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New research suggests tropical forests are now a net source of carbon emissions

Mike Gaworecki 28 Sep 2017

Temer walks back plan to open Denmark-sized area of Amazon to mining

Jenny Gonzales 27 Sep 2017

How much of a shock can an electric eel deliver? A scientist just found out first-hand

Mike Gaworecki 27 Sep 2017

Amazon dam operator defies order to shut down, police action looms

Zoe Sullivan 26 Sep 2017

Colombian president honored in Washington, D.C. for efforts to protect biodiversity

Justin Catanoso 25 Sep 2017

Temer uses controversial deforestation data in speech to UN

Sue Branford 21 Sep 2017

Does forest certification really work?

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Sep 2017

When will cattle ranchers be proud to show their farms in the Amazon? (commentary)

Paulo Barreto, Ritaumaria Pereira 21 Sep 2017

Amazon dam defeats Brazil’s environment agency (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 20 Sep 2017

Photos: South America’s adorable Andean bear

Scott Silver 20 Sep 2017

Andes dams could threaten food security for millions in Amazon basin

Claire Asher 19 Sep 2017

Belo Monte dam installation license suspended, housing inadequacy cited

Zoe Sullivan 19 Sep 2017

Indigenous victory: Brazil’s Temer decrees 1.2 million Amazon reserve

Sue Branford 18 Sep 2017

Local approaches to conservation may be the most effective, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 15 Sep 2017
Deforestation in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

What works in conservation? In-depth series starts next week

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Sep 2017

Amazon mining unleashed (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 15 Sep 2017

Ecologist wins Heinz environment prize for airborne mapping that informs policy

Mongabay.com 14 Sep 2017

Curiosity saves the cat: Tourism helps reinvent the jaguar

Jack Elliot Marley 13 Sep 2017

Transformance: Finding common ground in the Amazon (commentary)

Gus Greenstein 12 Sep 2017
The venomous two-striped forest pitviper (Bothriopsis bilineata) waits patiently coiled on a branch a few meters off the ground. A cryptic species and perfect predator, they can sit motionless for hours waiting for their prey. - Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Yasuni Biosphere, Ecuador. ©Ryan P. Killackey/Pollywog Productions

Yasuni indigenous peoples’ fight for survival depicted in new documentary

Genevieve Belmaker 12 Sep 2017

Uncontacted Amazon indigenous groups reportedly attacked by outsiders

Barbara Fraser 11 Sep 2017
Bricks of processed gold. Photo via Pixabay.

Guilty pleas entered in South American rainforest gold laundering cases

Genevieve Belmaker 8 Sep 2017

Three years after the tragedy of Saweto, where is the justice and security? (commentary)

David S. Salisbury 8 Sep 2017

Zero tolerance of deforestation likely only way to save Amazon gateway

Claire Asher 7 Sep 2017

Indigenous communities resist Chinese mining in Amazonian Ecuador

Max Nathanson 5 Sep 2017

381 new species described from the Amazon over two-year period

Mongabay.com 4 Sep 2017

Saving the Serranía de San Lucas, a vital link in the ‘jaguar corridor’

Sean Mowbray 1 Sep 2017

Temer’s Amazon mining decrees derided by protestors, annulled by judge

Zoe Sullivan 30 Aug 2017

Brazil rejects oil company’s ‘Amazon Reef’ drilling bid

Mongabay.com 29 Aug 2017
Moises Padilla near his community's nature reserve. Photo by Johnny Magdaleno/Mongabay

Indigenous farmers fight eucalyptus damage to water source in Ecuador

Johnny Magdaleno 28 Aug 2017

Intact forests crucial to Amazon ecosystem resilience, stable climate

Claire Salisbury 28 Aug 2017

Extensive illegal cattle ranching destroys core area of Nicaragua’s Indio Maíz Biological Reserve

Duyerling Ríos, Cristopher Mendoza 28 Aug 2017

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