Amazon Rainforest

Hundreds of new fires in Brazil as outrage over Amazon grows
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Hundreds of new fires in Brazil as outrage over Amazon grows

Hundreds of new fires are raging in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, official data showed Saturday, as thousands of troops…
Amazon wildfires: Leaders pressure Brazil to quell ‘international crisis’
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Amazon wildfires: Leaders pressure Brazil to quell ‘international crisis’

In a series of statements, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday responded to mounting international criticism of his handling of…
UN, France raise concern over Amazon wildfires ‘crisis’
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UN, France raise concern over Amazon wildfires ‘crisis’

Paris and the United Nations called Thursday for the protection of the fire-plagued Amazon rainforest as Brazil’s right-wing president accused…
Bolsonaro suggests NGOs setting Amazon fires, gives no proof
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Bolsonaro suggests NGOs setting Amazon fires, gives no proof

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s official monitoring agency is reporting a sharp increase in wildfires this year, and President…
AP Explains: Brazil’s environmental changes under Bolsonaro
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AP Explains: Brazil’s environmental changes under Bolsonaro

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The administration of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has canceled a United Nations climate change workshop…
Ecuador Amazon tribe win first victory against oil companies
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Ecuador Amazon tribe win first victory against oil companies

Ecuador’s Waorani indigenous tribe won their first victory Friday against big oil companies in a ruling that blocks the companies’…
Indigenous protesters march on Brazil Congress over land rights
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Indigenous protesters march on Brazil Congress over land rights

Thousands of indigenous people decorated with traditional feathers and body paint converged on Brazil’s capital Wednesday to defend hard-won land…
Isolation helps Brazil indigenous group defend way of life
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Isolation helps Brazil indigenous group defend way of life

As the diesel generator rumbles to life in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, teenagers scramble to charge their phones…
Illegal logging in Brazil turns Amazon into a powder keg
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Illegal logging in Brazil turns Amazon into a powder keg

A rifle resting on his shoulder, Tatji Arara looks despondent as he steps over the trunks of huge trees felled…
Brazil president says he wants the Amazon to be exploited ‘in a reasonable way’
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Brazil president says he wants the Amazon to be exploited ‘in a reasonable way’

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that he wanted the country’s vast Amazon rainforest to…
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