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The little mountain rivers that create the Amazon might soon be choked off
Life depends on the minerals and sediment rivers carry down from the Andes
There's a straight line from Trump's trade war with China to the destruction of the Amazon
U.S. exports of soybeans to China have dropped dramatically. Brazil is stepping up to meet Chinese demand — and burning vast areas of the Amazon along the way.
How shadowy tax havens skirt conservation efforts
Dark money foreign investments may bankroll deforestation and overfishing
How one invasive plant can change a rainforest
The mountain apple's entry into Indonesia a century ago still threatens biodiversity there
Tropical rainforests may be near a tipping point beyond our control
Deforestation may work like diseases: uncontained, it can win
A gold rush in the Peruvian Amazon threatens to fill a vital and diverse ecosystem with mercury
Bats are the canaries in the Amazonian goldmine
