BRAZIL

In Brazil the forestry sector accounts for 7.1 percent of exports, 2 million jobs, and 4 percent of the GDP.

70 percent of the Amazon is publicly owned. Plantations total less than 1 percent of Brazil's forest area but produce 60 percent of industrial round wood. Now policies motivate forest producers to develop sustainable practices and markets by offering technical assistance, information and technology, subsidies, and innovations such as the clean development mechanism. The next steps to promote this approach include allocating public lands for protection and production, national forest information systems, and the development of a third-party logging control system. Brazil has been estimated to have as much as 50 percent illegal logging.

DOCUMENTS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
26/03/2013	Dynamics of Indirect Land-Use Change: Empirical Evidence from Brazil The expansion of a given land use may affect deforestation directly if forests are cleared to free land ...	S. Andrade de S´a , C. Palmer and S. Di Falco
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29/01/2013	Does Credit Affect Deforestation? Evidence from a Rural Credit Policy in the Brazilian Amazon The deforestation rate in the Brazilian Amazon decreased sharply in the second half of the 2000s. A previous ...	Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)
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01/12/2012	Atlas of Pressures and Threats to Indigenous Lands in the Brazilian Amazon This report presents a complementary and integrated view of different forms of intervention in the Amazon ...	Amazonian Network of Georeferenced Socio-Environmental Information (RAISG)
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25/10/2012	Soy Moratorium: Mapping and Monitoring Soybean in the Amazon Biome – 5th Year The Soy Moratorium in the Amazon Biome was renewed for the fifth time in October 2011, continuing the ...	ABIOVE, the Brazilian Vegetable Oil Industries Association
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25/09/2012	Outsourcing Hot Air: The Push for Sub-National REDD Offsets in California’s Carbon Market from Mexico and Beyond The success of REDD+ depends on its ability to deliver real, additional and permanent reductions in deforestation ...	Greenpeace
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06/06/2012	JBS Scorecard In 2009, Greenpeace exposed how the cattle industry in the Amazon was involved in deforestation, invasion ...	Greenpeace
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11/05/2012	Driving Destruction in the Amazon: How Steel Production is Throwing the Forest into the Furnace Greenpeace says that wood charcoal is burning up more than what’s for dinner at backyard barbecues. ...	Greenpeace
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08/05/2012	Spatial Pattern of Standing Timber Value across the Brazilian Amazon The Amazon is a globally important system, providing a host of ecosystem services from climate regulation ...	PLoS ONE (Sadia E. Ahmed & Robert M. Ewers)
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01/04/2012	The Forestry Code and Science: Contributions for Dialogue The document has been put together by a working group of scientists and other stakeholders under the ...	The Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC) & the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (SBPC)
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01/04/2012	Where Next for Governance Reform? This article for ETFRN News explains the Chatham House Illegal Logging Indicators project and examines ...	Sam Lawson, Chatham House (for ETFRN Newsletter no.53)
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06/02/2012	Deforestation Slowdown in the Legal Amazon: Prices or Policies? Deforestation and biomass decay have accounted for approximately 17% of global greenhouse gas emissions ...	Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)
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10/01/2012	Decoupling of Deforestation and Soy Production in the Southern Amazon During the Late 2000s From 2006 to 2010, deforestation in the Amazon frontier state of Mato Grosso decreased to 30% of its ...	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), US (Marcia N. Macedo, Ruth S. DeFries, Douglas C. Morton, Claudia M. Stickler, Gillian L. Galford & Yosio E. Shimabukuro)
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01/11/2011	Regional Development and Greenhouse Gases Emission: the Case of the Amazon Region Amazonian deforestation is a major regional and global disaster, rapidly diminishing natural capital, ...	University of São Paolo (Denise Imori, Joaquim José Martins Guilhoto, Letícia Scretas David, Leopoldo Millan Gutierre & Caio Waisman)
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19/10/2011	Broken Promises - How the Cattle Industry in the Amazon is Still Connected to Deforestation, Slave Labour and Invasion of Indigenous Land Following a three-year investigation, Greenpeace published a report in 2009 that revealed the cattle ...	Greenpeace
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09/06/2011	Cattle, Soyanization, and Climate Change: Brazil’s Agricultural Revolution This report finds that whilst Brazil's investments in agribusiness have made it an agricultural ...	Brighter Green
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31/05/2011	Soya and the Cerrado: Brazil's Forgotten Jewel This report has highlights the impact that the growing global demand for soya is having on sensitive ...	WWF
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24/05/2011	Roads as Drivers of Change: Trajectories Across the Tri-National Frontier in MAP, the Southwestern Amazon Regional studies of land cover change are often limited by available data and in terms of comparability ...	Remote Sensing (J Southworth, M Marsik, Y Qiu, S Perz, G Cumming, F Stevens, K Rocha, A Duchelle, G Barnes)
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29/03/2011	Free, Prior, and Informed Consent - Surui Carbon Project This report documents, demonstrates and analyzes the process of obtaining free, prior and informed consent ...	Forest Trends, ACT Brasil, Metareila Association of the Surui People, Kaninde, IDESAM, FUNBIO
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01/03/2011	Dutch Trade and Biodiversity. Biodiversity and Socio-economic Impacts of Dutch Trade in Soya, Palm Oil and Timber This report documents the ecological and socio-economic impacts of the Netherlands in producer countries ...	LEI, Wageningen UR (Kamphuis et al.)
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31/01/2011	Including Carbon Emissions from Deforestation in the Carbon Footprint of Brazilian Beef Effects of land use changes are starting to be included in estimates of life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) ...	Environmental Science & Technology (Christel Cederberg, Martin Persson, Kristian Neovius, Sverker Molander & Roland Clift)
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11/10/2010	From Forest to Fork: The UK’s Contribution to Deforestation in Brazil This report looks at the UK's role in two of the main farming activities which drive Brazil's ...	Friends of the Earth UK
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15/07/2010	Illegal Logging and Related Trade: Indicators of the Global Response - Country Report Cards This document contains the individual report cards for each country covered in the study. ...	Chatham House (Sam Lawson & Larry MacFaul)
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15/07/2010	Chatham House Illegal Logging Indicators Country Report Card - Brazil ...	Chatham House (Sam Lawson & Larry MacFaul)
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17/03/2010	International Involvement in Preservation of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Context, Constraints and Scope Lack of international recognition of the fundamentals of Brazilian history has been a key factor leading ...	Brett Simpson
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17/03/2010	International Involvement in Preservation of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Context, Constraints and Scope Lack of international recognition of the fundamentals of Brazilian history has been a key factor leading ...	Brett Simpson, Resources and Environmental Lawyer
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01/03/2010	Indigenous Lands, Protected Areas, and Slowing Climate Change The authors of this study state that forest protection offers one of the most effective, practical, and ...	PLoS Biology
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06/01/2010	Local Battles to Save the Brazilian Amazon Pit Residents against Loggers and Government After over a decade of ignored complaints, failed negotiations with the government, and countless threats ...	Americas Program Report (Brenda Baletti, Gilson Rego & Antonio Sena)
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01/11/2009	Analysis of trade in illegally harvested timber: Accounting for trade via third party countries The paper presents a model to analyse trade in illegally harvested timber with a particular focus on ...	Forest Policy and Economics (Matthias Dieter)
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01/06/2009	Slaughtering the Amazon The authors claim that the cattle sector in the Brazilian Amazon is the largest driver of deforestation ...	Greenpeace
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01/05/2009	Tropical Forest Tenure Assessment: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities The goal of this report is to present and analyse the state of forest tenure in much of the world’s ...	Rights & Resources Initiative (RRI) & International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO)
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12/02/2009	Keeping the Amazon forests standing: a matter of values The authors of this report claim that paying for the ecological services provided by the Amazon rainforest ...	WWF Netherlands
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01/06/2008	The Roles and Movements of Actors in the Deforestation of Brazilian Amazonia Containing the advance of deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia requires understanding the roles and movements ...	Fearnside, Philip M. (for Ecology and Society)
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01/05/2008	Timber Trade Action Plan News - Issue 5 Welcome to the fifth edition of the TTAP newsletter! This edition tells the storyof the successful Timber ...	Timber Trade Action Plan (Switzerland)
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01/04/2008	Timber Trade Action Plan News - Issue 4 This edition highlights the discussions contributing to harmonising EU and North American purchasing ...	Timber Trade Action Plan (Switzerland)
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01/03/2008	Timber Trade Action Plan News - Issue 3 This issue relates events and developments worldwide that are inputting into the illegal logging debate, ...	Timber Trade Action Plan (Switzerland)
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01/01/2008	Forest governance in countries with federal systems of government: lessons and implications for decentralization Decentralization has been a popular theme in the forest sector. Much of this work and these discussions ...	CIFOR (Arnoldo Contreras-Hermosilla, Hans M Gregersen, and Andy White)
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01/01/2007	The Amazon Frontier Advance: From Boom to Bust The advance of the frontier in the Amazon has been marked by the degradation of natural resources, violence, ...	Imazon (Amazon Institute of People and the Environment)
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01/12/2006	Arborvitae Issue 32: The IUCN/WWF forest conservation newsletter The focus of this issue of arbor vitae is illegal logging and forest governance. It contains informative ...	IUCN and WWF
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01/11/2006	Satellite Images for Evaluating Forest Management Plans Studies at Imazon have demonstrated that it is possible to detect log harvesting and assess the quality ...	Imazon (Amazon Institute of People and the Environment)
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01/10/2006	Forestry Research Programme: Research supporting improved forest governance Outlines DFID Forestry Research Programme research projects supporting good governance, a number of which ...	Forestry Research Programme
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01/06/2006	Deforestation in Land Reform Settlements in the Amazon In the Amazon, 1,354 rural settlements had been created up to 2002, occupying more than 231,000 square ...	Imazon (Amazon Institute of People and the Environment)
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25/05/2006	Status of Tropical Forest Management 2005 Is forest management improving in the tropics? This report sets out to answer that question. It provides ...	ITTO
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01/01/2006	Human Pressure on the Brazilian Amazon Forests Half the Brazilian Amazon rainforest is under pressure from an array of human activities, according to ...	Imazon (Amazon Institute of People and the Environment) and the World Resources Institute
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22/11/2005	Failing the Forests: Europe's Illegal Timber Trade Based on trade data for six key timber-producing regions – the Amazon Basin, the Baltic States, ...	WWF
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20/10/2005	Rainforest Destruction at the Queen Sofia Museum Greenpeace briefing note on the October 2005 case of alleged illegal timber from the Brazillian Amazon ...	Greenpeace
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01/07/2005	Brazil's New Environmental Crimes Law: An Analysis of its Effectiveness in Protecting the Amazonian Forests In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the new Brazilian environmental crimes law, the report analyses ...	Imazon
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01/05/2005	The Expansion of Logging in the Brazilian Amazon In this issue of State of the Amazon, the authors present a comparative analysis of timber sector production ...	Imazon (Amazon Institute of People and the Environment)
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01/12/2004	Tree Species Developments at CITES CoP13, Bangkok, October 2004 EIA briefing on ammendments regarding tree species made at the CITES 13th Conference of the Parties held ...	EIA
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01/11/2003	State Of Conflict 'An investigation into the landgrabbers, loggers and lawless frontiers in Para State, Amazon� ...	Greenpeace
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01/05/2003	Feasibility of and Best Options for Systems for the Identification, Verification, Licensing/Certification and Tracking of Legality of Timber and Related Products for Imports into the EU This study, carried out as part of the EC FLEGT process, examines relevant experience related to log ...	Environmental Resources Management Ltd
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01/04/2002	Chains of Destruction leading from the world's remaining ancient forests to the Japanese market This report reveals the many 'chains of destruction' in which Japan is involved, leading from ...	Greenpeace
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01/03/2002	Greenpeace Report: DLH: a partner in global forest crime Greenpeace looks at the legality of the activities of a number of timber companies supplying the Dutch ...	Greenpeace
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01/10/2001	Partners in Mahogany Crime A report detailing corruption in the forestry sector in Brazil. ...	Greenpeace
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01/10/2001	The Santarém Five and Illegal Logging: A Case Study This briefing investigates logging companies who are exporting the vast majority of wood from the port ...	Greenpeace
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01/08/2001	FERN Illegal timber trade statistics Estimates of illegal timber imported by EU member states from Brazil, Cameroon, Indonesia and Malays ...	FERN
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NEWS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
06/06/2013	Legal uncertainty cuts progress against Amazon deforestation A year after adopting changes to its long-standing forestry policy, Brazil is struggling to implement ...	Reuters
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04/06/2013	Amazonian People First to Earn Carbon Credits after Proving They Saved Endangered Rainforest Four years ago, the indigenous Paiter Suruí of the Brazilian Amazon voted to shift the basis of ...	Wall Street Journal
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22/05/2013	M2M case study: Trailing Brazil’s illegal loggers Cargo Tracck’s main business is providing technology to track and trace expensive goods, such as ...	Financial Times
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30/04/2013	Amazon anti-logging force fails to save forest A military unit created to protect the Brazilian Amazon from illegal logging appears instead to be providing ...	Deutsche Welle
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20/04/2013	Amazon’s Awa tribe faces threat of extinction as illegal logging takes hold Although Brazil’s government has pared down deforestation of its Amazon rain forest land, large ...	Science Recorder
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17/04/2013	Illegal loggers continue to threaten Amazonian tribe Campaigners say the Brazilian government is failing to protect one of the world's most endangered ...	BBC
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15/04/2013	Brazil may fine beef producers buying Amazon cattle Brazilian prosecutors are seeking to fine 26 beef producers a total of $282 million for buying cattle ...	Reuters (US)
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05/04/2013	Foreign demand for beef, soybeans adds pressure on Amazon forest Rising foreign demand for beef and soybeans will tempt Brazil to clear more of the Amazon rainforest, ...	Planet Ark
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05/04/2013	Two convicted of Amazon activists' murders The court stirred up anger by acquitting the farm-owner who was accused of paying for the killings ...	The Guardian
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05/04/2013	30% of Brazil's emissions from deforestation are export-driven 2.7 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions or 30 percent of the carbon associated with deforestation ...	Mongabay.com
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02/04/2013	Africa: How to Balance Forests and Food? A few weeks ago the Skoll World Forum hosted an online ...	AlertNet
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27/03/2013	Resolving land conflicts is key to stopping deforestation Many habitats around the globe are under pressure and conservation budgets are tight, so it is important ...	Environmental Research Web
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25/03/2013	An Indigenous Solution: Deforestation in the Amazon (Part 2) When I met Krentoma back in the 1980s, his people, the Panará, were just starting to recover from ...	EDF
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20/03/2013	Tragedy and Transformation: Deforestation in the Amazon (Part 1) About 15 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions come from tropical deforestation – more than ...	EDF
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08/03/2013	Protected Areas Successfully Prevent Deforestation in Amazon Rainforest Ann Arbor — Strictly protected areas such as national parks and biological reserves have been more ...	Newwise
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07/03/2013	Gucci launches 'zero-deforestation' handbag Gucci has rolled out a collection of 'zero-deforestation' handbags. Each handbag comes with ...	Mongabay.com
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19/02/2013	International raid targets illegal timber trade Interpol has announced that it arrested nearly 200 people in a wide-ranging international operation against ...	BBC
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29/01/2013	NASA data registers strong deforestation signals in Sumatra, Borneo, Brazil, Gabon NASA satellites picked up signals of extensive potential deforestation in Sumatra, Borneo, Central Africa, ...	Mongabay.com
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28/01/2013	California’s carbon market: a potential game-changer in slowing the Amazon’s deforestation California moved into the fast lane on the low-carbon development highway when it launched its carbon ...	Environmental Defense Fund blog, US
