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Amazon rainforest failing to recover after droughts

The impact of a major drought in the Amazon rainforest in 2005 persisted far longer than previously believed.

Deforestation in the Amazon leads to a substantial loss in microbial biodiversity potentially reducing the ecological resilience of affected areas.

The trees and vegetation of the Peruvian Amazon are adapting to a warmer, drier future – but can they adapt fast enough?

At least 100,000 turtles were released into the Iténez river, under the protection program of this specie.

The Latinamerican Environmental Film Festival rewards the video Water Andes Amazon, by Márcio Isensee.

Superinteressante Magazine picked 10 of the best digital journalism projects 2010. ((o)) eco project is part of this select list.

Controversy of the road that will cut the park did not end. Indigenous leader says the road is allowed to “invalid, illegal and illegitimate”.

Brazil has launched a new platform that enables farmers and ranchers to come into compliance by purchasing forest ‘quotas’.

Of the 58 communities that were consulted, 55 accepted the road. Groups opposed do not recognize the results.