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Political Back-Room Deals Imperil the Brazilian Amazon RainforestsPhilip FearnsideSeptember 3, 2016Brazil, Brazilian Congress, Philip Fearnside, environmental licensing, dams, highways, Amazon, Dilma Rousseff, PEC 65, indigenous lands, protected areas, sleeping proposals Comments
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New study: Half of all Amazon tree species are imperiled Bill LauranceNovember 22, 2015Amazon, tree species, protected areas, indigenous lands, deforestation, logging, tree diversity, rare species, Carlos Peres, Hans ter Steege, William Laurance, habitat fragmentation, Brazil, Brazilian Amazon, Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Guianas, beef, soy, palm oilComment
How well do community-managed lands promote nature conservation? Bill LauranceSeptember 21, 2015community-managed lands, nature conservation, protected areas, hunting, poaching, Amazon, Indonesia, Brazil, Papua New Guinea, traditional landowners, migration, frontier migration, transmigration, indigenous peoples, indigenous lands, gaur, tiger, clouded leopard, golden catComment
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