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27/01/2013	Brazil plans Amazon tree census to assess deforestation Most detailed study for forty years will also analyse climate change impact and allow ministers to examine ...	The Guardian, UK
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25/01/2013	Exclusive: Deforestation appears to rise again in Brazil's Amazon After years of gains against destruction of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil appears to be suffering from ...	Planet Ark (Reuters)
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18/01/2013	Amazon deforestation rate pacing ahead of last year Data released by Imazon, a Brazil-based NGO, shows that deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continues ...	Mongabay.com
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16/01/2013	How to catch illegal logging in the Amazon? Make the trunk call Mobile phones fitted to trees in an attempt to tackle illegal logging and deforestation. Trees in ...	The Independent, UK
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31/12/2012	The year in rainforests 2012 was another year of mixed news for the world's tropical forests. This is a look at some of ...	Mongabay.com
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20/12/2012	Brazil's JBS says withdraws lawsuit against Greenpeace JBS SA, the world's largest meat company, said on Wednesday it has withdrawn a lawsuit against environmental ...	Planet Ark (Reuters)
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06/12/2012	Norway pays Brazil for deforestation cut amid verification row Norway will contribute $180 million to Brazil’s Amazon Fund after the South American country reduced ...	Bloomberg
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06/12/2012	Deforestation rate falls across Amazon rainforest countries The average annual rate of deforestation across Amazon rainforest countries dropped sharply in the second ...	Mongabay.com
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03/12/2012	RPT-Energy use to replace deforestation as Brazil's main GHG source Energy is on track to overtake deforestation for the first time as the biggest source of greenhouse gas ...	Reuters
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29/11/2012	How illegal logging in Brazil's Amazon turns 'legal' Deforestation in Brazil's huge Amazon region has slowed in recent years, and this week the government ...	BBC News
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28/11/2012	Brazil says Amazon deforestation at record low Brasilia - Deforestation of Brazil's Amazon has slowed for a fourth consecutive year to its lowest ...	AFP
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16/11/2012	Amazon deforestation tracking higher in Brazil Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continues to rise off historic lows according to satellite data ...	Mongabay.com
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14/11/2012	Brazil's Amazon rangers battle farmers' burning business logic Evandro Carlos Selva is one of 1,400 hi-tech environmental cops who use eyes in space and feet on the ...	The Guardian, UK
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12/11/2012	Indigenous rangers track, document illegal logging on protected territory Cacoal, Rondonia, Brazil - Indigenous forest rangers working in support of the world's first indigenous-led ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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28/10/2012	Deforestation Amazon biome at standstill ABIOVE, the Brazilian Vegetable Oil Industries Association, published the results of the fifth annual ...	AllAboutFeed, The Netherlands
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18/10/2012	Brazil's Rousseff enacts forest law in blow to farm lobby Brasilia - Brazil enacted a controversial law on Thursday meant to protect forests and force farmers ...	Reuters
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17/10/2012	Indigenous peoples bring concerns to impacts of AB 32 San Francisco – Leaders of indigenous forest peoples warned today that California’s proposed ...	indybay.org, California, US
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10/10/2012	Brazil sets up special security force to protect Amazon Brazil said Wednesday it was setting up a special environmental security force to combat soaring illegal ...	Physorg.com
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05/10/2012	Billions of dollars lost each year to illegal logging The joint [UNEP/Interpol] report, called Green ...	Voice of America
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03/10/2012	Agricultural expansion: an “either or more” factor in deforestation ...	Responding to Climate Change (RTCC)
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25/09/2012	Earth’s most threatened tribe demands help ‘urgently’ amid hunting peril The Awá of Brazil, known as Earth’s most threatened tribe, have written to the country’s ...	Survival International
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22/09/2012	Amazon deforestation jumps in August Satellite imagery released by the Brazil's National Space Research Institute (INPE) reveals a sharp ...	Mongabay.com
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19/09/2012	Brazil Congress moves to weaken Rousseff’s deforestation plan Brazil’s Congress is poised to weaken President Dilma Rousseff’s plan to limit deforestation ...	Bloomberg
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11/09/2012	Countdown: Brazil has three months to evict invaders Brazil has just three months to evict illegal loggers from land belonging to Earth’s most threatened ...	Survival International
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10/09/2012	What are the ecological costs of China’s future food imports? China’s growing agribusinesses and demand for soybeans and meat is bringing intensive farming and ...	China Dialogue
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06/09/2012	Guess who's chopping down the Amazon now? Though Brazil's Amazon has been the focus of environmental groups for decades, the deforestation ...	NPR (National Public Radio), Washington, US
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04/09/2012	Illegal loggers ‘closing in’ on Earth’s most threatened tribe, investigation shows A recent investigation by Brazil’s Indian affairs department FUNAI has uncovered shocking evidence ...	First Perspective, Canada
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03/09/2012	Landsat captures impact of deforestation in Brazil This makes for a depressing game of spot the difference. These two images of Rondônia, a state ...	New Scientist blog
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02/09/2012	DNA sleuth to help Brazil catch loggers It sounds like a job for the detectives of CSI: Amazon. Swathes of Brazil’s fragile rainforest ...	Scotland on Sunday, UK
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31/08/2012	Amazon forest threat is greater outside Brazil In Ascencion, Bolivia — On a scorching afternoon in the Amazon, all Agustin Villa and his partner ...	The Washington Post, US
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24/08/2012	Oslo urges Brazil, Indonesia to keep forest protection Oslo - Norway's environment minister on Friday urged Brazil and Indonesia to avoid backtracking ...	Orlando Sentinel, US
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21/08/2012	Independent assessment confirms drop in Amazon deforestation for 2011-2012 Independent analysis has confirmed a drop in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon for the year ended ...	Mongabay.com
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14/08/2012	Wildlife vanishing fast in Brazil's forest fragments Oslo - Animals living in patches of rainforest cut off from bigger expanses of jungle by farms, roads ...	Chicago Tribune, US
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10/08/2012	REDD+ within reach in rural Brazil Lima, Peru - Agricultural reform settlements in the Brazilian Amazon have often been associated with ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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06/08/2012	Soybeans and forests in Brazil’s Arc of Deforestation: A temporary truce? Bogor, Indonesia - With global demand for commodities like palm oil, soy and beef rapidly increasing, ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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02/08/2012	Brazil's deforestation rate still on decline in 2012? Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by more than a fifth for the 12-month period ending July 31, ...	Mongabay.com
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02/08/2012	Pig iron producers sign zero deforestation pledge after Greenpeace campaign Pig iron producers in the Brazilian state of Maranhão today pledged to stop using charcoal produced ...	Mongabay.com
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30/07/2012	European Space Agency releases time series showing Amazon deforestation The European Space Agency (ESA) last week released an animation showing deforestation in the Brazilian ...	Mongabay.com
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12/07/2012	Amazon's doomed species set to pay deforestation's 'extinction debt' Ending forest clearance would not save some species from the effects of decades of destruction, scientists ...	The Guardian, UK
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11/07/2012	Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, Peru get big boost in deforestation tracking, biomass measurement Efforts to rapidly and accurately track deforestation and forest degradation in Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, ...	Mongabay.com
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03/07/2012	Alarmed UK MPs urge Brazil to save Earth’s most threatened tribe Dozens of British politicians are calling on Brazil to save Earth’s most threatened tribe by halting ...	Survival International
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25/06/2012	Small farmers cause substantial damage in the Amazon rainforest Small farmers are less likely than large landowners to maintain required forest cover on their property ...	Mongabay.com
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21/06/2012	Cash cows, disputes over how to define sustainable development around UN summit Rio Claro, Brazil — The cash cows on Carlos Marques’ farm used to be nothing but that: herds ...	The Washington Post, US
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19/06/2012	Google Earth helping Amazon tribe to preserve their forest and their culture At the UN Rio+20 conference this week, Google revealed their first cultural map for Google Earth. The ...	YourOliveBranch.org
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19/06/2012	Rio+20 seen as last chance for rainforest When Greenpeace accused Brazil’s JBS, the world’s largest beef exporter, of sourcing cattle ...	Financial Times, UK
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19/06/2012	Amazon deforestation at record low Record low levels of deforestation in Brazil have been credited to the creation of sustainable forestry ...	TTJ, The Timber Industry Magazine, UK
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18/06/2012	US, others commit to restoring damaged forests Rio de Janeiro - The United States, Rwanda and a coalition of Brazilian groups on Monday vowed to restore ...	AFP
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17/06/2012	Google launches map to help tribe curb illegal logging in Brazil's Amazon Rio de Janeiro - Google on Saturday unveiled a cultural map of Brazil's Surui indigenous people, ...	GMA News Online, Phillipines
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15/06/2012	Amazon Rainforest REDD project receives world’s first Verified Carbon Standard registration The first ever REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) project in the Amazon Rainforest ...	Carbon Positive
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12/06/2012	Saving the rainforest — and making money off of it One of the greatest weapons against climate change sits on vast tracts of undeveloped Brazilian land. ...	The Washington Post, US
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12/06/2012	Amid Brazil Forest Code controversy, will Presidential vetoes benefit forests? Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Two weeks ago Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff vetoed critical elements of ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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11/06/2012	Amazon a clear-cut price issue for coffee lovers If a tree falls in a forest, will my cup of coffee become more expensive? Coffee crops in the world's ...	The Australian
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11/06/2012	Brazil President Rousseff 'proud' of forest protection Brazil enjoys the "privilege" of having the world's biggest rainforest and can be proud ...	BBC News
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08/06/2012	Earth’s most threatened tribe demands action as logging season starts Earth’s ‘most threatened tribe’ has made a desperate appeal for the Brazilian government ...	Survival International
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08/06/2012	Brazilian beef giant on defensive on its Amazon sourcing practices JBS, the world's largest meat and leather company, is on the defensive after Greenpeace accused ...	Mongabay.com
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08/06/2012	Report: 100 Amazon bird species are at greater risk of extinction due to deforestation Deforestation in the Amazon has put nearly 100 bird species at greater risk of extinction, the International ...	Scientific American blog
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07/06/2012	100 species of Amazon birds risk extinction due to deforestation, conservationist group says Rio de Janeiro - The list of Amazon bird species facing danger of extinction has risen sharply because ...	The Washington Post, US
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07/06/2012	JBS Brazil to sue Greenpeace Sao Paulo, Brazil — Brazil's JBS said on Wednesday it will sue Greenpeace for claiming the ...	Global Post
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07/06/2012	UK retailer backlash against Brazilian meat giant JBS UK retailers have severed their ties with meat giant JBS following ...	meatinfo.co.uk, The Online Meat Trades Journal, UK
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07/06/2012	World Bank, GEF awarded U.S. Department of Treasury honor for helping protect Amazon World’s largest rainforest conservation initiative credited with helping Brazil achieve a four-year ...	The World Bank
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07/06/2012	World Bank, GEF awarded U.S. Department of Treasury honor for helping protect Amazon World’s largest rainforest conservation initiative credited with helping Brazil achieve a four-year ...	The World Bank
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06/06/2012	Tesco sold beef farmed in Amazon Tesco has been accused of fuelling the destruction of the Amazon rainforest by selling beef from cattle ...	The Independent, UK
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06/06/2012	Brazil finalizes 2011 deforestation data Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) on Tuesday finalized its 2011 estimate for ...	Mongabay.com
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06/06/2012	Adidas, IKEA sever ties with world’s largest beef producer over Amazon deforestation Adidas, IKEA, Clarks, and Sainsbury’s are among the big-name brands that have suspended ties with ...	Ecouterre
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05/06/2012	Amazon loggers caught in the act For those struggling to survive, chopping a few trees out of a forest that seems to stretch forever can ...	Earth Island Journal
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05/06/2012	Brazil declares new nature reserves, forest fears persist Brasilia, Brazil - During a ceremony to celebrate World Environment Day, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff ...	Environmental News Service
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04/06/2012	Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam: a conflict in the Amazon As the United Nations’ Rio+20 conference on sustainable development takes place in Rio de Janeiro ...	Yale Environment 360
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01/06/2012	Brazil’s Forest Code: more about Dilma’s ‘partial veto’ – and why it’s bad news for forests Following months of debate in Brazil, President Dilma Rousseff last Friday announced only a ‘partial ...	WWF
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31/05/2012	Sky's battle to save the Amazon The company began collaborating with WWF and local governments in 2009 to prevent 1bn trees from being ...	The Guardian, UK
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30/05/2012	Studies show land rights reform key to saving forests, fighting climate change Shanghai - Ensuring that forest dwellers have rights over their land is vital for slowing the deforestation ...	The Washington Post, US
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30/05/2012	Brazilian Forest Code may return after Rio Brazil’s amended forest code was partially vetoed last week in Brasilia, but that doesn’t ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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30/05/2012	Brazil activist flees after threats from illegal loggers The story of a Brazilian campaigner forced to flee her Amazon home by death threats from illegal loggers ...	InSight Crime, US / Colombia
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28/05/2012	Environmentalists cautious on Brazil Forest Code veto Environmental groups have given a cautious welcome to the decision by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff ...	Environmental Finance
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27/05/2012	Greenpeace blocks Brazil port over Amazon law Sao Paulo - Greenpeace temporarily blocked a freighter from being loaded at a northern Brazilian port ...	AFP
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26/05/2012	Brazil's leader vetoes portions of new forest law Sao Paulo - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff used a line-item veto Friday to send back parts of a congressional ...	The Associated Press
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24/05/2012	Where will the loggers strike next? Map could model deforestation vulnerability across the Amazon rainforest Researchers from Imperial College London say their map ...	The Guardian, UK
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23/05/2012	Dilma Rousseff must veto Brazil's devastating new forest code The president must honour her pledge to protect the Amazon rainforest and block the pending land-use ...	The Guardian, UK
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22/05/2012	Indigenous Awa facing genocide in Amazon A Brazilian official says the national government is trying hard to save the lives and land of the indigenous ...	Press TV, Iran
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20/05/2012	Value of timber stocks could predict future logging roads, deforestation in the Amazon A new model aims to forecast future logging road development by estimating the value of timber stocks ...	Mongabay.com
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20/05/2012	Pioneering Amazon tribe asks Brazilian police to help enforce logging moratorium Leaders of the Paiter Surui have asked Brazilian authorities for police support in enforcing a logging ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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18/05/2012	Brazilian deforestation lower in 2012 to date Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is lower in 2012 relative to the same period last year according ...	Mongabay.com
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17/05/2012	Ford, GM and BMW linked to illegal logging and slave labour in Brazil Car makers source iron from Brazil that contributes to Amazon deforestation, says Greenpeace ahead of ...	The Guardian, UK
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17/05/2012	Brazil's new forest code faces international opposition Environmentalists around the world have their eyes on Brazil. A controversial new version of the Forest ...	PRI (Public Radio International)
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16/05/2012	Agriculture: Better land management pays dividends At an FT conference on sustainable agriculture in Brazil held in London at the end of March, you could ...	Financial Times, UK
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16/05/2012	Brazil’s leader faces defining decision on bill relaxing protection of forests Rio de Janeiro — President Dilma Rousseff is facing one of the defining moments of her presidency ...	The New York Times
