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Ancient giant river dolphin species found in the Peruvian Amazon
20 Mar 2024 22:35:31 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/ancient-giant-river-dolphin-species-found-in-the-peruvian-amazon/
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Amazon catfish must be protected by the Convention on Migratory Species COP-14 (commentary)
08 Feb 2024 17:30:40 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/02/amazon-catfish-must-be-protected-by-the-convention-on-migratory-species-cop-14-commentary/
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Amazonia in flames: Unlearned lessons from the 2023 Manaus smoke crisis (commentary)
17 Jan 2024 09:28:07 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/amazonia-in-flames-unlearned-lessons-from-the-2023-manaus-smoke-crisis-commentary/
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Mega oil and gas auction in the Brazilian Amazon may threaten Indigenous lands
15 Dec 2023 19:42:06 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/mega-oil-and-gas-auction-in-brazil-may-threaten-indigenous-lands/
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AI unlocks secrets of Amazon river dolphins’ behavior, no tagging required
01 Aug 2023 13:27:15 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/ai-unlocks-secrets-of-amazon-river-dolphins-behavior-no-tagging-required/
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Fishing, dams and dredging close in on Peru’s river dolphins, study shows
05 Jul 2023 18:44:47 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/fishing-dams-and-dredging-close-in-on-perus-river-dolphins-study-shows/
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‘Chasing giants’: Q&A with megafish biologist and author Zeb Hogan
09 May 2023 12:58:00 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/chasing-giants-qa-with-megafish-biologist-and-author-zeb-hogan/
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Dams on Brazil’s Jamanxim River: The advancing assault on the environment and Indigenous peoples in the Tapajós basin (commentary)
29 Mar 2022 19:11:29 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/03/dams-on-brazils-jamanxim-river-the-advancing-assault-on-the-environment-and-indigenous-peoples-in-the-tapajos-basin-commentary/
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Pharmaceutical water pollution detected deep in the Brazilian Amazon
21 Mar 2022 18:16:34 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/03/pharmaceutical-water-pollution-detected-deep-in-the-brazilian-amazon/
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Amazon to Alps: Swiss gold imports from Brazil tread a legal minefield
21 Jan 2022 17:31:04 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/01/amazon-to-alps-swiss-gold-imports-from-brazil-tread-a-legal-minefield/
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You can’t see them to count them, but Amazonian manatees seem to be recovering
26 Nov 2021 11:06:04 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/11/you-cant-see-them-to-count-them-but-amazonian-manatees-seem-to-be-recovering/
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New transport infrastructure is opening the Amazon to global commerce
27 Sep 2021 22:03:46 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/new-transport-infrastructure-is-opening-the-amazon-to-global-commerce/
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Lessons from the 2021 Amazon flood (commentary)
23 Jul 2021 16:25:38 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/07/lessons-from-the-2021-amazon-flood-commentary/
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Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam: Struggle for the Volta Grande enters a new phase (Commentary)
21 Jun 2021 00:16:16 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/06/brazils-belo-monte-dam-struggle-for-the-volta-grande-enters-a-new-phase-commentary/
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An Amazonian arapaima washed up in a Florida river. It didn’t swim there
09 Apr 2021 19:01:55 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/04/an-amazonian-arapaima-washed-up-in-a-florida-river-it-didnt-swim-there/
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Brazil’s BR-319: Politicians capitalize on the Manaus oxygen crisis to promote a disastrous highway (Commentary)
07 Feb 2021 02:32:29 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/02/brazils-br-319-politicians-capitalize-on-the-manaus-oxygen-crisis-to-promote-a-disastrous-highway-commentary/
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Traditional and Indigenous peoples ‘denounce’ planned Amazon railway
23 Dec 2020 13:20:58 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/12/traditional-and-indigenous-peoples-denounce-planned-amazon-railway/
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Historical analysis: The Amazon’s mineral wealth — curse or blessing?
