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New satellite photos show Amazon deforestation exploding

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Brazil's DETER real-time monitoring system found that more than 430 square miles of forest, an area a bit smaller than the city of Los Angeles, vanished in the month of April, while about 2,300 square miles, larger than the state of Delaware, were destroyed between last August and April.Read the ...

Uncontacted Amazon tribe photographed

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Amazon Indians from one of the world's last uncontacted tribes have been photographed from the air, with striking images released on Thursday showing them painted bright red and brandishing bows and arrows.Read the full story

Amazon deforestation rises sharply

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

The rate of Amazon deforestation rose sharply during the last five months of 2007 as land was cleared for soy and cattle, prompting a top-level emergency meeting Thursday by government officials to deal with the problem.Read the full story