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15/05/2012	One Man’s Vision: How ranching in the Amazon can become a forest-friendly model to the world Editor’s Note: Rane Cortez works for The Nature Conservancy and is based in Belem, Brazil. She ...	National Geographic
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14/05/2012	Representatives of the Amazon countries participate in the Monitoring Project Steering Committee The first meeting of Steering Committee of Project “Monitoring Deforestation, Land Use and Land ...	ACTO (Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation)
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11/05/2012	Petition calls on Brazilian president to veto 'catastrophic' forest code More than 1.5 million people have petitioned Dilma Rousseff to reject a bill that may lead to further ...	The Guardian, UK
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09/05/2012	Countdown starts for presidential veto on Brazil Forest Code Brasilia, Brazil - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has until May 25 to decide whether to veto a draft ...	WWF
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08/05/2012	In securing Amazon, Brazil must balance development and sustainability In one of several military operations that have been launched over the past year to tackle illegal gold ...	World Politics Review
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03/05/2012	Brazil launches Amazon anti-crime operation The Brazilian armed forces have begun an operation in a vast area of the Amazon to tackle drug trafficking, ...	BBC News
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02/05/2012	Could Brazil's environmental law reform strengthen animal trafficking networks? Activists say that a controversial law recently passed by Brazil's Congress could lead to increased ...	InSight Crime, US / Colombia
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26/04/2012	Loggers threaten Brazil Amazon residents: Amnesty Rio de Janeiro — Communities in remote corners of Brazil's Amazon jungle are facing repeated ...	AFP
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26/04/2012	Brazilian forestry legislation advances Sao Paulo - Brazil's powerful farm lobby won a long-sought victory after the Congress late Wednesday ...	The Wall Street Journal
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26/04/2012	Brazil's President Rousseff should veto disastrous Forest Code EDF joined the chorus of Brazilian and global environmental groups in calling for Brazil's President ...	Environmental Defense Fund, US
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25/04/2012	World's 'most threatened' tribe finds itself in dire straits A new international campaign hopes to save a group of people who have been dubbed "the most threatened ...	MSNBC
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25/04/2012	Brazil congress delays vote on divisive forest law Sao Paulo — Deputies in Brazil's lower house of Congress decided late Tuesday to delay a vote ...	CBS News
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23/04/2012	All in a day’s work: ending illegal deforestation in the Amazon Editor’s Note: Rane Cortez works for The Nature Conservancy and is based in Belem, Brazil. She ...	National Geographic
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22/04/2012	'They're killing us': world's most endangered tribe cries for help Logging companies keen to exploit Brazil's rainforest have been accused by human rights organisations ...	The Guardian, UK
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13/04/2012	Forest law poses threats Bill poised for approval by lawmakers amid debate. A proposed law to administrate Brazil’s vast ...	LatinAmerican Press
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12/04/2012	Amazon tribe becomes first to get OK to sell REDD credits for rainforest conservation An Amazon tribe has become the first indigenous group in the world's largest rainforest to win certification ...	Mongabay.com
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11/04/2012	DMCii’s detailed satellite imagery helps Brazil stamp out deforestation as it happens Remote sensing solutions provider DMC International Imaging Ltd (DMCii) has signed a contract with Brazil’s ...	Directions Magazine, US
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11/04/2012	Chocolate: A sweet solution to tropical deforestation? Editor’s Note: Rane Cortez works for The Nature Conservancy and is based in Belem, Brazil. She ...	National Geographic
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10/04/2012	Brazil is a model for the rights of forest communities Rio de Janeiro - Brazil is one of the most advanced countries in the world when it comes to legally guaranteeing ...	IPSNews
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05/04/2012	Brazil can eliminate deforestation by 2020, says governor of giant Amazon state Long seen as a pariah for its high rate of deforestation, the world is starting to look to the Brazilian ...	Mongabay.com
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03/04/2012	Brazil forges forward on path to sustainable forest development Brazil is forging forward towards its sustainable forest development goal, with many ministers and scientists ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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02/04/2012	In Brazil, environment protection has become a guerrilla war The history of violent land conflicts in Brazil is a long one specially in the state of Pará, ...	BrazzilMag
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30/03/2012	Researchers launch tool that predicts Amazon deforestation a year before it happens Researchers have developed a methodology for accurately predicting where deforestation will occur in ...	Mongabay.com
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30/03/2012	Beyond cattle: family farms provide a good life for people and nature in the Amazon Editor’s Note: Rane Cortez works for The Nature Conservancy and is based in Belem, Brazil. She ...	National Geographic
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27/03/2012	Amazon families finding sustainable alternatives to deforestation Editor’s Note: Rane Cortez works for The Nature Conservancy and is based in Belem, Brazil. She ...	National Geographic
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26/03/2012	Government policies responsible for half of the reduction in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Rio de Janeiro - Approximately half of the deforestation that was avoided in the Brazilian Amazon during ...	MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal
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22/03/2012	Group says illegal logging threatens Brazilian tribe London - Illegal logging in Brazilian Amazonia could result in the destruction of the world’s most-endangered ...	Latin American Herald Tribune
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22/03/2012	Greenpeace calls for zero deforestation globally by 2020 Greenpeace reiterated its call for an end to deforestation in Brazil by 2015 and globally by 2020 during ...	Mongabay.com
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22/03/2012	Google launches Amazon Street View Google's free online map service on Wednesday began letting people explore portions of the Amazon ...	Ottawa Citizen, Canada
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22/03/2012	Paving the Amazon: Study helps predict potential deforestation rates along major highways Bogor, Indonesia - CIFOR scientists are helping to estimate the extent of deforestation that accompanies ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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15/03/2012	Reforming Brazil’s forest law: defeat or discernment? Lima, Peru - Just three months before world leaders gather in Rio de Janeiro to celebrate the 20th anniversary ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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13/03/2012	Brazil slowing forest destruction cuts greenhouse gas burden As world political and business leaders ready for the Rio+20 U.N. sustainability conference in June, ...	Bloomberg Businessweek
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08/03/2012	Brazil's Rousseff urged to veto new forestry code Brasilia - Environmentalists and small farmers marched outside the National Congress Wednesday to urge ...	AFP
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06/03/2012	Brazil delays vote on bill regulating deforestation Sao Paulo - Brazil's Congress postponed a vote on Tuesday on a controversial forest code, which ...	CNN
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05/03/2012	Controversial vote to ease limits on Amazon rainforest deforestation Brazil stands at a crossroads in its efforts to preserve the Amazon rainforest, as the government considers ...	WTVR, Virginia, US
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28/02/2012	The Brazilian rainforest: caught between biodiversity and business Brazil is exporting more and more agricultural produce: soya beans and beef in particular, but also corn, ...	Science Daily
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22/02/2012	Brazil's farming pioneers fight to maintain way of life In recent years, Brazil has been at the frontline of a battle to curb deforestation, but in the 1980s ...	BBC News
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16/02/2012	ACTO countries explore possible cooperation to combat illegal timber harvesting The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) held a workshop on the control of illegal harvesting ...	IISD Biodiversity Update
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12/02/2012	Amazon defenders face death or exile Brazilian activists who inform on illegal loggers laying waste to the rainforests can expect a visit ...	The Guardian, UK
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03/02/2012	Deforestation threatens Brazil's wetland sanctuary The Pantanal, a stunning biodiversity sanctuary in central-western Brazil, is threatened by intensive ...	Physorg.com
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24/01/2012	In Brazil, fears of a slide back for Amazon protection Sao Paulo, Brazil — Brazil has made great strides in recent years in slowing Amazon deforestation ...	The New York Times
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13/01/2012	FRA welcomes news on successful Brazilian deforestation policies Seattle, WA - Forestry Research Associates (FRA), a research and analysis consultancy, has welcomed news ...	SBWire, The Small Business Newswire, US
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12/01/2012	Brazil says no evidence loggers burned indigenous girl Brasilia - Authorities say they've found no evidence to substantiate charges that an indigenous ...	The Vancouver Sun, Canada
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10/01/2012	Colonization program remains important driver of deforestation in Brazil Government-subsidized colonization of the Amazon rainforest remains an important driver of forest loss ...	Mongabay.com
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09/01/2012	Peruvian gangs traffic timber from Brazil Peruvian groups carry out illegal logging in Brazil before transporting the wood along tributaries of ...	InSight Crime, US / Colombia
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09/01/2012	As Amazon deforestation falls, food production rises A sharp drop in deforestation has been accompanied by an increase in food production in the Brazilian ...	Mongabay.com
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08/01/2012	Brazilian loggers 'tied eight-year-old Amazonian tribe girl to a tree and burned her alive' Loggers in Brazil who had illegally entered an Amazon Indian reserve captured an eight-year-old indigenous ...	Daily Mail, UK
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02/01/2012	Saving the Amazon: Winning the war on deforestation For years, the story told about the Amazon has been one of destruction - the world's largest rainforest, ...	BBC News
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19/12/2011	Is the Russian Forest Code a warning for Brazil? Brazil, which last week moved to reform its Forest Code, may find lessons in Russia's revision of ...	Mongabay.com
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18/12/2011	Brazil’s forest policy could undermine its climate goals In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — Brazil, caretaker of the world’s largest rain forest, is about ...	The Washington Post
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15/12/2011	Little headway in Durban on deforestation: experts Brasilia - The UN's Durban conference on climate change failed to make enough headway in efforts ...	AFP
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13/12/2011	Western Amazon becomes Ground Zero for logging The rainforest charity Cool Earth is aiming to triple the amount of rainforest they are protecting in ...	Cool Earth
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08/12/2011	Brazil cracks down on illegal logging in Amazon Trairao, Brazil — Brazilian authorities on Thursday wrapped up a major operation against illegal ...	AFP
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07/12/2011	Climate targets 'risk' from Brazil's forest changes Brazil's new Forest Code means it will struggle to meet its targets on curbing greenhouse emissions, ...	BBC News
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07/12/2011	Brazil's Amazon deforestation in 2011 lowest on record Brasilia, Brazil - Deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 11.7 percent from August 2010 ...	Environment News Service
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05/12/2011	Brazil says Amazon deforestation down to lowest level Brasilia - Brazil said Monday that the pace of deforestation in its Amazon region fell to its lowest ...	AFP
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04/12/2011	Britain spends £10m to stop deforestation in Brazil Britain is spending £10 million to stop deforestation in Brazil as part of a multi-billion fund ...	The Telegraph, UK
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02/12/2011	Deforestation and forest degradation slows in Brazil's Amazon since August Deforestation and forest degradation are down moderately from August through October 2011 relative to ...	Mongabay.com
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29/11/2011	New Forest Code will condemn the Amazon rainforest Last week senators in Brazil approved a text that condemns the Brazilian forests, a deal between government ...	Greenpeace blog, Brazil
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28/11/2011	Connecting the Amazon Rainforest Ten years ago, Virgilio Viana was a lonely voice in the Amazon. His approach to preserving the health ...	Cisco - the Network
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28/11/2011	Izabella Teixeira and Marina Silva: ‘No trade-off’ to balance growth and conservation ...	Financial Times, UK
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27/11/2011	8 Amazon countries pledge more coordination in rainforest conservation Eight Amazon countries pledged greater cooperation in efforts to protect the world's largest rainforest ...	Mongabay.com
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26/11/2011	Forests and REDD+ in COP17 Durban With all its complex processes and acronyms, it’s easy to forget that the international climate ...	WRI
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25/11/2011	Nigeria, Indonesia top deforestation list, China lowest Singapore - Nigeria, Indonesia and North Korea have the world's highest rates of deforestation while ...	The Sun Daily, Malaysia
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25/11/2011	Brazil's sustainability credentials threatened by changes in forest legislation A revised version of Brazil's Forest Code, a piece of legislation that regulates the use of forest ...	Just Means
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24/11/2011	RPT-Vale halts dealings with company over deforestation Sao Paulo - Brazil's Vale, the world's largest iron ore miner, said on Thursday it had suspended ...	Reuters
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22/11/2011	New weapon launching in fight against deforestation Brazil is putting itself at the forefront of efforts to better track deforestation and the threat posed ...	3news.co.nz, New Zealand
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22/11/2011	Amazon countries vow to enhance conservation efforts Manaus, Brazil — Eight South American countries pledged Tuesday to boost cooperation to protect ...	AFP
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21/11/2011	VICE presents TOXIC: Amazon, an investigation of the murders of Brazilian husband and wife and rainforest activists, Zé Cláudio and Maria New York - VICE today announces the premiere of TOXIC: Amazon, an original documentary surrounding ...	VICE
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04/11/2011	Brazil faces $100 billion hit if forest bill fails, Senator says Brazil would lose about $100 billion in agricultural output if the senate rejects legislation that forgives ...	Bloomberg BusinessWeek
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01/11/2011	Brazilian Minister notes appreciable deforestation reduction Brasilia - The Brazilian Minister of Environment, Izabella Teixeira, highlighted an appreciable reduction ...	Prensa Latina News Agency
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28/10/2011	RFID tags in trees prevent illegal deforestation Electronic tags are being used to combat deforestation in Mato Grosso, Brazil. A pilot project, developed ...	PSFK
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26/10/2011	Eighth Brazilian farmer since May killed in Amazon Rio de Janeiro - An agricultural leader protesting illegal deforestation was shot to death in northern ...	AFP
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26/10/2011	Brazilian eyes in the sky focus on the disappearing rainforest Armed with new drones, Brazilian authorities are sending them out over the wilderness to hunt for poachers ...	Scientific American
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19/10/2011	World's largest beef company breaks commitment on avoiding Amazon deforestation In a campaign launched in Italy on Wednesday, Greenpeace accused Brazilian beef giant JBS-Friboi of breaking ...	Mongabay.com
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13/10/2011	Brazilian soy farmers doubled Amazon deforestation on price gain Brazilian soy farmers almost doubled the amount of Amazon land they deforested in the previous season ...	Bloomberg BusinessWeek
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09/10/2011	Brazil: Amazon deforestation higher than initially stated Brazil revised upward its estimate of how much Amazon rainforest was destroyed last year, reports the ...	Mongabay.com
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08/10/2011	Federal protection doesn't stop loggers in Brazil Researchers monitoring the destruction of Brazil's Amazon forest say the creation of conservation ...	ABC News
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26/09/2011	Brazil farming revolution may slow Amazon demise Cassio Carvalho do Val is about to invest nearly $2 million to add 10,000 cattle to his ranch on the ...	Reuters, featured on Planet Ark
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23/09/2011	World Bank carbon schemes charged with displacing communities in South, allowing pollution in North As the World Bank, the largest source of multilateral financing for forestry projects, prepares for its ...	eGov Monitor
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22/09/2011	Amazon deforestation up moderately in August, but forest degradation falls Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continues to be slightly higher than this time last year, reports ...	Mongabay.com
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20/09/2011	Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force to meet in Kalimantan Palangkaraya, Indonesia - Representatives from the Governors’ Climate and Forest Task Force (GCF) ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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19/09/2011	Brazilian police arrest suspects in Amazon murders of environmentalists Two held over killings of José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva and Maria do Espírito Santo, ...	Guardian, UK
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19/09/2011	Amazon Indians confirm logging invasion near uncontacted tribes A recent expedition in the Amazon has confirmed that illegal logging in Peru is continuing ‘at ...	Survival International
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15/09/2011	Belo Monte dam project draws even more concerns Last month's worldwide protests against the Brazilian government's Belo Monte Dam project may ...	The Huffington Post, US
