The impact of a major drought in the Amazon rainforest in 2005 persisted far longer than previously believed.
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Brazil launches forest trading system
Brazil has launched a new platform that enables farmers and ranchers to come into compliance by purchasing forest ‘quotas’.
Brazil sues to block unlicensed REDD deal between Irish company and indigenous group
Brazil’s Attorney General Office has filed a lawsuit against an Irish company and an indigenous group for unlicensed sales of carbon credits.
Some Amazon trees are more than 8 million years old
Some Amazon rainforest tree species are more than eight million years old found a genetic study published in the December 2012 edition of Ecology and Evolution.
Mining boom in the Amazon
The world’s largest rainforest is in the midst of a mining boom fueled by high mineral prices, reveals a new assessment of the Amazon’s resources.
Amazon has nearly 100,000 km of roads
The Amazon Basin has 96.500 kilometers of roads, nearly two-thirds of which are unpaved, reports a new atlas of the region, which contains the world’s largest rainforest.
108 million ha of Amazon rainforest up for oil and gas exploration, development
Concessions for oil and gas exploration and extraction are proliferating across Amazon countries, reports a comprehensive new atlas of the region.
Dams are rapidly damning the Amazon
Dam-builders seeking to unlock the hydroelectric potential of the Amazon are putting the world’s mightiest river and rainforest at risk, suggests a new assessment that charts the rapid expansion of dams in the region.
Deforestation rate falls sharply across Amazon rainforest countries
The average annual rate of deforestation across Amazon rainforest countries dropped sharply in the second half of the 2000s.
Brazilian bank approves $10.8 billion loan for controversial Amazon rainforest dam
Brazil’s National Development Bank announced it has approved a $10.8 billion loan to the consortium that is building the Belo Monte dam.