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Aerial view of a coal mine

Raising the bar on mining: can Colombia’s government rise to local expectations?

Wildfires degrade forest in Santarem of Paragominas, in the state of Pará. Photo by Adam Ronan.

Forest degradation sharply undercuts benefit of Brazil Amazon conservation

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29 June 2016
Brazil

Waterfall in the Amazon jungle in Brazil

Anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests can double biodiversity loss from deforestation

Deforesting in Amazon, Brazil

Compensating for past deforestation: Assessing the legal forest surplus and deficit of the state of Pará, eastern Amazonia

Acrocomia Aculeata, also known as Macaúba, or macaw palm. flickr/Mococa S Paulo

Can a rugged Latin American palm become a major sustainable biofuel source?

Palm trees

A novel bioenergy feedstock in Latin America? Cultivation potential of Acrocomia aculeata under current and future climate conditions

Stream with stones

Multi-scale assessment of human-induced changes to Amazonian instream habitats

Front of airplane

Supply and sustainability of carbon offsets and alternative fuels for international aviation

Aeral photo of the Andes

Building hydroliteracy among stakeholders for effective water benefit sharing in the Andes

Rice fields

Increasing vulnerability to the impacts of natural hazards and extreme events

Soybeans grown at Bradford Research Center at the University of Missouri, U.S. Photo by Kyle Spradley/CAFNR-Flickr

Q&A: Steph Osborne on soybean crops and ozone pollution

A coal haul truck at New Rochelle Mine in Wyoming, the largest coal mine in the U.S. Peabody Coal / Wikimedia Commons

Phasing out U.S. federal fossil fuel leases could yield real climate benefits

Oil rigg

How would phasing out U.S. federal leases for fossil fuel extraction affect CO2 emissions and 2°C goals?

Oildrill

Impact of phasing out federal coal and oil leases on CO2 emissions and 2°C goals

Oil platform

U.S. again overlooks top CO2 impact of expanding oil supply, but that might change