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10/09/2011	Brazilian indigenous leader discusses issues with soy plantations In this video uploaded on September 5 by GreenCollegeOnline Aritana Yawalapiti, Alto Xingu’s indigenous ...	Indian Country Today Media Network
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07/09/2011	Brazil’s Forest Law debate heats up Brazil’s politicians, NGOs and public have been voicing more criticisms about the proposed relaxing ...	WWF
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04/09/2011	62% of deforested Amazon land ends up as cattle pasture 62 percent of the area deforested in the Brazilian Amazon until 2008 is occupied by cattle pasture, reports ...	Mongabay.com
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19/08/2011	Google begins Amazon river Street View project Google is expanding its Street View service into some of the world's most remote places. ...	BBC News
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17/08/2011	Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon up 15% Brasilia — Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon increased by 15 percent during the past 12 months, ...	AFP
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17/08/2011	Climate Conversations - The squeeze: Brazil cuts off credit to illegal loggers With fines for illegal deforestation rarely paid, Brazil is using a novel approach to save the Amazon: ...	Reuters AlertNet
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09/08/2011	Science has been nearly silent in Brazil’s Forest Code debate A recent push to revise Brazil’s forest code has emerged as one of the more contentious political ...	Mongabay.com
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03/08/2011	Amazon deforestation on the rise Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon accelerated in June, with more than 300 square kilometres destroyed, ...	The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
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31/07/2011	Brazil: Domestic consumer awareness programme launched Concerns have been raised on the level of wood waste generated by the timber industry due to inefficient ...	Fordaq, the Timber Network
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06/07/2011	Forest Code bill could undermine sustainable growth in the Amazon In May Brazil's House of Representatives passed a bill that will reform the country's Forest ...	Mongabay.com
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01/07/2011	Amazon deforestation rates double as farmers anticipate pardons Deforestation rates in the Amazon, the world’s biggest rain forest, more than doubled in May as ...	Bloomberg
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01/07/2011	Forests of Brazil: Strengthening public policies by using accurate and updated information on forest resources - a way forward Brazil’s forests constitute 13% of the global forest area and almost 30% of the tropical forest ...	IISD Reporting Services
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30/06/2011	Brazil revokes Amazon logging permits after deaths Brasilia — The Brazilian government shut down 12 logging operations in a part of the Amazon rainforest ...	AFP
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22/06/2011	Amazon faces fresh threat of deforestation The news from the Brazilian Amazon in recent weeks has looked like a throwback to the dark days of the ...	Financial Times, UK
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19/06/2011	Brazil land barons seen behind Amazon killings Nova Ipizuna, Brazil — Nearly a month after the murder in Brazil's Amazon of an activist couple ...	AFP
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18/06/2011	Brazilians reject axing of forest protections Brasilia, Brazil - Nearly 80 percent of Brazilians want President Dilma Rousseff to veto proposed changes ...	WWF
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17/06/2011	Murders in the Amazon to be added to hundreds of unsolved crimes As deforestation escalates in the Amazon, so is murder - with five rural workers killed in the last three ...	WWF
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17/06/2011	Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon continues to rise; clearing highest near Belo Monte dam site Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continued to rise as Brazil's Congress weighed a bill that ...	Mongabay.com
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17/06/2011	Beef barons exposed by space pics face jail Brazilian beef barons whose illegal clearance of land inhabited by uncontacted Indians in Paraguay was ...	Scoop Independent News, New Zealand
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15/06/2011	Five environmental activists murdered in Brazil in three weeks Another rural worker, Obede Loyla Souza, 31, the father of three children, was assassinated in Pará ...	BrazzilMag
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14/06/2011	Another Brazilian killed in Amazon land dispute Rio de Janeiro - Another resident of Brazil's Amazon has been shot dead in the sixth such murder ...	AFP
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14/06/2011	In Brazil, palm oil plantations could help preserve Amazon In recent years, palm oil development in Malaysia and Indonesia has devastated tropical forests there. ...	Yale Environment 360
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14/06/2011	Revised Forest Code may cost Brazil climate commitments The proposed revision of Brazil’s Forest Code could prevent the country from meeting its lower ...	Mongabay.com
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11/06/2011	Majority of Brazilians reject changes in Amazon Forest Code Poll takes temperature on Brazilian's support for a bill that environmentalists say would weaken ...	Mongabay.com
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09/06/2011	Can Brazil meet deforestation, climate goals and still grow its cattle industry? Despite environmentalists' efforts to combat "rainforest beef" in the 1980s, pasture expansion ...	Mongabay.com
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08/06/2011	Amazon wood ejected from High Line Section 2 of the High Line park officially opened on Wednesday morning, June 8th, 2011, with a notable ...	Rainforests of New York / Rainforest Relief
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08/06/2011	Brazilian president says deforestation should not be encouraged Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff reaffirmed Tuesday that she does not intend to take any actions ...	People's Daily Online, China
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07/06/2011	Togo, Nigeria have highest rates of deforestation, study shows Togo, Nigeria and Ghana have the biggest rates of deforestation out of 65 nations, according to a study ...	Bloomberg
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03/06/2011	Brazil: Amazon murders reveal dark pattern of land conflicts Following a string of murders in a logging village in Brazil's Amazon, the government is working ...	InSight
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03/06/2011	Rousseff to send military to Amazon rainforest to stop violence Brasilia - Military and federal police officers are to be deployed in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest ...	Monsters and Critics
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31/05/2011	Brazil federal leaders discuss Amazon conflict Brazil's government will protect rural activists and increase policing in its Amazon rain forest ...	Taiwan News
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30/05/2011	Brazil to protect environmental activists as murders increase over illegal logging disputes Rio de Janeiro - Brazil's government will protect rural activists and increase policing in its Amazon ...	The Huffington Post, US
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28/05/2011	Assassinations of environmentalists continue in Brazil's Amazon, deforestation rises A community leader in the Brazilian Amazon was slain Friday just three days after two environmentalists ...	Mongabay.com
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27/05/2011	WWF calls for justice on Amazon assasinations Pará state, Brazil - WWF-Brazil has called on Federal Police to conduct "an agile, in depth ...	WWF
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27/05/2011	Destruction of Brazil's most endangered forest, the Mata Atlantica, slows Deforestation of Brazil's most threatened forest ecosystem dropped substantially during the 2008-2010 ...	Mongabay.com
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25/05/2011	Amnesty for illegal rainforest loggers moves forward in Brazil A controversial bill environmentalists say could increase deforestation in the Amazon rainforest moved ...	Mongabay.com
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24/05/2011	Authorities launch stealth operation in Amazon after satellite images reveal deforestation Brazil’s environmental enforcement agency busted an illegal logging ring following analysis of ...	Mongabay.com
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24/05/2011	Killing in the name of deforestation: Amazon activist and wife assassinated José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva and his wife, Maria do Espírito Santo da Silva, were ...	Mongabay.com
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23/05/2011	Brazilians protest against new environmental laws Sao Paulo - Brazilian authorities say about 1,000 people gathered in South America's biggest city ...	CBS News
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20/05/2011	Soybean farms destroying Amazon Brasilia - Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon jumped almost sixfold in the March-April period, led ...	The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
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18/05/2011	UF research aims to help preserve plants, animals caught between forest ‘fragments’ Gainesville, Florida - Maintaining the world’s threatened animal and plant species may rest with ...	University of Florida News, US
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17/05/2011	Under pressure from rising deforestation, Brazil’s IBAMA establishes ‘Zero Deforestation Policy’ in the Amazon IBAMA, Brazil’s equivalent of the EPA, is suspending 1,300 planned operations for 2011 in order ...	Mongabay.com
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16/05/2011	Will Indonesia lose the next oil palm? Deep in the rainforests of Malaysian Borneo in the late 1980s, researchers made an incredible discovery: ...	The Jakarta Post
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16/05/2011	Information leak: Amazon deforestation increases sharply while forest code debated Deforestation has increased sharply in Mato Grosso over the past nine months according to information ...	Mongabay.com
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06/05/2011	Brazil forest law under fire again Brazil’s most important environmental protection legislation - the Forest Law - is on the chopping ...	WWF
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05/05/2011	Brazil's forest code debate may determine fate of the Amazon rainforest Brazil's forest code may be about to get an overhaul. The federal code, which presently requires ...	Mongabay.com
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04/05/2011	NASA image reveals extent of deforestation in western Brazil The Brazilian state of Rondônia has undergone tremendous change over the past decade as revealed ...	Mongabay.com
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29/04/2011	World's largest beef company signs Amazon rainforest pact The world's largest meat processor has agreed to stop buying beef from ranches associated with slave ...	Mongabay.com
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28/04/2011	Oslo urges more forest aid despite corruption risk Oslo - Norway urged rich nations on Thursday to take risks and pay to slow deforestation in poor countries, ...	Reuters Africa
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28/04/2011	Brazil: JBS strikes deal over slavery, deforestation lawsuit JBS has struck a deal that will see allegations that the meat giant bought beef from farms that contributed ...	just-food
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25/04/2011	Saving the Awá As we walked through the forest, searching for açaí berries, Amiri Awá named the ...	Independent World Report
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14/04/2011	Brazil issues $1.2 bln in fines on beef companies Brasilia — Brazilian authorities announced Thursday they are seeking $1.2 billion in fines against ...	AFP
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12/04/2011	Looking down on deforestation: Brazil sharpens its eyes in the sky to snag illegal rainforest loggers After reaching the lowest Amazon deforestation rate ever recorded, Brazil faces a its next hurdle: how ...	Scientific American
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11/04/2011	Britain's taste for cheap food that's killing Brazil's 'other wilderness' While rainforest destruction grips our attention, one of the world's great habitats is under threat. ...	The Independent, UK
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01/04/2011	Brazil banks sued for encouraging deforestation Brasilia - Federal prosecutors in Brazil said Friday they have filed suit against the state-run Banco ...	AFP
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23/03/2011	Amazon deforestation flat since last year Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is roughly flat for the 7 months ended February 28 relative to ...	Mongabay.com
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06/03/2011	Moratorium on Amazon deforestation for soy production proving effective The Brazilian soy industry's moratorium is proving effective at slowing deforestation for soy production ...	Mongabay.com
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04/03/2011	Brazilian beef - greater impact on the environment than we realise Increased export of Brazilian beef indirectly leads to deforestation in the Amazon. New research from ...	Science Centric
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23/02/2011	Amazon deforestation up 1000% from last year Over the last several years, the rate of forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon had been in steady decline, ...	TreeHugger
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22/02/2011	Denise Hamu: Brazil 'needs to increase' beef and soya productivity Matilda Lee talks exclusively to the head of WWF Brazil about controversial beef and soya production, ...	The Ecologist, UK
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15/02/2011	Secret life of the Amazon Indians: Incredible images show near-extinct Awá tribe at work and play Heads garlanded in feathers and bands of plumes laced around their triceps, Amazon Indians demonstrate ...	The Daily Mail, UK
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09/02/2011	Deforestation means larger carbon footprint for Brazilian beef Beef production in Brazil, the world's second-largest producer, leads to greater carbon emissions ...	Chemical & Engineering News
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08/02/2011	Monitoring deforestation: an interview with Gilberto Camara, head of Brazil's space agency INPE Perhaps unsurprisingly, the world's best deforestation tracking system is found in the country with ...	Mongabay.com
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02/02/2011	The world's 10 most threatened forest hotspots As UN marks 2011 the International Year of Forests, Conservation International highlights forest ecosystems ...	Conservation International
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01/02/2011	Brazilian president's promises crumble under weight of Belo Monte dam ...	Guardian, UK
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31/01/2011	New images of remote Brazil tribe ...	BBC News
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27/01/2011	Deforestation monitoring system for the Amazon The Amazon Institute of People and the Environment (Imazon) has developed a new system of assessing the ...	IHB Network
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17/01/2011	Rainfall patterns can't be ignored in climate change debate Rio de Janeiro - In discussions of human activities that affect the climate, there is relatively little ...	IPS News
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17/01/2011	Brazilian manufacturer earns first LegalHarvest verification Brazilian Timber company GOLF Indústria Comércio E Exportação De Madeiras ...	SFGate, San Francisco, US
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03/01/2011	Top five forest stories of 2010 In the context of an overall bleak 2010 for the planet, forests offer a bright point for some celebration ...	Grist
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26/12/2010	Rain may disappear from the world's breadbasket Rio de Janeiro - South America still has vast extensions of land available for growing crops to help ...	IPS News
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24/12/2010	The rate of felling is falling fast in the Amazon rainforest – but can it last? Now here’s some really good news. Deforestation in the Amazon – poster child for the world’s ...	The Telegraph, UK
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10/12/2010	Brazilian expert sounds warning for uncontacted Indians One of Brazil’s leading experts on isolated Indians has warned that loggers could trigger violent ...	Survival International
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07/12/2010	Brazilian state lays foundation for nature-based economy The Brazilian state of Acre recently passed sweeping legislation that promotes sustainable development ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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03/12/2010	Brazil's largest national bank signs zero deforestation pact for Amazon soy Banco do Brasil, Brazil's largest state-owned bank, announced it has joined a zero deforestation ...	Mongabay.com
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01/12/2010	Brazil Amazon deforestation drops Brasilia, Brazil - Brazil's government says deforestation in the Amazon rain forest has dropped ...	The Washington Post
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01/12/2010	What will happen with REDD in Cancun? No one expects a major breakthrough at global climate talks in Cancun, but talks on how to reduce greenhouse ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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01/12/2010	Brazil protects climate with record low Amazon deforestation Brasilia, Brazil - Brazil has reduced destruction of its Amazon rainforest to the lowest rate since satellite ...	Environment News Service
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18/11/2010	Tropical forests protection pact hailed for protecting climate Sacramento — A plan released today to reduce deforestation in the Acre state in the Brazilian Amazon ...	Environmental Expert
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02/11/2010	Green issues loom for Brazil's Dilma Rousseff Dilma Rousseff, who has just been elected Brazil's first female president, did not refer much to ...	BBC News
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31/10/2010	Illegally harvested timber seized in Sierra Morena A joint operation by the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA), ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
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25/10/2010	Brazil's national development bank found guilty of driving Amazon deforestation BNDES, Brazil's national development bank, contributed to Amazon deforestation by lending billions ...	Mongabay.com
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20/10/2010	Illegal timber seized in Mato Grosso Since the beginning of the year, the Federal Highway Police has seized 1,519 cu.m of illegally harvested ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
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20/10/2010	Brazil's Rousseff woos green vote as runoff nears Brasilia - Brazil's ruling party candidate sought on Wednesday to win over green swing voters ahead ...	Reuters
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20/10/2010	Corporations, conservation, and the green movement The image of rainforests being torn down by giant bulldozers, felled by chainsaw-wielding loggers, and ...	Mongabay.com
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11/10/2010	Brazil considers use of microchips to protect trees Microchips tell land owners who cut the trees down, which sawmills processed and sold them, etc. ...	Daily Tech
