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Animal picture of the day: Critically Endangered macaws

Jeremy Hance 23 Aug 2012

Dry forests disappearing faster than rainforests in Latin America

Mongabay.com 21 Aug 2012

Chart: Forest loss in Latin America

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Aug 2012

New bird discovered in Colombia imperiled by hydroelectric project

Jeremy Hance 19 Aug 2012

Move to regularize mining in Colombia spurs concerns

Mongabay.com 17 Aug 2012

Key mammals dying off in rainforest fragments

Jeremy Hance 15 Aug 2012

Belo Monte mega-dam halted again by high Brazilian court, appeal likely but difficult

Jeremy Hance 15 Aug 2012

Evidence of ‘isolated’ indigenous people found in Peru where priest is pushing highway

David Hill 14 Aug 2012

Rodent robbers fill role of mega mammals, help spread tropical trees

Tyler Lark 7 Aug 2012

Beautiful new bird discovered in Peruvian cloud forest

Jeremy Hance 7 Aug 2012

‘The lion of the cave:’ new predatory, swimming cricket discovered in Venezuela

Jeremy Hance 6 Aug 2012

Pig iron producers sign zero deforestation pledge after Greenpeace campaign

Mongabay.com 2 Aug 2012

Peru considers big changes to its environmental reviews

Jeremy Hance 1 Aug 2012

‘Penis snake’ discovered in Brazil is actually a rare species of amphibian

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Aug 2012

Human rights court favors indigenous tribe over Ecuadorian government in oil battle

Jeremy Hance 31 Jul 2012

Brazil decree opens tribal lands to mining, dams in ‘national interest’

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Jul 2012

Indigenous tribes hold 3 engineers hostage over Belo Monte dam

Jeremy Hance 26 Jul 2012

Camera traps discover new populations of nearly extinct chinchillas

Michael Rudolph 25 Jul 2012

Brazil cripples illegal gold mining operations in indigenous territory

Jeremy Hance 18 Jul 2012

Over 500 dead penguins wash up in Brazil, cause under investigation

Jeremy Hance 17 Jul 2012

Still time to save most species in the Brazilian Amazon

Jeremy Hance 12 Jul 2012

Indigenous tribes end occupation of Belo Monte

Jeremy Hance 12 Jul 2012

Pastures, not forest, are best place for oil palm expansion in Colombia

Tyler Lark 11 Jul 2012

Vietnam buys stakes in controversial oil blocks threatening Peru’s most vulnerable indigenous people

David Hill 11 Jul 2012

Predicting the distribution of tropical dung beetles

Jeremy Hance 9 Jul 2012

Indigenous tribes occupy Belo Monte dam for over 10 days

Jeremy Hance 3 Jul 2012

96 percent of the world’s species remain unevaluated by the Red List

Jeremy Hance 28 Jun 2012

Agricultural area larger than Texas has been ‘land-grabbed’

Jeremy Hance 26 Jun 2012

Lonesome George passes, taking unique subspecies with him

Jeremy Hance 25 Jun 2012

Small farmers cause substantial damage in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 25 Jun 2012

Fire risk to increase in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2012

Cowards at Rio?: organizations decry ‘pathetic’ agreement

Jeremy Hance 20 Jun 2012

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