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Chinese logging company takes over Guyana’s forests

John Cannon 26 Nov 2014

Gold mining expanding rapidly along Guiana Shield, threatening forests, water, wildlife

Dr Liz Kimbrough 22 Oct 2014

An impossible balancing act? Forests benefit from isolation, but at cost to local communities

Anna Ikarashi 7 Oct 2014

How do we save the world’s vanishing old-growth forests?

Jeremy Hance 26 Aug 2014

Norway puts $1.6B into rainforest conservation

Mongabay.com 19 Aug 2014

Tropical nations make progress in slowing deforestation

Mongabay.com 10 Jun 2014

Emissions from rainforest logging average 16% of those from deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Apr 2014

Art, education, and health: holistic conservation group embarks on new chapter

Jeremy Hance 21 Oct 2013

New poison dart frog discovered in ‘Lost World’

Mongabay.com 19 Jul 2013

Forgotten species: the arapaima or ‘dinosaur fish’

Jeremy Hance 15 Jul 2013

Deforestation rates for Amazon countries outside Brazil

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Jun 2013

15 percent of Guyana’s reptiles and amphibians found nowhere else

Mongabay.com 21 Feb 2013

Miners win ruling over indigenous groups in Guyana

Jeremy Hance 29 Jan 2013

The year in rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2012

Norway to send Guyana $45m for maintaining low deforestation rate

Mongabay.com 24 Dec 2012

New forest map shows 6% of Amazon deforested between 2000 and 2010

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2012

Guyana rainforests secure trust fund

Jeremy Hance 30 Jul 2012

Guyanese tribe maps Connecticut-sized rainforest for land rights

Jeremy Hance 7 Feb 2012

8 Amazon countries pledge more coordination in rainforest conservation

Mongabay.com 27 Nov 2011

Indigenous technicians scour Amazonia to help researchers track wildlife populations

Daniela Hernandez 9 Nov 2011

Animal picture of the day: the jaws of the piranha

Jeremy Hance 10 Aug 2011

World Atlas of Mangroves: A Book Review

Gabriel Thoumi 14 Apr 2011

Greenpeace says McKinsey’s REDD+ work could encourage deforestation

Mongabay.com 7 Apr 2011

Prominent indigenous leader gets death threats in Guyana

Mongabay.com 17 Dec 2010

Guyana: where’s the money pledged for saving rainforests?

Mongabay.com 9 Dec 2010

Rainforests, wildlife preserved by indigenous spiritual beliefs

Keith Rozendal 15 Nov 2010

Deforestation jumps, but Guyana nonetheless qualifies for REDD payment

Mongabay.com 7 Nov 2010

Guyana bans gold mining in the ‘Land of the Giants’

Jeremy Hance 1 Mar 2010

Guyana to increase oversight of gold mining under deal to save forests with Norway

Jeremy Hance 21 Dec 2009

New tree species discovered in Guyana is rich source of oil

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Dec 2009

Guyana expedition finds biodiversity trove in area slated for oil and gas development, an interview with Robert Pickles

Jeremy Hance 29 Nov 2009

No-shows among South American leaders at Amazon summit

Mongabay.com 27 Nov 2009

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