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11/10/2010	Brazil Amazon forest to be privately managed Brazil will auction large swaths of the Amazon forest to be managed by private timber companies and cooperatives ...	Reuters
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11/10/2010	Brazil eyes microchips in trees for forest management Nova Mutum, Brazil - A chainsaw buzzes, branches snap, and an Amazon tree crashes to the ground. ...	Reuters
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07/10/2010	Environmentalists push for cash incentives to farmers to stop global deforestation Brazil, the World’s largest exporter of beef, cotton, coffee, orange juice soybeans and sugar, ...	WiredPRNews.com
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01/10/2010	Main Brazilian presidential candidates oppose illegal deforestation amnesty Brasilia, Brazil - The four main candidates for president in the Brazilian elections on Sunday have declared ...	WWF
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23/09/2010	Less smoke, less ire: Brazil, long the world’s deforester-in-chief, is mending its ways The Amazon’s dry season, from July to September, is when the grileiros cut and burn the rainforest. ...	The Economist, UK
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16/09/2010	Brazil unveils $200M plan to save savanna Brasilia, Brazil — Brazil's government has unveiled plans to slow the deforestation and help ...	The Associated Press
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15/09/2010	Brazil urges closer environmental cooperation in Latin America Brazilian Minister of Environment Izabella Teixeira on Tuesday called for closer environmental cooperation ...	People's Daily Online, China
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02/09/2010	Impact of new EU legislation on illegal timber trade The European Union’s decision to ban the trade of illegal timber will not have any major impact ...	ITTO Market Report
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31/08/2010	Brazil officials: Amazon deforestation declining Brasilia, Brazil — Brazil's government says deforestation in the Amazon is falling significantly ...	Associated Press
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19/08/2010	Saving forests with carrots as well as sticks - part 1 Forests cover about a third of Earth's land area and contain about 70% of the carbon found in living ...	The Huffington Post, US
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17/08/2010	Rio Grande do Sul passes law on legal wood The state government of Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil] approved a bill to establish a public procurement ...	ITTO Market Report
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17/08/2010	Joint monitoring operation launched in Rondonia [Brazil] In August 2010, the “Dinizia Operation” was launched jointly by a number of government agencies ...	ITTO Market Report
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15/08/2010	U.S. cancels some of Brazil's debt in exchange for forest protection If only Visa treated my debt the way the U.S. is treating debt from developing countries. On Friday, ...	TreeHugger
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05/08/2010	New gas pipeline prompts fears for Amazon rainforest The pipe will deliver cheaper, cleaner energy to Manaus but environmentalists fear it will lead to rainforest ...	Guardian, UK
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05/08/2010	Can Brazil become the world's first environmental superpower? Brazil would not be the first nation to become rich from its resources - but its challenge is to compete ...	Guardian, UK
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02/08/2010	Satellite monitoring of concessions The Brazilian Forest Service (SFB) and the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) signed a technical ...	ITTO Market Report
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30/07/2010	Brazil emerges: A space agency with an eye on Earth While other space agencies shoot for the moon, Brazil's National Institute for Space Research has ...	Tonic.com
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27/07/2010	How Brazil cut deforestation rates to record lows Traveling from the heart of the Amazon rainforest to the Tropical savannah climate of the Brazilian capital ...	TreeHugger
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26/07/2010	US forest strategy boomerangs in Brazil A recent ad campaign aimed at gaining Midwestern senators support for US climate change legislation has ...	Center for Investigative Reporting, US
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26/07/2010	Amazon soy and deforestation: Collaboration delivers for Greenpeace and Cargill A Brazilian ban on buying soybeans from illegally deforested areas in the worlds largest standing forest ...	Ethical Corporation
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20/07/2010	Troublesome timber The past weeks have brought rare good news for the world’s forests. On July 15th a ...	The Economist, UK
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20/07/2010	Forest concession monitoring system launched The Brazilian Forest Service has launched a monitoring system for forest concessions in Brazil. Concessions ...	ITTO Market Report
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20/07/2010	Timber production in the Brazilian Amazon falling Timber production in the Brazilian Amazon fell 50% over the last decade, according to the study “Logging ...	ITTO Market Report
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15/07/2010	Major decline seen in illegal logging Illegal logging in the world's forests has fallen by nearly a quarter since 2002, according to what ...	BBC News
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15/07/2010	Illegal logging has dropped dramatically—or has it? A new analysis suggests that illegal logging has declined 22% worldwide since 2002, thanks to stricter ...	Science
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15/07/2010	China, the timber baron The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is an initiative to prevent conflict diamonds from being traded; ...	IRIN News
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12/07/2010	Brazil’s forest law under threat Dangerous proposals to weaken forest protection in Brazil have moved a step closer. The Brazilian Congress’s ...	WWF
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11/07/2010	The changing nature of illegal logging - and illegal logging investigations - in Brazil's Amazon Operation Jurupari followed on several previous Brazilian Federal Police investigations into SEMA, including: ...	Mongabay.com
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08/07/2010	Top officials busted in Amazon logging raids, but political patronage may set them free After two years of investigations, the Brazilian Federal Police arrested some of the most important politicians ...	Mongabay.com
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08/07/2010	Amazon soy moratorium extended Brazilian soy farmers have extended their moratorium on Amazon deforestation for another year, reports ...	Mongabay.com
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07/07/2010	First research trip across western Amazon yields surprising results East Lansing, Michigan - During his unprecedented expedition into the heart of the Amazon, Michigan State ...	Michigan University News, US
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07/07/2010	Bill to slash Amazon protection passes crucial vote Brasilia, Brazil - Amendments to Brazil's Forest Code that could sanction dramatic increases in ...	WWF
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07/07/2010	Indigenous leaders taking REDD into their own hands Less than 2% of Brazil’s indigenous tribes have undertaken projects that reduce greenhouse gas ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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27/06/2010	Forestry Law reforms augur more disasters Rio de Janeiro - While the Brazilian authorities tally the death toll and the economic losses caused ...	IPS News
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26/06/2010	Ending deforestation could boost Brazilian agriculture Ending Amazon deforestation could boost the fortunes of the Brazilian agricultural sector by $145-306 ...	Mongabay.com
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24/06/2010	In the battle to save forests, activists target corporations Large corporations, not small-scale farmers, are now the major forces behind the destruction of the world’s ...	Environment 360, Yale, US
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15/06/2010	Drawbacks in logging control systems An investigation conducted by the Federal Police shows that logging control system established by the ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
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14/06/2010	Deforestation on the rise again in Brazil Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon may be on the rise again after reaching record-low levels last ...	Mongabay.com
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07/06/2010	REDD alert for forest climate change policy Curitiba, Brazil - Carbon dioxide emissions from an unexpected rise in the number of forest fires in ...	SciDev Net
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04/06/2010	Burning need for REDD rethink? The UN REDD (reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation) scheme looks like a promising, and ...	Environmental Research Web
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03/06/2010	Amazon up in smoke, even when deforestation slows Brazilian farmers are setting more fires in parts of the Amazon where deforestation has slowed, according ...	Reuters
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01/06/2010	New protected areas in Brazil contribute to major drop in Amazon deforestation rate Protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon are proving highly effective in reducing forest loss in Earth's ...	Mongabay.com
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22/05/2010	Brazil environment officials arrested for logging Police in Brazil have arrested at least 70 people suspected of illegal logging in the Amazon - including ...	BBC News
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06/05/2010	Brazil to plant palms on cleared Amazon land Brazil's government is starting a program to replant deforested areas of the Amazon with palm trees ...	Bloomberg BusinessWeek
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02/05/2010	Deforestation-free leather comes closer to reality in the Brazilian Amazon Prominent leather buyers have developed a new traceability system to ensure that leather products from ...	Mongabay.com
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01/05/2010	Eco-groups say NYC Parks is lying about ‘sustainable’ wood Coney Island, Brooklyn — The Boardwalk, Just East of Stillwell Ave. Today, members of Rainforest ...	Rainforests of New York
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28/04/2010	Large-scale soy farming in Brazil pushes ranchers into the Amazon rainforest Industrial soy expansion in the Brazilian Amazon has contributed to deforestation by pushing cattle ranchers ...	Mongabay.com
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19/04/2010	Ross Kemp: Reluctant eco-warrior Ross Kemp is not an environmentalist. He says so right at the start of his new documentary Ross Kemp: ...	Guardian, UK
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18/04/2010	Is deforestation rising or falling in the Amazon? Last week Brazil's National Space Agency INPE reported a 51 percent drop in Amazon deforestation ...	Mongabay.com
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17/04/2010	Amazon deforestation down 51 percent from this time last year: so, what's working? Amazon deforestation dropped 51 percent from August 2009 to February 2010 when compared to the same period ...	TreeHugger
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16/04/2010	Does growing soy destroy Amazon rainforest? In the first seven years of this century, around 19 million hectares of rainforest in the Legal Amazon ...	Environmental Research Web
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07/04/2010	33 firms fined for deforestation in Brazil Brasilia – Environmental officials have fined 33 companies for irregularities in the management ...	Latin American Herald Tribune
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06/04/2010	Brazilian slaughterhouses fail to fully meet first deadline for stopping Amazon deforestation São Paulo, Brazil — In a meeting on April 5th with Greenpeace, the major slaughterhouses ...	Greenpeace USA
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20/03/2010	WWF hopes to find $60 billion growing on trees The carbon credits scheme would make WWF and its partners much richer, but with no lowering of overall ...	Telegraph, UK
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17/03/2010	U.S. groups want to expand climate bill forestry aid U.S. environmental groups are trying to expand a climate change bill being written in the Senate to help ...	Reuters, featured on Planet Ark
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16/03/2010	‘Ghost’ timber companies in Pará The regional office of the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA) in Pará ...	ITTO (International Tropical Timber Organisation) Market Report
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05/03/2010	Rainforest pact: Brazil and the U.S. agree to cooperate The United States and Brazil signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to slash greenhouse ...	Los Angeles Times, US
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01/03/2010	Uncontacted Amazon tribes get internet connection For the first time, indigenous Amazonian tribesmen, long isolated by their location deep within the rainforest, ...	TreeHugger
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28/02/2010	Brazil: Wood identification system launched From April 2010, officials of environmental organizations and forest producers will have a tool to enhance ...	ITTO (International Tropical Timber Organisation) Market Report
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21/02/2010	Saving the Amazon may be the most cost-effective way to cut greenhouse gas emissions If the U.S. adopts a cap-and-trade program, companies facing carbon controls could meet part of their ...	Los Angeles Times, US
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03/02/2010	Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia falls by 72.5 percent Brasilia - Brazilian Amazonia lost 247 square kilometers of forest between October and November of 2009, ...	Inside Costa Rica
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25/01/2010	Copenhagen Accord could boost forest protection efforts, though details unclear London - Ensuring that forests and the carbon they store are protected, and that the people who live ...	Reuters AlertNet
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21/01/2010	Greenwash award exposes Brazilian company Brazilian cattle-ranching company named and shamed for destroying the land of an uncontacted tribe. ...	The Ecologist
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27/12/2009	Rainforest conservation: a year in review 2009 may prove to be an important turning point for tropical forests. ...	Mongabay.com
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23/12/2009	Brazil establishes 20,000 sq mi of new indigenous reserves in the Amazon On Monday, Brazil decreed nine new indigenous reserves covering 51,000 square kilometers (19,700 square ...	Mongabay.com
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22/12/2009	Brazil sets aside vast tracts for new indigenous reserves Brasilia — Brazil on Tuesday declared new indigenous reserves in vast tracts of Amazon rainforest ...	AFP
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13/12/2009	Amazon projects undercut Brazil's new green path ...	Mother Nature Network
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10/12/2009	Firm seeks carbon deal for Brazilian tribes Brazilian tribes should be entitled to billions of carbon credits in return for sustainable management ...	Financial Times, UK
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09/12/2009	Changing drivers of deforestation provide new opportunities for conservation Tropical deforestation claimed roughly 13 million hectares of forest per year during the first half of ...	Mongabay.com
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09/12/2009	Deforestation linked to drought Scientists looking at climate change have found a link between deforestation and drought. ...	Wales Online, UK
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08/12/2009	'Landmark' legal opinion finds that indigenous Brazilian tribe in Amazon owns carbon rights Finding comes during global climate talks in Copenhagen; could impact other indigenous groups seeking ...	Eurekalert
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07/12/2009	Amazon lumberjacks take lead in sustainable forestry In the heart of the Amazon a group of lumberjacks is pioneering the sustainable exploitation of the world's ...	Taiwan News
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07/12/2009	Copenhagen: Felling the Amazon rainforest could end within a decade Amazonia has become synonymous with the destruction of the world’s rainforests, but the Copenhagen ...	Telegraph, UK
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04/12/2009	Is the Amazon rainforest worth an $18 billion bailout? New research was recently published in the journal Science which estimates that deforestation of Brazil's ...	Tree Hugger
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02/12/2009	In absence of measures to address consumption, REDD may fail to protect forests Rising demand for timber and agricultural products could work against a proposed initiative to reduce ...	Mongabay.com
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02/12/2009	Forests & Copenhagen: Green light for REDD? Hopes for a meaningful agreement in many of the areas required for a comprehensive global climate accord ...	Carbon Positive
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02/12/2009	Low Carbon: Brazilian Amazon chief - The people destroying our forest are naive... not us Every four seconds an area of rainforest the size of a football pitch is lost to loggers. This illegal ...	Chester Chronicle, UK
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27/11/2009	Jobs, economics complicate Brazil's Amazon fight Novo Progresso, Brazil - Drawing his .40-caliber pistol, Severiano Pontes dashes across the steaming, ...	The New York Times
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23/11/2009	Feature - Amazon forest schemes await strong climate pact The $30 monthly stipend is a useful rather than a transformational boost to family incomes in Juma, which ...	Reuters
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20/11/2009	Google spyware will help vigilantes save rainforests Environmentalists across the world are to be enlisted as armchair detectives to monitor satellite images ...	Times Online, UK
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18/11/2009	Forest CO2 projects could bring Brazil $16 billion Sao Paulo - Brazil could earn up to $16 billion per year to fund emissions reductions and Amazon rainforest ...	Reuters
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18/11/2009	Brazil pledges ambitious emissions reductions New targets and deforestation numbers put Brazil in the spotlight. ...	World Resources Institute (WRI)
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13/11/2009	Brazil celebrates 45% reduction in Amazon deforestation A police offensive and the global economic crisis have combined to produce the largest fall in more than ...	Guardian, UK
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05/11/2009	Diary: Amazon road trip The Brazilian government is seeking to repave the almost impassable BR-319 route between Porto Velho ...	BBC News
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21/10/2009	Leaps forward in satellite forest monitoring Efforts to tackle deforestation and develop a robust REDD mechanism have received a double boost this ...	Carbon Positive
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20/10/2009	Three South American nations promise to halt deforestation Buenos Aires, Argentina — Three South American nations announced a joint plan Tuesday to establish ...	The Associated Press
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18/10/2009	Tribe teams with Google to make stand in Amazon The chief of an endangered Amazon tribe will unveil today the product of an unusual partnership with ...	San Francisco Chronicle
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16/10/2009	S. American bishops take stand in rain forest crunch Lima, Peru - Ever since the Spanish conquistadors set off across the Andes in search of El Dorado, outsiders ...	Western Catholic Reporter, Canada
