<![CDATA[latin america news from mongabay.com]]> http://www.mongabay.com en-us Copyright 2006 mongabay.com Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800 <![CDATA[Parks help people to the detriment of biodiversity, suggests study]]> Science. Analyzing 306 rural protected areas in 45 countries in Africa and Latin America, George Wittemyer and colleagues found that the rate of human population growth along the borders of reserves was nearly twice that of neighboring rural areas.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0703-parks.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0703-parks.html <![CDATA[Brazil fines 24 ethanol producers for illegal forest clearing]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0701-brazil.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0701-brazil.html <![CDATA[Brazil signs sustainable ethanol deal with Sweden]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0627-cane_ethanol.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0627-cane_ethanol.html <![CDATA[Brazil seizes cattle illegally grazing on Amazon forest lands]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0625-amazon_beef.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0625-amazon_beef.html <![CDATA[Amazon soy moratorium extended; may be expanded to other products]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0623-soy_amazon.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0623-soy_amazon.html <![CDATA[Global Commodities Boom Fuels New Assault on Amazon]]> http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2010 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2010 <![CDATA[Rainforests face array of emerging threats]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0614-laurance.html Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0614-laurance.html <![CDATA[More than 8% of the Brazilian Amazon is illegally owned]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0614-imazon.html Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0614-imazon.html <![CDATA[Geology, climate links make Guiana Shield region particularly sensitive to change]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0614-hammond.html Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0614-hammond.html <![CDATA[>Brazil levies $279 million fine for illegal Amazon logging]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0611-brazil.html Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0611-brazil.html <![CDATA[Colombia creates rainforest reserve to protect medicinal plants]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0612-colombia.html Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0612-colombia.html <![CDATA[Kayapo tribe gets trust fund for Amazon protection]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0611-kayapo.html Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0611-kayapo.html <![CDATA[Dung beetles persist in long-term forest fragments but may suffer from hunting of large animals]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0609-dung_beetles_tcs.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0609-dung_beetles_tcs.html <![CDATA[Rare golden primates help speed recovery of endangered Brazilian forest]]> Mata Atlantica — plays an important role in seed dispersal, thereby helping forest regeneration, according to research published in the June issue of the open access e-journal Tropical Conservation Science.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0609-lapenta_tcs.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0609-lapenta_tcs.html <![CDATA[Mexican canyon serves as key refuge for endangered spider monkeys]]> Tropical Conservation Science.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0609-munoz_tcs.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0609-munoz_tcs.html <![CDATA[Argentina's primates under threat from agriculture]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0609-Zunino-Kowaleski_tcs.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0609-Zunino-Kowaleski_tcs.html <![CDATA[Guiana Shield forests help preserve biodiversity and climate]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0609-mittermeier.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0609-mittermeier.html <![CDATA[Heavily-populated Amazon was decimated by old world disease]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0609-hance_mayle.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0609-hance_mayle.html <![CDATA[Guide to Monkeys of the Guianas released]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0609-ci_monkey.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0609-ci_monkey.html <![CDATA[Amazon beef producer creates eco-certified meat product with help of scientists]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0605-amazon_beef.html Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0605-amazon_beef.html <![CDATA[Brazil creates 3 Amazon parks]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0608-brazil.html Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0608-brazil.html <![CDATA[Brazil's new environmental minister blames ranchers for surge in Amazon deforestation]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0603-brazil.html Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0603-brazil.html <![CDATA[Pictures of uncontacted Indian tribe in the Amazon (update)]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0530-amazon_tribe.html Fri, 30 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0530-amazon_tribe.html <![CDATA[Photos of arrow-wielding uncontacted tribe in the Amazon rainforest]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0530-tribe.html Fri, 30 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0530-tribe.html <![CDATA[40 arrested in illegal timber raid in the Brazilian Amazon]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0529-brazil_logging.html Thu, 29 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0529-brazil_logging.html <![CDATA[Brazil's Amazon conservation efforts worth $100 billion]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0529-amazon.html Thu, 29 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0529-amazon.html <![CDATA[Brazil to establish huge Amazon preservation fund]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0529-brazil_fund.html Thu, 29 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0529-brazil_fund.html <![CDATA[Cocaine use is destroying the Amazon rainforest, says new campaign]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0526-cocaine.html Mon, 26 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0526-cocaine.html <![CDATA[Venezuela bans gold-mining in forest reserve, will not issue new open-pit permits]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0521-venezuela.html Wed, 21 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0521-venezuela.html <![CDATA[Defaunation, like deforestation, threatens global biodiversity]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0520-interview_dirzo.html Tue, 20 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0520-interview_dirzo.html <![CDATA[Naming rights for newly discovered 'walking frog' to be auctioned for conservation]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0520-frog.html Tue, 20 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0520-frog.html <![CDATA[Frog chooses whether to lay eggs on land or in water]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0519-frog.html Mon, 19 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0519-frog.html <![CDATA[Brazil will forge its own path for developing the Amazon]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0515-amazon.html Thu, 15 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0515-amazon.html <![CDATA[New research shows wild sloths sleep less than captive sloths]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-sloths.html Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-sloths.html <![CDATA[Brazil's environmental minister resigns after losing Amazon fight]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-brazil.html Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-brazil.html <![CDATA[Convicted nun-killer freed in the Brazilian Amazon]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-stang_murder.html Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-stang_murder.html <![CDATA[After acquittal, fear of open season on activists in the Amazon rainforest]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-brazil_ap.html Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-brazil_ap.html <![CDATA[46% of Brazil's energy comes from renewable sources]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0513-brazil.html Tue, 13 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0513-brazil.html <![CDATA[Judge suspends Amazon dam project due to legal questions]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0430-xingu.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0430-xingu.html <![CDATA[New species of river dolphin discovered in the Amazon]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0430-dolphin.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0430-dolphin.html <![CDATA[Photos of newly discovered species in Brazil's Cerrado]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0429-cerrado.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0429-cerrado.html <![CDATA[No sacrifices to ending deforestation in the Amazon, only gains]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0429-hance_abranches_interview.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0429-hance_abranches_interview.html <![CDATA[Biodiversity key to fighting climate change]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0429-hance_biodiv.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0429-hance_biodiv.html <![CDATA['Soy King' says Amazon deforestation could help solve global food crisis]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0428-brazil.html Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0428-brazil.html <![CDATA[Brazil prepares to launch attack on NGOs working in the Amazon]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0428-amazon.html Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0428-amazon.html <![CDATA[Fruit-eating bats ingest dirt to counter toxic plant compounds]]> PLoS ONE.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0424-bats.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0424-bats.html <![CDATA[Rainforest recovery after deforestation can be enhanced by artificial bat houses]]> New Scientist Magazine.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0423-bats.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0423-bats.html <![CDATA[A billion trees to be planted in Brazil's Atlantic Forest over the next 7 years]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0422-hance_plantabillion.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0422-hance_plantabillion.html <![CDATA[Peru fails to investigate murder of Amazon environmental leader]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0422-julio_garcia.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0422-julio_garcia.html <![CDATA[Cache of rare and undiscovered species under threat in Panama]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0421-panama.html Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0421-panama.html