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Colombia Vows 'War' As Guerrilla Violence Kills 100

In just five days, bloodshed has been reported across three Colombian departments -- from the remote Amazon jungle in the south to the mountainous northeastern border with Venezuela, where fighting has displaced almost 20,000 people.

Latin Times

Meet Helena Gualinga: The Ecuadorian Activist Who Stole Shawn Mendes' Heart

The 22-year-old Ecuadorian activist has previously fought for the rights of the community living in the Amazon rainforest.

Latin Times

‘Let Amazonians speak for themselves’: trouble in paradise for Sebastião Salgado’s Amazônia

Salgado is one of the world’s best-known documentary photographers but a growing wave of Indigenous critics are angry about the exoticised way in which they believe non-native photographers portray their communities

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Five climate change stories to keep an eye on this year

This year will be one of the hottest ever. It’ll probably feature horrendous extreme weather, crop failures and a further crackdown on climate activism.

The Conversation

Rubber Tappers Forge Sustainable Future In Amazon

As the sun rises over the Amazonian island of Marajo, Renato Cordeiro laces up his boots, grabs his knife, and heads out to tap his rubber trees.

International Business Times

In Brazil, An Amazon Reforestation Project Seeks To Redeem Carbon Markets

In the Brazilian Amazon, workers use metal tubes to sow seedlings in rapid succession, as part of an effort to reforest the jungle with millions of trees.

International Business Times

Brazil Gears Up For First Climate Conference In Amazon

After serving a customer a bowl of acai with fried fish in Belem's market, Sandra da Costa wipes her hands excitedly.

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Fate of endangered monkey hinges on Brazilian city’s planning policy

Pied tamarin has narrow range and is found only around borders of Manaus in the Amazon rainforest

The Guardian - UK

Amazon Rainforest Faces Critical Threats Amidst 2024 Challenges

Learn about the challenges faced by the Amazon rainforest in 2024, including wildfires, drought, deforestation, and Indigenous rights issues, and the urgen...

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Drought, fires and deforestation battered Amazon rainforest in 2024

The Amazon rainforest staggered through another difficult year in 2024

The Independent UK

Tom Grennan eyes ultra-marathon in the Amazon

Tom Grennan has revealed the physical challenge he has his eyes on for 2025.

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The 10 biggest science experiments on Earth

From a telescope network that spans much of the globe to a psychology study that spans 67 countries, here are the biggest science experiments on the planet.

LiveScience

Ancient Amazon people lived in ‘garden cities’, ate corn and raised ducks, archaeologists find

Human management of crops and animals in the Amazon area well pre-dated European colonisation, study confirms

The Independent UK

Brazilian Santa Brings Joy To Amazon Rainforest Children

Santa Claus brings holiday cheer to remote Amazon villages, delivering gifts to children in need, overcoming challenges along the way.

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The Independent UK

Santa braves the sticky heat of the Amazon jungle to bring gifts to children in remote village

Santa Claus has braved the sticky heat of the Amazon rainforest this weekend, taking two boats to bring gifts to the children of a small village near the Brazilian city of Manaus

The Independent UK

Vegetarian piranha and Leonardo DiCaprio snake among new species named in 2024

A vegetarian piranha from the Amazon and a flying dinosaur found on the Isle of Skye are among the species previously unknown that have been named this year.

Latin Times

South America's Most Powerful Criminal Group Continues Its Invasion of the Amazon Forest in Search of Gold

Brazil's Indigenous Missionary Council (Cimi) reported at least 276 territorial invasions related to illegal resource extraction in 2023

The Independent UK

Environmental groups condemn new laws threatening soybean restrictions in Brazil's Amazon

Dozens of environmental nonprofits issued a manifesto Thursday condemning new laws in Brazilian states that threaten to dismantle the Amazon soy moratorium

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Rise Of Criminal Gangs Threatens Amazon Rainforest Security

Report reveals criminal gangs' expansion in the Amazon, impacting public safety and environmental preservation efforts.

The Independent UK

Brazilian beef and leather companies fall short in tackling deforestation, a study finds

The next United Nations climate conference will be held in Belem, the capital of an Amazon region where widespread deforestation has turned the surrounding rainforest from a vital carbon sink into a significant carbon source

The Guardian - UK

Protection deal for Amazon rainforest in peril as big business turns up heat

Exclusive: With Brazil’s politicians, agribusiness organisations and global traders piling on the pressure, the highly successful 2006 Soy Moratorium is under threat

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He wanted throats constricted, / speech impeded, eyes rimmed red, / the room brimming with tears

The Independent UK

These Peruvian women left the Amazon, but their homeland still inspires their songs and crafts

Many Shipibo-Konibo craftswomen migrated from their Indigenous communities in the Amazon to Peru's capital, Lima, in the past few decades

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Indigenous Leaders Urge UK To Ban Amazon Oil Financing

Wampis leaders in Peru call for action to protect their rainforest lands from oil pollution and environmental harm caused by international banks funding Pe...

The Independent UK

Indigenous leaders travel to UK from Peru to draw attention to oil damage and banking

Indigenous leaders from the Wampis Nation in Peru are urging lawmakers at the House of Commons in London to ban international banks’ support for Amazon oil activities they say harm their ancestral rainforests

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