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08/10/2009	Redd comes with risks but there is no other choice than to try By rewarding transparency and accuracy, we can make the UN's forest protection scheme work. ...	Guardian, UK
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01/10/2009	Leaders From Indonesia, Brazil join 3 U.S. States in deforestation accord Los Angeles - Three U.S. governors and eight regional leaders from Brazil and Indonesia have drafted ...	The New York Times
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29/09/2009	JBS commits to Amazon deforestation moratorium Brazilian beef giant JBS has agreed to stop sourcing cattle from farms responsible for deforestation ...	MeatInfo.co.uk
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24/09/2009	Activists unfurl 35-foot banner on high line to protest park’s use of FSC-certified Amazon wood New York - This morning, environmental activists unfurled a 35-foot banner blocking the iconic view of ...	Rainforests of New York
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22/09/2009	Can Nike and Wal-Mart save the Amazon? An ambitious commitment by some of the world's largest companies not to buy beef or leather products ...	The Christian Science Monitor
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21/09/2009	B&Q secures biggest volume of tropical FSC-certified plywood in the world As a UK Government Department - DEFRA - launches a consultation on licensed timber imports, B&Q, ...	WWF
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18/09/2009	Rainforest Rescue The elevated High Line Park — lined with native grasses and lounging urbanites — seems to ...	The Indypendent, New York
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14/09/2009	Social causes of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest Understanding the web of social groups involved in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is key to containing ...	Mongabay.com
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14/09/2009	Brazil to use satellites to control Amazon deforestation Brasilia – The government plans to use satellites to monitor cattle herds in the Amazon and punish ...	Latin American Herald Tribune
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11/09/2009	Brazil says deforestation declining “Amazon deforestation dropped 46 percent for the period August 2008 - July 2009 when compared to ...	greenrightnow.com, Los Angeles
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09/09/2009	Brazil launches ‘electronic markers’ to fight Amazon deforestation Brasilia - The Brazilian government will use electronic markers to detect illegal felling of trees in ...	Breaking News 24/7
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08/09/2009	Progress on Amazonian deforestation and land reform President Lula’s targeted vetoes to controversial but landmark legislation mark significant progress ...	World Resources Institute (USA)
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08/09/2009	Progress on Amazonian deforestation and land reform President Lula’s targeted vetoes to controversial but landmark legislation mark significant progress ...	World Resources Institute, US
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05/09/2009	High crime on the high line: Why is NYC's highest-profile park using Amazon wood? The group that masterminded the park built all the chaise lounges, benches, bleacher seating and decking ...	AlterNet
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02/09/2009	Brazil claims Amazon deforestation is down, but satellites say otherwise Brazil’s Environment minister claims increased policing have brought a sharp drop in Amazon deforestation ...	MercoPress
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30/08/2009	Roads are ruining the rainforests "The best thing you could do for the Amazon is to bomb all the roads." That might sound like ...	New Scientist
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28/08/2009	Irish call for total EU ban on Brazilian beef The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) has written to the EU Commission calling for an immediate and complete ...	meatinfo.co.uk
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16/08/2009	Corporations and the Amazon These days just about every large corporation would have us believe that it is in the vanguard of the ...	Corp Watch - Holding Corporations Accountable
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11/08/2009	Brazil Amazon governor backs cattle control effort Sao Paulo - Cattle ranching has become the biggest environmental challenge for Brazil's Mato Grosso ...	Reuters
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10/08/2009	Indigenous peoples protect the rainforest with hi-tech tools Illegal logging is a threat to the rainforests of Peru. But the indigenous communities are using both ...	Deutsche Welle
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05/08/2009	Amazon deforestation speeds up: Brazil space agency Brasilia - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest in June was four times more devastating than ...	AFP
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05/08/2009	Amazon deforestation falls in June Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon during June dropped at least 4.4 percent to the year earlier period, ...	Mongabay.com
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03/08/2009	Miliband delivers message to forest tribes deep in the Amazon Halting deforestation is essential to preventing dangerous global warming, the energy and climate change ...	Guardian, UK
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31/07/2009	Alcoa razes rain forest in court case led by Brazil prosecutors For four decades, Edimar Bentes and his family have survived by farming tiny clearings in the jungle ...	Bloomberg
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27/07/2009	Brazilian meat cos join new program to tackle deforestation Sao Paulo - Brazilian meat companies Bertin and Marfrig Alimentos SA have joined a new certification ...	CNN
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22/07/2009	Nike implements policy to avoid leather produced via Amazon deforestation Nike is working with Greenpeace to ensure its products don't contribute to destruction of the Amazon ...	Mongabay.com
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15/07/2009	Illegal timber seized in Marcelndia region In an operation to combat illegal logging in the municipality of Marcelandia, located in Mato Grosso ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
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14/07/2009	Big REDD Right now, theres more money to be made cutting tropical forests down than leaving them standing. Environmental ...	Washington Monthly
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13/07/2009	Going green with REDD To combat the effects of climate change by reducing carbon emissions, the United Nations Collaborative ...	The East African, Kenya
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12/07/2009	Illegal Amazon timber passed off as eco-certified in massive wood laundering A Brazilian federal prosecutor is leading an investigation into charges that illegal timber from the ...	Mongabay.com
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09/07/2009	Brazil ratchets up anti-deforestation efforts Brasilia - Brazil's environmental protection agency says it is doubling the number of its anti-deforestation ...	PR-inside.com
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08/07/2009	Rainforest activists: High Line wood a pour choice A soft-spoken East Village activist approached a man sitting on a dense hardwood bench along the High ...	The Villager, New York
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03/07/2009	Tesco 'trusts' cattle suppliers involved in Amazon deforestation Despite the lack of traceability in the supply chain, the assurances of cattle producers that they are ...	The Ecologist
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01/07/2009	Amazon squatter law fuels deforestation worries Brasilia, Brazil - Conservationists worry that further deforestation will follow from Brazil now allowing ...	WWF
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01/07/2009	Brazil's development bank to require beef-tracking system to avoid illegal Amazon deforestation Responding to allegations that major Brazilian cattle producers are responsible for illegal forest clearing ...	Mongabay.com
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30/06/2009	FSC brand recognition growing in Brazil Recognition of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) brand is growing strongly in Brazil, according to ...	TTJ Timber Industry Magazine
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30/06/2009	Certification driving change in Brazils forestry industry The crown jewel of the natural world, the Amazon rainforest is one of the largest forests and arguably ...	WWF Global Trade & Forest Network (GFTN)
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29/06/2009	Analysis - Brazil beef industry yields to Amazon criticism Sao Paulo/Rio de Janeiro - In a victory for conservationists, Brazil's huge cattle industry is bending ...	Reuters
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27/06/2009	Brazil approves controversial land tenure law Brasilia - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has approved a law that could legalize landholdings by ...	Associated Press
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23/06/2009	The Amazon rainforest: worth the fight? Brazil is home to one-third of the world's rainforest and half of the Amazon. Between its vast rainforests ...	Scoop Independent News, New Zealand
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22/06/2009	Brazil acts to combat illegal logging A largescale operation to combat illegal logging is being carried out in more than 145 areas of Brazils ...	TTJ Timber Industry Magazine
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22/06/2009	Amazon deforestation in 2009 declines to lowest on record Annual deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell below 10,000 square kilometers for the first time since ...	Mongabay.com
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19/06/2009	Brazil to pay Amazon small farmers to plant trees Brasilia - Brazil will pay small farmers to plant trees in deforested Amazon areas to slow rain forest ...	Reuters
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13/06/2009	World Bank revokes loan to Brazilian cattle giant accused of Amazon deforestation The Work Bank's private lending arm has withdrawn a $90 million loan to Brazilian cattle giant Bertin, ...	Mongabay.com
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12/06/2009	Brazil retailers ban beef from cleared Amazon area Sao Paulo - Brazil's top three retail groups have decided to ban the purchase of beef originating ...	Reuters
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12/06/2009	Study: deforestation in Amazon not helping anyone According to a new study, researchers say that deforesting large swathes of the Amazon to clear land ...	Red Orbit
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08/06/2009	Brazil to sanction illegal colonization in 230,000 sq mi of Amazon rainforest Brazil moved a step closer to passing a controversial law that would allow landowners who illegally deforested ...	Mongabay.com
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08/06/2009	The Amazon is dying Brazil's president, Luiz Incio Lula da Silva, writing in the Guardian in March, offered us these ...	Guardian, UK
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02/06/2009	Brazil on target in slowing Amazon deforestation Brasilia - Brazil is on track to meet its target to reduce Amazon deforestation this year and will cut ...	Reuters
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31/05/2009	British supermarkets accused over destruction of Amazon rainforest British supermarkets are driving rapid destruction of the Amazon rainforest by using meat from farms ...	Guardian, UK
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29/05/2009	Amazon activist to bring climate change warning to Britain An activist from the Yanomami people in the Amazon is to visit the Houses of Parliament to tell MPs that ...	Ekklesia, UK
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29/05/2009	Group says uncontacted Amazon tribes still at risk of extinction One year after Survival International published photographs of uncontacted Indians in a remote area of ...	Latin American Herald Tribune
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28/05/2009	Brazil environment minister says lacks support Brasilia - Brazil's environment minister complained that he lacked government support to carry out ...	Reuters
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19/05/2009	Prince Charles: web is salvation of world Prince Charles today hailed the internet as a vital tool to tackle environmental crises after meeting ...	Daily Express, UK
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17/05/2009	Brazil moves closer to legitimizing illegal land-grab in the Amazon Brazil moved a step closer to approving a controversial law that would grant land title to 300,000 properties ...	Mongabay.com
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12/05/2009	Brazilian solid wood exports down 38% Brazilian exports of solid wood products declined 38% in March compared to a year earlier. ...	TTJ Timber Industry Magazine
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07/05/2009	Celebrating 10 years of saving the Amazon Rainforest Manaus, Brazil - Ten years ago, we set up an office in Manaus, a city inaccessible except by boat or ...	Greenpeace
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04/05/2009	Greenpeace: biodiesel not seen as significant driver in Amazon deforestation In July 2006, after Greenpeace International authored a report claiming that soya farming was the leading ...	Biodiesel Magazine
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01/05/2009	An oil shock we cannot ignore There is no shortage of ways to measure the cost of palm oil. First there is the catastrophic impact ...	The Independent, UK
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27/04/2009	Eco warrior Prince Andrew Britain's Prince Charles' standing as the country's greenest royal could be challenged ...	Monsters and Critics
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27/04/2009	Brazil's endangered species list triples in size Deforestation and illegal animal trade have done enormous damage to Brazil's wildlife. ...	Mother Nature Network
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27/04/2009	Contact with Amazon tribes inevitable, says Brazilian protection agency The last isolated indigenous tribes, located deep in the Amazon rainforest, may need to be contacted ...	Guardian, UK
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22/04/2009	Indigenous people serve as guardians of forest carbon, must be involved in climate solutions Efforts to create an international climate framework - including a carbon financing mechanism for forest ...	Mongabay.com
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17/04/2009	Brazil: Satellites to monitor deforestation Rio de Janeiro - Brazil is expanding satellite monitoring of deforestation to the entire nation. ...	The Associated Press
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16/04/2009	Carbon deal seen key to Amazon preservation Rio de Janeiro - Deforestation in Brazil's huge Amazonas state could fall to zero by 2020 if a global ...	Reuters
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14/04/2009	Cattle, not soy, drives Amazon deforestation: report Brasilia - Cattle ranchers are far bigger culprits in Amazon deforestation than soy farmers, a study ...	Reuters
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13/04/2009	Brazilian stakeholders urge feds to go REDD Farmers, indigenous tribes, and environmental NGOs across Brazil say they need direct payments for reducing ...	The Katoomba Group's Ecosystem Marketplace
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09/04/2009	Shrinking forests: the many costs In early December 2004, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered the military and police ...	Prism Webcast News
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09/04/2009	Brazil cracks down on illegal loggers in Amazon Belem - Environmental police in Brazil seized the equivalent of 400 truckloads of wood in a major raid ...	Reuters, featured on Planet Ark
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08/04/2009	Brazil targets illegal logging in raid in Amazon Environmental police in Brazil seized the equivalent of 300 truckloads of wood in a major raid on illegal ...	SABC News
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02/04/2009	REDD alert: how Brazil's biggest state is protecting forests with credits Deforestation remains an entrenched and ongoing issue in the Amazon, the world's largest and naturally ...	Guardian, UK
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26/03/2009	Brazilian rancher greeted by illegal advert A Brazilian rancher destroying uncontacted Indians land in Paraguay has today arrived in that country ...	Survival International (UK)
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17/03/2009	Crisis hits wood industry, forests still vulnerable Rome - The global financial crisis and the collapse of the housing sector are a big blow for wood industries, ...	Reuters, featured on Planet Ark
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17/03/2009	New report confirms uncontacted tribe has been fleeing to Brazil A report published today by Survival International confirms that some of the worlds last uncontacted ...	Survival International (UK)
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15/03/2009	New forest bill to harmonize field inspections Brazil - The governor of the state of Mato Grosso is considering a draft bill for an environmental law ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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15/03/2009	Illegal timber sales reach BRL200 million According to figures based on a partial audit of so-called Ghost Hunting operations coordinated by IBAMA ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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06/03/2009	World Bank okays $1.3 billion for Brazil environment Washington - The World Bank on Thursday approved a $1.3 billion loan to help Brazil's environmental ...	Reuters, featured on Planet Ark
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04/03/2009	Amazon deforestation drops 70% for Nov 2008-Jan 2009 period Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell to 291 square miles (754 square kilometers) in the November ...	Mongabay.com
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28/02/2009	Mato Grosso uses satellites to fine violators Brazil - Mato Grosso has started using an innovative method to detect illegal logging and deforestation ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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28/02/2009	Multi-million illegal timber operation detected in Para Brazil - A large-scale multi-million illegal logging operation was detected in the state of Para, where ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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19/02/2009	Amazon rainforest in big trouble, says UN Economic development could doom the Amazon warns a comprehensive new report from the United Nations Environment ...	Mongabay.com
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15/02/2009	Poor Brazilians rejoice as loggers return to pillage the rainforest Brazil - Twelve months ago, troops and police drove illegal loggers out of the Amazon in an effort to ...	Guardian (UK)
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12/02/2009	Payments for eco services could save the Amazon Paying for the ecological services provided by the Amazon rainforest could be the key to saving it, reports ...	Mongabay.com
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04/02/2009	Uncontacted nomads flee loggers bulldozers Brazil - A tribe of 300 Amazon nomads is fleeing from bulldozers as their last forest is rapidly destroyed. ...	Survival International (UK)
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24/01/2009	Group: Amazon deforestation drops sharply Brasilia, Brazil - Deforestation in the Amazon dropped sharply in late 2008, a Brazilian environmental ...	The Associated Press
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15/12/2008	Sao Paulo promotes wood from legal sources Brazil - According to Cadmadeira/DiarioNet, the Secretariat of Environment of the state of Sao Paulo ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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15/12/2008	Hackers 'aid' Amazon logging scam Hackers have helped logging firms in Brazil evade limits on tree felling, says a Greenpeace report. ...	BBC (UK)
