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Ecuador’s oil nationalization may hurt environment

Mongabay.com 23 May 2006

Greenpeace accuses McDonald’s of destroying the Amazon rainforest

Rhett A. Butler 7 Apr 2006

Brazil to protect Amazon rainforest

Rhett A. Butler 28 Mar 2006

40 percent of the Amazon could be grassland by 2050

Rhett A. Butler 22 Mar 2006

Brazil to flood Amazon rainforest for hydroelectric power

Reuters 17 Mar 2006

Amazon to be logged sustainably says Brazil

Rhett A. Butler 6 Mar 2006

Venezuela plans 5000-mile pipeline across Amazon rain forest

Rhett A. Butler 25 Jan 2006

Amazon deforestation slows in Brazil for 2005

Rhett A. Butler 5 Dec 2005

Logging impact worse than thought in the Amazon

Rhett A. Butler 1 Nov 2005

Timber traffickers arrested in Brazil

The Associated Press 31 Oct 2005

Amazon at record low — communities isolated, commerce stalled

Rhett A. Butler 11 Oct 2005

Extreme drought drops Amazon river to record low levels

Peter Blackburn 7 Oct 2005

95% of mahogany from Peru is illegally logged says scientist

Mongabay.com 6 Oct 2005

Coca cultivation and eradication destroy rainforest

Rhett A. Butler 15 Sep 2005

Amazon deforestation lower than last year says Brazil

Rhett A. Butler 27 Aug 2005

Chevron faces Billion-Dollar Liability for damage in Ecuador

Mongabay.com 24 Aug 2005

Brazil to crackdown on illegal logging says Environment Minister

Rhett A. Butler 9 Aug 2005

Scientists to set fire to Amazon rainforest to study its resilience

Woods Hole Research Center 19 Jul 2005

Brazilian environment chief arrested on illegal forest-clearing charges

Bloomberg 3 Jun 2005

Prize recognizes largest contributor to Amazon rainforest destruction

Mongabay.com 27 May 2005

Green party quits government to protest Amazon deforestation

Rhett A. Butler 24 May 2005

Rainforest loss in the Amazon tops 200,000 square miles, new figures from Brazilian government

Mongabay.com 20 May 2005

Amazon rain forest continues to fall; 200,000 square miles gone since 1978

Rhett A. Butler 24 Apr 2005

Drought, fire called biggest threats to Amazon rainforest ecosystem

Rhett A. Butler 23 Apr 2005

Timber hungry China moves into Africa

Tina Butler 20 Apr 2005

Smoke from forest fires reduces rainfall and spells trouble for the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 14 Apr 2005

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