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In Brazil’s ‘water tank’, communities resist mining to preserve their water and livelihoods

Women in Putumayo turn to fish farming and away from the coca industry

Migration opens up new territories in the Brazilian Amazon in the 20th century

The effects of mass migration in Brazil in the second half of the twentieth century

A deadly fly is spreading through Central America. Experts blame illegal cattle ranching

Long-running tropical forest research stalls amid Venezuelan crisis

Court throws out permits for controversial Baja California hotel project

Evolution of the Pan Amazon in the post-Jesuit era

In Colombia, guerrilla groups decide the fate of the Amazon

Colombia decree recognizes Indigenous people as environmental authorities

Indigenous advocates lament decade of failures by Indonesia’s Jokowi

Rural-urban migration across the Amazon Basin

U.S. court approves historic settlement for Honduran farmers’ case against the World Bank’s IFC

Past failures can’t stop Indonesia from clearing forests, Indigenous lands for farms

Reporter who revealed deforestation in Cambodia now charged with deforestation

Police murder Guarani man as Brazil struggles with Indigenous land demarcation

As MotoGP heads to Indonesia, Indigenous Sasak brace for another weekend of repression

Permits granted for Colombia’s Alacrán mine amid pollution, deforestation concerns

Honduras taps armed forces to eliminate deforestation by 2029. Will it work?

Why is violence against environmental defenders getting worse? Five things to know

The future of extractive industries in the Pan Amazon

‘Stop the stupidity’: Indonesia’s top court orders end to mine in quake zone

Mining company tied to Cambodian military officials grabs community forest

In Nicaragua, activists challenge the value of international ‘green’ financing

Indigenous communities sidelined for Suriname’s new carbon credit program, critics say

In Mexico, avocado suppliers continue sourcing from illegally deforested land

Communities fend off attacks as officials study Brazil’s anti-Indigenous land rights bill

Expanding the colonization of the Brazilian Amazon through gold mining

Brazil’s wildcat mining is deeply rooted in its politics and thirst for minerals

The Amazon’s most fertile forests are also most vulnerable to drought: Study

Palm oil company fined for cheating; Sulawesi farmers to reap their due rupiah

What’s at stake for the environment in Venezuela’s upcoming election?

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