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13/12/2008	Hackers Help Loggers Smuggle 1.7 Million Cubic Metres of Wood Out of Brazil Hackers in Brazil have managed to break into the computerised system that tracks quotas for logging companies, ...	Gizmodo Australia (Australia)
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05/12/2008	Brazil's Decision on Deforestation Draws Praise Rio de Janiero, Brazil - Brazil's decision to set a target for reducing deforestation by 70 percent ...	Washington Post Foreign Service
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29/11/2008	Amazon deforestation accelerates The destruction of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has accelerated for the first time in four years, ...	BBC (UK)
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27/11/2008	Brazil cracks down on Amazon loggers after riot Brasilia, Brazil - Brazil's environment minister led a crackdown on illegal timber businesses in ...	Reuters (UK)
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27/11/2008	Brazil steps up inspections of illegal timber Brazilian environment chief Roberto Messias Franco says his agency will strengthen illegal logging inspections ...	Timber Trades Journal (UK)
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26/11/2008	Brazil: Police break up riot over logging Federal troops are to be deployed in a remote Amazon town after hundreds of protesters, angry at the ...	Guardian (UK)
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25/11/2008	Brazil mob attacks logging agents Efforts to combat illegal logging in the Amazon will be intensified after an attack by 3,000 people on ...	BBC (UK)
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20/11/2008	Real risk of genocide for uncontacted tribe A Brazilian government official has warned that the last known survivors of an uncontacted Amazon tribe ...	Survival International (UK)
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02/11/2008	Brazil charges 81 with illegal Amazon deforestation Brazil will file charges against 81 people accused of being the biggest destroyers of the Amazon rainforest, ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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31/10/2008	Inspection operations reveal illegal exports of Brazil nut timber Brazil - Results from IBAMAs Operation Guardian of Amazonia of revealed that Rio Grande do Sul has become ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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20/10/2008	Sat photos show doubling destruction of uncontacted tribes land Satellite photos taken just a few days ago reveal how hundreds of hectares of forest belonging to Paraguay's ...	Survical International (UK)
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15/10/2008	Brazil bets on technology to control Amazon Brasilia, Brazil - When the pilot of a Colombian drug-smuggling plane landed at a clandestine air strip ...	Reuters (USA)
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02/10/2008	Brazil officials caught logging Amazon A government agency in Brazil has emerged as the largest contributor to illegal logging in the Amazon ...	Carbon Positive (Netherlands)
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30/09/2008	Brazilian government faces criminal charges over Amazon deforestation The Brazilian government faces criminal charges after a report found that the Amazon rainforest is being ...	Guardian (UK)
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29/09/2008	Brazil: Amazon destruction up in August, Elections blamed Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - The Amazon is being deforested more than twice as fast as last year, Brazilian ...	Forbes (USA)
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25/09/2008	Brazil halts Amazon road work to create reserves Brasilia, Brazil - Brazil on Wednesday temporarily halted the paving of an Amazon road while it demarcates ...	International Herald Tribune (France)
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11/09/2008	Loggers still advance on Amazon Indians Brasilia, Brazil - Isolated native Indians in the Amazon forest of Brazil and Peru remain threatened ...	Reuters (UK)
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01/09/2008	Brazil: Deforestation rises sharply as farmers push into Amazon Concerns over the destruction of the Brazilian rainforest resurfaced at the weekend after it emerged ...	Guardian (UK)
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31/08/2008	The readers' editor on... how a tribal people's charity was misrepresented The pictures were stunning: brightly painted warriors aiming bows and arrows up at an aircraft as it ...	The Observer (UK)
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22/08/2008	The name of the game is (illegal) logging: ENCE cleared dozens of hectares of native bush In Uruguay, the Ministry of Agriculture suspended the proceeding filed by the Spanish company ENCE with ...	UITA, Uruguay
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18/08/2008	An interview with Dr. Andrew Mitchell of the Global Canopy Program: Markets could save rainforests Markets may soon value rainforests as living entities rather than for just the commodities produced when ...	Mongabay.com
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13/08/2008	Logging industries sign a deal for legality with the Ministry of Environment Brazil - The Minister of Environment, Carlos Minc, signed with the president of Sao Paulo Industries ...	Ministry of the Environment (Brazil)
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21/07/2008	Ban on illegal logging of timber in the Brazilian Amazon state of Para Following the success of the soya moratorium extension, illegal and destructive logging of timber is ...	Greenpeace (UK)
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18/07/2008	Amazon timber industry declares ban on illegal logging The Brazilian state of Para today announced a ban on the sales of illegally logged timber from the Amazon ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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16/07/2008	Groundbreaking Study Finds the "Hotspots" Most Responsible For Deforestation A new study by WRI and other researchers finds that much of the worlds deforestation is isolated in a ...	World Resources Institute (USA)
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11/07/2008	Brazil fines miner Vale over timber Sao Paulo, Brazil - Brazil's environmental agency said Thursday it has fined mining giant Vale more ...	Forbes (USA)
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09/07/2008	Contemporary Brazilian Government Efforts to Address the Amazon Paradox Criticism of President Luiz Incio Lula da Silvas handling of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest by ...	Council On Hemispheric Affairs (USA)
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01/07/2008	Brazil fines 24 ethanol producers for illegal forest clearing Brazil fined two dozen ethanol producers accused of illegal clearing the country's endangered Mata ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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01/07/2008	Protecting Peru and Brazils Uncontacted Amazon Tribes What is it about the recent photographs of the uncontacted indigenous tribe of the Peruvian-Brazilian ...	Council On Hemispheric Affairs (USA)
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26/06/2008	Brazil wood exporters to agree not to buy illegal Amazon wood Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Wood exporters in an Amazon state have agreed to shun illegally logged wood, ...	Associated Press
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24/06/2008	Brazil seizes thousands of cattle in logging crackdown Rio de Janiero, Brazil - The Brazilian government seized thousands of cattle grazing on public land in ...	International Herald Tribune (France)
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15/06/2008	IWP chip could help thwart illegal logging Brazil - Secom-MT reported that the Web Forest Planet Institute (IWP), located in Brasilia, has developed ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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13/06/2008	Peru: Uncontacted tribes not Peruvian and not fleeing illegal logging After the Brazilian government released pictures it had taken near the Peru-Brazil border of an indigenous ...	Living in Peru (Peru)
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11/06/2008	Brazil levies $279 million fine for illegal Amazon logging Brazilian authorities slapped the largest-ever fine on a timber company now owned by a Swedish sporting ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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07/06/2008	Brazil slaps large fine on lumber company owned by Swedish sporting goods magnate Sao Paulo, Brazil - Environmental authorities on Friday announced a nearly US$280 million fine on a lumber ...	International Herald Tribune (France)
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06/06/2008	Brazil announces new Amazon protection Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, under pressure over his stewardship of the Amazon rainforest, ...	The Age (Australia)
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06/06/2008	Uncontacted tribe pictures provoke public outrage Photographs published last week of an uncontacted tribe in Brazil near the Peruvian border have provoked ...	Survival International (UK)
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04/06/2008	South American Indians demand respect for uncontacted tribes An indigenous federation that defends uncontacted tribes across South America has demanded that Perus ...	Survival International (UK)
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02/06/2008	Brazil to Create 'Green Barrier' to Protect Amazon Brazil plans to create a "green barrier" to deter deforestation in the Amazon and will seize ...	Bloomberg (USA)
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01/06/2008	Arco de Fogo operation to target large scale operators Brazil - Reports from the Ministry of Environment and Ambiente Brasil indicate that inspection operations ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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30/05/2008	Photos prove existence of 'uncontacted' Amazon tribe The pictures show tribesmen, painted red head to toe, aiming longbows at the aircraft circling above. ...	CTV (Canada)
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29/05/2008	Brazil Police Arrest Loggers In Amazon Reserve Brasilia, Brazil - Brazilian federal police said they arrested on Wednesday at least 40 members of an ...	Planet Ark (Australia)
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22/05/2008	'I'd lost the strength to carry on' Last week, with the resignation of Marina Silva as Brazil's environment minister, the Amazon lost ...	Guardian (UK)
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22/05/2008	Amazon deforestation on the rise, says Brazil's new environment minister The destruction of the Amazon is once again on the rise despite a recent government crackdown on illegal ...	Guardian (UK)
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20/05/2008	Brazil's incoming environment minister vows to fight illegal logging in Amazon Brasilia, Brazil - Brazil's future environment minister vowed Monday to aggressively fight illegal ...	International Herald Tribune (France)
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15/05/2008	Brazil gets CITES green light IBAMA and Envolverde reported that the 17th meeting of the Plant Committee (PC) of the Convention on International ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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15/05/2008	IBAMA net BRL60 million in fines over two month period The Agncia Establo and Celulose Online reported that the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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15/05/2008	EU considers green label to halt illegal imports of Amazon timber According to O Estado de Sao Paulo, the European Union (EU) intends to tighten its timber import laws ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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12/05/2008	Amazon's future in delicate balance In January, the Brazilian government announced that the rate of deforestation in the Amazon jungle had ...	BBC (UK)
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10/05/2008	Brazil unveils new plan to curb Amazon logging Brazil has unveiled its plan to encourage farmers in the Amazon region to develop sustainable sources ...	Guardian (UK)
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07/05/2008	Brazil claims success in logging crackdown Rio de Janiero, Brazil - Satellite photos show that Amazon destruction has dropped sharply since the ...	USA Today (USA)
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30/04/2008	IBAMA imposes fines worth BRL3.3 million in one month Brazil - According to S Notcias, IBAMA fined companies and property owners BRL3.3 million in the first ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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19/04/2008	Para is the poster state for Amazon destruction Brazil - Para is the poster state for Amazon destruction, injustice and violence. The last decade has ...	Brazzil.com (USA)
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18/04/2008	Indigenous peoples in Brazil Harassed, Threatened ...	HNN Huntingtonnews.net (USA)
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16/04/2008	Brazil: Illegal shipment of Amazonian timber seized A shipment of Amazonian timber bound for Europe has been seized, the Brazilian Environmental Authority ...	BYM Marine Environment News (Gibraltar)
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15/04/2008	Legality concerns squeeze Para state timber supply Brazil - Over 80% of the Northern Amazonian state of Par is covered by forests. The year 2007 was difficult ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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15/04/2008	IBAMA tightens control on illegal logging in the Amazon Brazil - According to Remade, The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Resources (IBAMA) ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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14/04/2008	Google works with Amazonians to put an end to logging The Surui people from deep inside the Amazon rain forest, have found themselves a new godlike saviour ...	Inquirer (UK)
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11/04/2008	Brazilian authorities seize illegally logged Amazonian timber Amsterdam, Netherlands - The Brazilian environmental agency seems to have finally woken up to the problem ...	Greenpeace International (Netherlands)
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30/03/2008	Brazil struggles to deter illegal logging Tailandia, Brazil ' The Brazilian government has launched an aggressive crackdown on logging in ...	Chicago Tribune (USA)
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22/03/2008	Brazil's logging crackdown hits working poor Tailandia, Brazil - The Brazilian government has launched an aggressive crackdown on logging in the Amazon, ...	Houston Chronicle (United States)
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19/03/2008	Veracel: FSCs Death Certificate (WRM Press Release) Uruguay - Yesterday we were notified by the FSC certifying body SGS (Socit Gnrale ...	World Rainforest Movement (Uruguay)
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18/03/2008	Amazon timber shipment blocked in France Greenpeace - Yesterday afternoon, the crew of one of our ships - the Arctic Sunrise - swung into action ...	Greenpeace UK (UK)
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17/03/2008	Ship with Amazon wood tracked to Europe, blocked by activists (Greenpeace Press Release) Caen, France ' We've tracked a shipment of suspect wood from the ...	Greenpeace International (Netherlands)
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13/03/2008	In the Amazon a forestry cop matches wits with illegal loggers Brazil - As deforestation rises, the Lula government launches a major new effort to stop it. ...	Christian Science Monitor (USA)
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07/03/2008	Police repress peasant women to protect Swedish-Finnish company Stora Ensos illegal plantations (World Rainforest Movement Press Release) Brazil - The Swedish-Finnish company, Stora Enso has purchased ...	World Rainforest Movement (Uruguay)
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03/03/2008	Brazil government seizes illegal wood, shuts down sawmills in Amazon Brasilia, Brazil - Authorities seized 3,000 cubic meters (10,600 cubic feet) of wood and shut down three ...	International Herald Tribune (France)
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29/02/2008	Deforestation continues in extractive reserves of Northern Brazil Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continues to be a problem, according to recent news reports in ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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26/02/2008	Troops sent to stem Amazon loss Some 160 Brazilian troops have been sent to the Amazon to join hundreds of police officers involved in ...	BBC (UK)
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25/02/2008	Brazil police force to combat Amazon deforestation Tailandia, Brazil - Brazil's federal police said it launched an operation on Monday aimed at fighting ...	Reuters (USA)
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24/02/2008	Forest Protection Is Climate Protection, GLOBE Forum Told Brasilia, Brazil - To combat global warming, the rich countries must create a fund to conserve the Amazon ...	Environment News Service (USA)
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21/02/2008	Brazil to continue Amazon lumber audit despite violence Rio de Janiero, Brazil - A government crackdown on illegal Amazon logging will proceed with beefed up ...	International Herald Tribune (France)
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20/02/2008	Brazil mob attacks anti-logging agents in Amazon region Rio de Janiero, Brazil - A mob of 2,000 people burned tires, blocked roads and attacked federal agents ...	International Herald Tribune (France)
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16/02/2008	Latin America: Deforestation still winning Mexico City - Never before have Latin America and the Caribbean fought so hard against deforestation, ...	IPS News Agency
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14/02/2008	Environmentalists praise lumber seizure Brazil - A huge government seizure of illegally cut Amazon lumber shows improved enforcement, environmentalists ...	BusinessWeek (USA)
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13/02/2008	Brazilian police crack down on illegal Amazon logging Brasilia, Brazil - Brazilian police seized the equivalent of 500 trucks of timber from illegal sawmills ...	Reuters (UK)
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31/01/2008	Real-time inspections to control logging in public forests Brazil - Radiobrs reported that the government may conduct realtime forest inspections on publicly-owned ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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23/01/2008	Analysis: Banning 'Bad' Biofuels, Becoming Better Consumers Casual observers might consider it a setback for proponents of ethanol and biodiesel now that Europe ...	Worldwatch Institute (USA)
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15/01/2008	Proceeds from confiscated timber for environment protection O Liberal reported that Para is the first Brazilian state to sign an agreement with the Brazilian Institute ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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09/01/2008	Auction for Amazon Commercial Logging Lures 8 Bidders (Update1) Brazil's first government auction of commercial logging rights in the Amazon, part of an effort ...	Bloomberg (USA)
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24/12/2007	Brazil Cracks Down on Illegal Amazon Farm Products Brasilia, Brazil - Brazil has banned the sale of farm products from illegally deforested areas in the ...	Planet Ark (Australia)
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19/12/2007	So hard to see the wood for the trees If the Bali conference on climate change brought good news to anyone, it must surely be the inhabitants ...	Economist (UK)
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25/10/2007	Forest goes private Brazil - In a controversial measure Sept. 21, President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva put 90,000 hectares ...	Latin America Press (Peru)
