforestation and forest degradation slows in Brazil’s Amazon since August

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2011

Environmental news in review: Keystone pipeline delayed, Dole exits banana project, a rhino goes extinct

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2011

Brazil’s Forest Code vote delayed

Mongabay.com 30 Nov 2011

Indigenous religious leader murdered in front of his tribe in Brazil

Jeremy Hance 28 Nov 2011

Brazilian mining giant cuts ties with pig-iron producer over deforestation

Mongabay.com 27 Nov 2011

8 Amazon countries pledge more coordination in rainforest conservation

Mongabay.com 27 Nov 2011

Indigenous do not have right to free, prior and informed consultation on Amazon dam, rules Brazilian court

Mongabay.com 9 Nov 2011

Indigenous technicians scour Amazonia to help researchers track wildlife populations

Daniela Hernandez 9 Nov 2011

Another anti-logging activist killed in Brazil

Mongabay.com 28 Oct 2011

Occupy Belo Monte: indigenous stage “permanent” protest against Amazon dam in Brazil

Mongabay.com 27 Oct 2011

Brazil boycotts OAS meeting after sharp human rights rebuke over giant Amazon dam

Mongabay.com 27 Oct 2011

Breakthrough technology enables 3D mapping of rainforests, tree by tree

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Oct 2011

World’s largest beef company breaks commitment on avoiding Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 19 Oct 2011

Belo Monte dam license ‘illegal’ rules Brazilian federal judge

Mongabay.com 19 Oct 2011

Brazil plans $120 billion in infrastructure investments in the Amazon by 2020

Mongabay.com 19 Oct 2011

Soy moratorium in Amazon maintaining its effectiveness

Mongabay.com 14 Oct 2011

Brazil: Amazon deforestation higher than initially stated

Mongabay.com 9 Oct 2011

Animal picture of the day: hyacinth macaw

Jeremy Hance 5 Oct 2011

Judge: work must halt on monster dam, Belo Monte

Jeremy Hance 29 Sep 2011

Forest carbon projects rake in $178 million in 2010

Jeremy Hance 29 Sep 2011

Following violent crackdown against protestors, Bolivia puts Amazon road project on ice

Jeremy Hance 27 Sep 2011

Caatinga ecosystem almost wholly ignored in Brazil

Jeremy Hance 26 Sep 2011

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