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Clearest picture yet of Amazon carbon density could help guide conservation

Maxwell Radwin 12 Sep 2024

Mining gold in the greenstone belt of Panamazonia

Timothy J. Killeen 8 Aug 2024

Study says 40% of Amazon region is potentially conserved — more than officially recorded

Liz Kimbrough 1 Jul 2024

New satellite readings show full extent of mining in the Amazon Rainforest

Maxwell Radwin 24 Oct 2023
Sentinel-2A lift off.

France seeks EU okay to fund biomass plants, burn Amazon forest to power Spaceport

Justin Catanoso 23 Feb 2023
animals

Population cycles explain white-lipped peccary’s ups and downs, study shows

Mark Hillsdon 6 Dec 2022
Fire near the Manicoré River in Amazonas state in August 2022. Photo © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

How close is the Amazon tipping point? Forest loss in the east changes the equation

Liz Kimbrough 20 Sep 2022
A spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), also known as the Andean bear.

Researchers compile largest-ever photo database of Amazon wildlife

Liz Kimbrough 20 May 2022
The Amazon. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

The political economy of the Pan-Amazon (book excerpt)

Timothy J. Killeen 22 Apr 2021

Exposing organized crime in the Amazon: Q&A with Robert Muggah of the Igarapé Institute

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2021

French Guiana soy biofuel power plants risk massive Amazon deforestation

Justin Catanoso 2 Dec 2020

Expedition finds new humpback breeding ground and sends first deep divers to Amazon Reef

Mongabay.com 4 Oct 2019

Vatican calls landmark meeting to conserve Amazon, protect indigenous peoples

Justin Catanoso 4 Oct 2019

Shocking news: There are actually three species of electric eel in the Amazon, not one

Mongabay.com 13 Sep 2019

How tropical deforestation and land-use change is driving emerging infectious diseases

Mike Gaworecki 20 Dec 2016
Map of historic deforestation in the Amazon rainforest since 1970

Deforestation declines in the Amazon rainforest

Rhett A. Butler 6 Oct 2015

What’s the current deforestation rate in the Amazon rainforest?

Rhett A. Butler 15 May 2015

Rainforests: 10 things to watch in 2015

Rhett A. Butler 2 Jan 2015

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

Dr Liz Kimbrough 22 Oct 2014

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

Jeremy Hance 26 Aug 2014

Spectacular new beetle discovered in French Guiana

Elizabeth Devitt 21 Jan 2014

Deforestation rates for Amazon countries outside Brazil

Rhett A. Butler 26 Jun 2013

Relative of the ‘penis snake’ discovered in South America (photos)

Rhett A. Butler 27 Mar 2013

Gold mine approved in French Guiana’s only national park

Jeremy Hance 15 Jan 2013

Deforestation rate falls across Amazon rainforest countries

Rhett A. Butler 6 Dec 2012

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

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2012

Scientists unlock indigenous secret to sustainable agriculture in the Amazon’s savannas

Rhett A. Butler 11 Apr 2012

Eco-label for rainforest products could boost sustainability

Rhett A. Butler 6 Dec 2009

Amazon rainforest in big trouble, says UN

Mongabay.com 19 Feb 2009

Payments for eco services could save the Amazon

Mongabay.com 12 Feb 2009

Geology, climate links make Guiana Shield region particularly sensitive to change

Mongabay.com 14 Jun 2008

Rare golden primates help speed recovery of endangered Brazilian forest

Mongabay.com 9 Jun 2008

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