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15/10/2007	IBAMA intensifies actions against illegal wood Manejo Florestal and A Tribuna reported on the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Natural Resources' ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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30/09/2007	Brazilian project to target illegal wood use Brazil - The Sao Paulo Secretariat of the Environment is to start a project on deforestation, which will ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market report (Japan)
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21/09/2007	More evidence of uncontacted tribes fleeing Further evidence of uncontacted tribes fleeing from Peru to Brazil because of illegal logging has been ...	Survival International
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21/09/2007	Brazil rejects reports of Amazon logging in camps Brasilia, Brazil - Brazil's government rejected accusations on Tuesday that its settlement of poor ...	Reuters (UK)
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31/08/2007	Improved fines collection could help stop illegal logging According to the Man and Environment Institute of the Amazon (IMAZON), the Brazilian Institute of Environment ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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23/08/2007	Brazil launches inquiry into illegal logging claims Brazil's government has launched an investigation following accusations that it was selling off ...	Independent (UK)
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15/08/2007	Illegal logs fuel energy for Amazon steel industry Brazil - Madiera Total reported the results of a study conducted by the Council of High Amazonian Studies ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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13/08/2007	Brazilian ministers claim victory in war on illegal loggers The destruction of the world's largest rainforest last year fell to its lowest rate in nearly two ...	Guardian (UK)
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11/08/2007	Brazil's deforestation rate 'falls' Destruction of Brazil's Amazon rainforest has dropped by nearly a third during the last year to ...	MWC News (Canada)
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08/07/2007	Home improvement giant bans illegal wood products B&Q, the third largest retailer of home improvement materials, announced that within three years, ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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29/06/2007	Police bust illegal Amazon logging ring Brazil - Brazilian police on Friday broke up a logging ring whose members are suspected of using fake ...	Reuters AlertNet (UK)
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18/06/2007	Brazil Indians hope to use Google Earth to combat illegal logging Sao Paulo, Brazil - A Brazilian Indian tribe is linking up with Google Earth to try to capture vivid ...	San Jose Mercury News (USA)
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16/05/2007	Brazil busts illegal logging ring in Amazon reserve Cuiaba, Brazil - Brazilian police on Wednesday broke up a suspected illegal logging ring involving Indians, ...	Reuters
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06/05/2007	Amazon deforestation may be worsened by loan policy: Better forest policies would reduce illegal logging in the Amazon Brazil could improve sustainable forest management, reduce illegal logging, and perhaps cuts deforestation ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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21/04/2007	Invisible but all too real: the illegal roads speeding destruction of the rainforest Despite a crackdown, illicit logging is on the rise in lawless areas of the Amazon ...	Guardian (UK)
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30/03/2007	Brazil rainforest internet plan A move to provide free internet access to native Indian tribes to help protect the Amazon rainforest ...	BBC (UK)
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03/03/2007	Brazil dismantles scheme to transport illegal Amazon timber Brazilian federal police on Friday arrested 18 people involved in a scheme to issue licenses to transport ...	People's Daily Online (China)
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02/03/2007	Brazilian police bust illegal Amazon loggers Brasilia, Brazil - Brazilian police arrested at least 25 members of an illegal logging scheme in the ...	Scotsman (UK)
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29/01/2007	Nuevas technologías satelitales revelan que el bosque amazónico desaparece para siempre, peros dos veces más rápido de lo creído New satellite technologies reveal the rate of Amazonian deforestation is double what was previously suspected ...	ALBA (Bolivia)
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15/01/2007	Brazil gambles on Amazon logging Plan aims to protect forest by auctioning lumber rights while increasing monitoring. ...	Chicago Tribune (USA)
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07/12/2006	Brazil police arrest forced labor suspects Brazil - Police raided a poor settlement in central Brazil on Thursday and arrested landowners suspected ...	Reuters (UK)
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21/11/2006	Life drains away from towns built on destruction of the Amazon rainforest The clampdown on illegal loggers in Brazil has brought a dramatic decline for local residents. ...	Guardian (UK)
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06/11/2006	Latin America: Timber trade - Logging on proves difficult Brazil - The success of a new tracking system for legal timber in the Amazon is threatened by poor technological ...	Ethical Corporation (UK)
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23/10/2006	Largest seizure of illegally logged Amazon rainforest timber announced by authorities IBAMA, Brazil's environmental agency, announced the largest seizure ever of illegally logged timber ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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20/10/2006	Brazil police investigate hit-and-run accident involving environmentalist RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil Police released a composite sketch Friday of the man suspected of killing an environmentalist ...	International Herald Tribune (France)
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08/10/2006	How you can save the rainforest UK - Former Labour minister Frank Field explains his new scheme to let ordinary members of the public ...	Times Online (UK)
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05/09/2006	Brazil says rate of Amazon rainforest destruction declining Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The rate of destruction of the Amazon rain forest is slowing, although ranchers, ...	International Herald Tribune (France)
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05/09/2006	Brazil sees Amazon land clearing easing this year Brasilia, Brazil - Huge tracts of Brazil's Amazon rainforest were cleared legally and illegally ...	Reuters (UK)
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01/09/2006	Brazil launches Internet tracking system to fight illegal Amazon logging Rio de Janiero, Brazil - Brazil on Friday inaugurated an Internet-based lumber tracking system that authorities ...	International Herald Tribune (France)
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01/09/2006	Brazil unveils new technology to curb logging Sao Paulo, Brazil - Brazil's environment minister on Friday unveiled an electronic registry for ...	Reuters (UK)
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10/08/2006	46 Accused of Illegal Logging in Rain Forest Police arrested 46 people, including 16 agents of the federal environmental protection agency, suspected ...	Los Angeles Times (USA)
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31/07/2006	Food giants set to boycott illegal Amazon soy Leading European supermarkets, food manufacturers and fast-food chains, including McDonald's, were ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
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24/07/2006	Food giants to boycott illegal Amazon soya UK retailers expected to sign moratorium today - move hailed as victory for consumer power. ...	Guardian (UK)
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11/06/2006	28 arrested in sting on illegal logging ring Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Police arrested 28 people suspected of operating an illegal logging ring in ...	Buffalo News (USA)
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21/05/2006	BIOFUEL: Sweet success Brazil leads on alternative energy sources, but at what cost to its forests? ...	Observer (UK)
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19/05/2006	Greenpeace activists arrested in Brazil after protest at Cargill SAO PAULO, Brazil - Police detained 16 activists from the environmental group Greenpeace on Friday after ...	Duluth News Tribune (USA)
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10/05/2006	Responsible soy sourcing: A taste of complexity With an area as large as France deforested from the Brazilian Amazon over the last thirty years, the ...	Ethical Corporation Magazine (UK)
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28/04/2006	Pará for the Course Tarcísio Feitosa da Silva fights illegal logging in the Amazon. ...	Grist Magazine (USA)
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24/04/2006	Vietnam War veteran among Goldman Environmental Prize winners Three of the winners of the prestigious Goldman Prize fought to uncover illegal logging and its consequences: ...	WKYT (USA)
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10/04/2006	Brazil shuts down Amazon logging operation RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Environmental authorities shut down an illegal logging operation in the Amazon ...	CNN (USA)
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07/04/2006	Greenpeace stops soy ship to protest Amazon damage AMSTERDAM, April 7 (Reuters) - Greenpeace stopped a soybean ship entering Amsterdam's port on Friday ...	Reuters (UK)
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07/04/2006	Greenpeace: McDonald's fuels illegal deforestation Soybeans illegally grown on cleared rain-forest lands have been traced to companies that produce chickens ...	Miami Herald (USA)
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20/03/2006	Private Sector Role in Amazon Triggers Doubts RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's decision to authorise local companies to exploit 13 million hectares in ...	Tierramérica (Brazil)
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08/03/2006	Bolivian Government Takes Up Challenge of Land Reform "On the diplomatic front, the government will talk to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula ...	International Press Service (Italy)
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06/03/2006	Amazon to be logged sustainably says Brazil Last week Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced a plan to allow sustainable logging ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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04/03/2006	Brazil OKs Amazon logging, move greeted by environmentalists Brasilia - Brazil has approved a law granting licences for wood logging in publicly owned sections of ...	Monsters and Critics (UK)
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01/03/2006	Illegal Logging: Tracking Timber in Honduras Effective environmental enforcement posed acute problems in Brazil, a country with a middle-of-the-road ...	International Enforcement Law Reporter
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01/03/2006	Forest law opens Amazon up for sustainable logging Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva introduced new sustainable forestry measures in early ...	Tropical Timber Market Report (ITTO)
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14/02/2006	Samba in the Forest: two steps backward, one step forward An area twice the size of Belgium has been given greater protection in the Amazon after a Presidential ...	Greenpeace
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13/02/2006	The Cutting Edge: The Jungle Beat Responsible for enforcing Brazil's tough new deforestation laws, Walmir de Jesus has many powerful ...	Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
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13/02/2006	One year after nun's murder, Amazon communities are still under threat Activists and locals call for the Brazilian Government to honour its commitments to forest and community ...	Greenpeace
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02/02/2006	Brazilian aircraft deal takes off with help from ECGD A UK exporter has completed a $17 million (USD) safety contract for 76 Brazilian Air Force planes which ...	Creditman (UK)
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22/12/2005	Greenpeace sting exposes pirate loggers How do you get a shipment of illegal logs out of the Amazon and to market in São Paolo? A team ...	Greenpeace
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15/12/2005	IBAMA Fines 70 Illegal Loggers Brazil - The Institute for Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) has fined 70 producers ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
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09/12/2005	Brazil nun 'shot in self-defence' One of two men accused over the murder of a US-born nun in Brazil has said he shot her in self-defence, ...	BBC (UK)
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17/11/2005	Nigeria has worst deforestation rate, FAO revises figures Nigeria has the world's highest deforestation rate of primary forests according to revised deforestation ...	Mongabay.com
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16/11/2005	Seven Brazillian Cities Pledge Not to Buy Illegally Logged Wood Sao Paulo, Brazil - The seven municipal administrations that consitute the greater ABC region of metrolpolitan ...	Environment News Service
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14/11/2005	Greenpeace says that 90% of the timber produced in the Amazon is illegal São Paulo - 90% of all the timber currently produced in the Amazon is of illegal origin. This ...	Agencia Brasil (Brazil)
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26/10/2005	Brazil busts logging permit forgers Brazil - Brazilian police on Wednesday arrested a gang that was forging thousands of logging permits ...	Reuters (UK)
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23/10/2005	Brazil Makes Progress Against Illegal Logging To the Editor: Re ''Loggers, Scorning the Law, Ravage the Amazon Jungle''. ...	New York Times (USA)
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21/10/2005	Amazon's illegal loggers know we can't see the lost wood for trees THE rainforests of the Amazon are being destroyed twice as quickly as previously thought, with companies ...	The Times (UK)
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21/10/2005	Secret illegal logging razing the amazon forest The amazon rainforest is being destroyed twice as quickly as previously estimated, according to a satellite ...	The Independent (Ireland)
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20/10/2005	Spanish Government Caught Fuelling Amazon Destruction; Greenpeace reveals forest crime at Madrid Museum MADRID - At 10.00am this morning, forty one Greenpeace activists sealed the entrance to Madrid's ...	Common Dreams (USA)
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11/10/2005	Eco-friendly loggers failing Some Brazilian logging companies believe that the government's effort to reevaluate the industry ...	The Miami Herald (USA)
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20/09/2005	Brazil Can Double Agricultural Output, Silva Says The rate of deforestation of the Amazon, the world's largest rainforest, may decline as much as ...	Bloomberg (USA)
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29/08/2005	Deforestation of the Brazillian Amazon Cut by Half Over the last 11 months there has been a 50 percent drop in deforestation in the Amazon region, according ...	Environment News Service (USA)
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09/08/2005	Brazil to crackdown on illegal logging says Environment Minister According to a report from Bloomberg, Brazil will increase the monitoring of logging in the Amazon rainforest ...	Mongabay.com
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09/08/2005	Brazil to Step Up Efforts to Stop Illegal Logging in Amazon Brazil will increase monitoring of logging in the Amazon rainforest and raise fines for those caught ...	Bloomberg (USA)
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04/08/2005	Greenpeace shuts illegal logging road in Brazilian rainforest Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Activists from the environmental group Greenpeace gated shut an illegal log-ging ...	Associated Press Worldstream
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04/06/2005	New Logging Permits Banned in Amazon State Sao Paulo, Brazil - New logging permits were suspended Friday in a huge Amazon state where the rain forest ...	Guardian (UK)
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02/06/2005	Brazil Police Arrest 78 in Crackdown on Illegal Logging Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Federal police staged a massive crackdown on illegal logging Thursday, arresting ...	TBO.com
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02/06/2005	Brazil busts major Amazon logging gang, arrests 89 Brasilia, Brazil - Brazilian police said they had broken up the biggest illegal logging operation in ...	Reuters (UK)
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02/04/2005	'Broad conspiracy' behind nun's killing in Brazil Brazil - A Brazilian congressional panel investigating the murder of a revered American nun has found ...	The Guardian (UK)
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22/03/2005	Greenpeace and Quercus block Amazon timber shipment from illegal loggers Porto, Portugal -Today activists from the environmental groups Greenpeace and Quercus blocked the timber ...	Greenpeace
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21/02/2005	Brazil Plans Vast Amazon Reserve to Stem Logging BRASIL - Brazil's president on Thursday decreed the creation of one of the world's largest ...	Planet Ark
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19/02/2005	Slain U.S. Nun at Heart of Brazil Battle Boa Esperanca Settlement, Brazil - A crude cross of tree branches marks the spot where American nun Dorothy ...	Guardian (UK)
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16/02/2005	Brazil sends 2,000 troops to restore order in Amazon region where nun was killed Anapu, Brazil - About 2,000 soldiers were heading Wednesday to restore order in the lawless Amazon rainforest ...	Santa Fe New Mexican (USA)
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14/02/2005	Brazil Police Seek Nun's Murder Suspects Belem, Brazil - Police searched Sunday for four people suspected in the slaying of a 74-year-old American ...	The Guardian (UK)
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13/02/2005	American nun shot dead in Brazil Belem, Brazil - A 74-year-old American nun was shot to death early on Saturday in Brazil's Amazon ...	CNN (USA)
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13/10/2004	Spain: Record Seizure of Wood from Endangered Tropical Species The seizure of 33 tons of wood from a highly endangered species of tree from Brazil and the arrest of ...	Inter Press Service
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28/09/2004	Lessons from Brazil in tackling deforestation Brazil, like Indonesia, is confronted with serious deforestation of its tropical forests. Through years ...	The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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14/07/2004	Brazilian army to join fight against deforestation Brazil's environment ministry is teaming up with the army to fight illegal deforestation in the ...	Environmental News Network
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17/09/2003	Brazil snags 17 in raid on illegal logging BRASILIA, Brazil - Brazilian authorities arrested 17 people Tuesday who they said illegally cut down ...	www.enn.com
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09/06/2003	Brazil tightens rules on mahogany logging Brazil's center-left government has tightened rules on mahogany logging in the Amazon. Under the ...	PlanetArk.org
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12/03/2003	'Loggers versus "invisible" tribes: secret war in Amazon? A National Geographic story on illegal logging in south-eastern Peru. ...	NationalGeographic.com
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