21 Dec 2020 16:29:23 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/12/historical-analysis-the-amazons-mineral-wealth-curse-or-blessing/
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Multiplying Amazon river ports open new Brazil-to-China commodities routes
19 Nov 2020 07:00:06 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/11/multiplying-amazon-river-ports-open-new-brazil-to-china-commodities-routes/
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Why the health of the Amazon River matters to us all: An interview with Michael Goulding
09 Sep 2020 10:42:17 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/why-the-health-of-the-amazon-river-matters-to-us-all-an-interview-with-michael-goulding/
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Fishing for change: Local management of Amazon’s largest fish also empowers women
31 Aug 2020 15:05:13 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/08/fishing-for-change-local-management-of-amazons-largest-fish-also-empowers-women/
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Amazon poor go hungry as Brazil slashes social safety net, cuts forests: Study
11 Jun 2020 12:33:47 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/06/amazon-poor-go-hungry-as-brazil-slashes-social-safety-net-cuts-forests-study/
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Past and future tropical dams devastating to fish the world over: Study
21 Feb 2020 11:35:16 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/02/past-and-future-tropical-dams-devastating-to-fish-the-world-over-study/
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Amazon’s giant South American river turtle holding its own, but risks abound
06 Dec 2019 13:52:19 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/12/amazons-giant-south-american-river-turtle-holding-its-own-but-risks-abound/
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New species of orange-red praying mantis mimics a wasp
25 Oct 2019 11:10:23 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/10/praying-mantis-wasp-mimic-new-species-amazon/
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Six new catfish species, facial tentacles and all, described in Amazon
11 Feb 2019 10:43:29 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/02/six-new-catfish-species-facial-tentacles-and-all-described-in-amazon/
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New study discovers 81 lost human settlements in the Amazon rainforest
02 Apr 2018 06:56:11 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2018/04/new-study-discovers-81-lost-human-settlements-in-the-amazon-rainforest/
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Andes dams twice as numerous as thought are fragmenting the Amazon
28 Feb 2018 13:06:28 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2018/02/andes-dams-twice-as-numerous-as-thought-are-fragmenting-the-amazon/
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Extreme seasonal changes in Amazon river levels threaten forest conservation by indigenous people
04 Dec 2017 11:38:43 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2017/12/extreme-seasonal-changes-in-amazon-river-levels-threaten-forest-conservation-by-indigenous-people/
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Amazonian manatee migration at risk from disruption by proposed dams
19 Oct 2017 12:49:44 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2017/10/amazonian-manatee-migration-at-risk-from-disruption-by-proposed-dams/
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Andes dams could threaten food security for millions in Amazon basin
19 Sep 2017 13:22:20 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2017/09/andes-dams-could-threaten-food-security-for-millions-in-amazon-basin/
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Brazil rejects oil company’s ‘Amazon Reef’ drilling bid
29 Aug 2017 15:39:35 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2017/08/brazil-rejects-oil-companys-amazon-drilling-bid/
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HydroCalculator: new, free, online tool helps citizens assess dams
07 Aug 2017 15:03:26 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2017/08/hydrocalculator-new-free-online-tool-helps-citizens-assess-dams/
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The “dolphin who became man”: will the boto survive the catfish trade?
31 Jul 2017 07:08:08 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2017/07/the-dolphin-who-became-man-will-the-boto-survive-the-catfish-trade/
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International action a must to stop irreversible harm of Amazon dams, say experts
19 Jun 2017 11:07:49 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2017/06/international-action-a-must-to-stop-irreversible-harm-of-amazon-dams/
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Federal prosecutor in Brazil calls for suspension of licensing to drill near Amazon Reef
22 May 2017 14:31:05 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2017/05/federal-prosecutor-in-brazil-calls-for-suspension-of-licensing-to-drill-near-amazon-reef/
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Counterintuitive: Global hydropower boom will add to climate change
14 Feb 2017 11:43:36 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2017/02/counterintuitive-global-hydropower-boom-will-add-to-climate-change/
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Giant catfish clocks longest ever freshwater migration
08 Feb 2017 03:58:26 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2017/02/giant-catfish-clocks-longest-ever-freshwater-migration/
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First-ever underwater photos of newly discovered Amazon Reef have surfaced
30 Jan 2017 15:46:57 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2017/01/first-ever-underwater-photos-of-newly-discovered-amazon-reef-have-surfaced/
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Pre-Columbian Amazon settlement primarily ate fish — more sustainable?
08 Jul 2016 14:59:00 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2016/07/pre-columbian-amazon-settlement-primarily-ate-fish-more-sustainable/
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Health officials in Peru: oil spill cleanup workers face ‘poisoning and burns’
27 Jun 2016 07:35:04 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2016/06/health-officials-in-peru-oil-spill-cleanup-workers-risk-poisoning-and-burns/
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Amazon oil spill puts Peruvian communities at risk
26 Jun 2016 01:13:09 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2016/06/breaking-oil-spill-in-peruvian-amazon-puts-local-communities-at-risk/
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Watch video of an electric eel attack
06 Jun 2016 21:57:35 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2016/06/watch-video-of-an-electric-eel-attack/
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Chinese dam builder eyeing major Amazon mega-dam contract
26 Feb 2016 11:24:35 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2016/02/chinese-dam-builder-eyeing-major-amazon-mega-dam-contract/
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Peruvian Amazon will get wetter and experience more severe floods, threatening wildlife
11 Feb 2016 18:01:38 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2016/02/peruvian-amazon-will-get-wetter-and-experience-more-severe-floods-threatening-wildlife/
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Munduruku building new alliances to fight Tapajós Basin dams in Amazon
08 Feb 2016 11:10:39 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2016/02/munduruku-building-new-alliances-to-fight-tapajos-basin-dams-in-amazon/
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Scientists sound alarm over hydropower’s impacts on tropical fish biodiversity
12 Jan 2016 13:46:44 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2016/01/scientists-sound-alarm-over-hydropowers-impacts-on-tropical-fish-biodiversity/
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Brazilian environmental NGOs depend heavily on corporate money
01 Dec 2015 11:02:16 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2015/12/brazilian-environmental-ngos-depend-heavily-on-corporate-money/
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