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LA PAZ, Sept 6, 2011 (Tierramérica) - A richly biodiverse rainforest the size of 3,000 soccer fields in central Bolivia will be the first victim of the road planned to run through the Isiboro Sécure Indigenous Territory and National Park (TIPNIS), say environmental activists. See the rest here: Rainforest Road Will Have Environmental and Cultural Impacts

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Brazil's politicians, NGOs and public have been voicing more criticisms about the proposed relaxing of the country's Forest Law. Here's a summary of recent developments. See the article here: Brazil's Forest Law debate heats up

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LIMA - Peru's President Ollanta Humala signed into law a measure requiring that indigenous people be consulted before any mining, timber or petroleum projects are begun on their traditional lands. See more here: Peru president signs indigenous consultation law

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AlertNet) - Guyana is battling to prevent the spread of malaria as climate change brings higher temperatures and more rainfall, threatening to push the disease back into densely populated coastal regions. See original here: Warming Guyana coast risks malaria resurgence

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TORONTO, Sep 6, 2011 (IPS) - As Canada's aboriginal community celebrates last month's milestone legal ruling regarding clear-cutting in Ontario and the forestry sector mulls its future strategy, discussions are taking place about how to carry out an impact assessment evaluating damage incurred by decades of industry encroachment on traditional lands and forests. The rest is here: Native...

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UNITED NATIONS, Sep 6, 2011 (IPS) - Thousands of victims affected by toxic waste dumping in 2006 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire's commercial capital, still have not received the economic compensation they were promised. See the article here: Toxic Waste Victims Wait Years for Compensation

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TASMANIA is seeking to channel millions of dollars in federal funds for the Gillard government's forests peace deal to its loss-making forestry company, Forestry Tasmania. Read more: Federal funds marked for Tasmanian forest liability

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Coastal fish farms seem to do less harm to nearby plants and animals than previously believed, a new study reveals. And marine ecosystems can recover from this damage surprisingly fast. Originally posted here: Fish farms less harmful than thought

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Huge crabs more than a metre across have invaded the Antarctic abyss, wiped out the local wildlife and now threaten to ruin ecosystems that have evolved over 14 million years. See the article here: Giant red crabs move in on Antarctica

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ScienceDaily (Aug. 29, 2011) - A researcher at the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, an organized research unit in the University of Hawai'i at Manoa's School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, has come up with a new explanation for the effects of ocean acidification on coral reefs. See the original post here: 'Proton Flux Hypothesis' Offers...