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Brazil records worst day for Amazon fires in 15 years

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - The number of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon hit a nearly 15-year high this week, according to official figures that provided the latest warning on the advancing destruction of the world's biggest rainforest.

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Crucial illegal road threatens Amazon rainforest

An illegal dirt road ripping through protected areas in Brazil is only a few miles shy of connecting two of the worst areas of deforestation in the Amazon basin

The Independent UK

Anglo-French oil firm threatens Amazon reserve for isolated Indigenous people

Perenco sues Peru government for repeal of law that offers recognition to proposed Napo-Tigre reserve

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Lula vows to take on Amazon crime if returned to power in Brazil elections

Ex-president says he will clamp down on illegal miners and loggers after murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

The Guardian - US

Lula: no need to fell a single tree to boost Brazil farm output

Brazil's presidential frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday his country did not need to cut a single tree to plant more soybeans, sugarcane or raise cattle as he vowed to restore law enforcement in the Amazon rainforest to curb deforestation.

Reuters

Amazon forest guardians fulfil Bruno Pereira’s mission of Indigenous exchange

Pereira, who was murdered alongside British journalist Dom Phillips, planned to lead an Indigenous delegation 2,500km across Brazil to learn from veteran fellow defenders

The Guardian - US

Gisele Bündchen is IWC's new environment adviser

During a trip to the Amazon, Gisele Bündchen saw the impact of deforestation and pollution on the health and lives of indigenous tribes.

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U.S. Treasury eyes Brazil drug gang ties to illegal Amazon gold mines

The U.S. government is concerned about links between Brazil's largest drug gang and illegal gold mining in the Amazon rainforest, a U.S. Treasury official said on Wednesday following meetings with Brazilian law enforcement and civil society.

Reuters

Attacks on Brazil's indigenous people rose sharply in 2021, report says

Attacks on Brazil's indigenous people and invasions of their lands by illegal miners and loggers, mainly in the Amazon, increased dramatically in 2021, escalating an already "terrifying" situation, the Catholic Church's Indigenous Missionary Council (Cimi) said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Little talk of rainforest protection in the Brazilian Amazon

Like other Brazilians, residents of the Amazon will elect governors and lawmakers in general elections in October

The Independent UK

Lula eyes 'green' farm loans to tackle Amazon deforestation

Advisors to leftist Brazilian presidential hopeful Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are proposing subsidized "green" farm loans to spur planting of soybeans and corn on open pasture and reduce deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.

Reuters

Amazon Tribe Go behind the Camera in Nat Geo Film 'The Territory'

When Covid-19 reached Brazil's Amazon, and an indigenous tribe sealed off its borders, director Alex Pritz found an innovative way to finish his documentary -- he handed the cameras over to the Uru-eu-wau-wau themselves. "The Territory," to be released by National Geographic on Friday, follows the plight of some 200…

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Amazon tribe go behind the camera in Nat Geo film 'The Territory'

Los Angeles (AFP) - When Covid-19 reached Brazil's Amazon, and an indigenous tribe sealed off its borders, director Alex Pritz found an innovative way to finish his documentary -- he handed the cameras over to the Uru-eu-wau-wau themselves.

AFP

Brazil’s other deforestation: has the savannah farming boom gone too far?

Decades of intensive agriculture threaten the Cerrado region, which acts as an important carbon dioxide ‘sink’ and helps fend off global warming

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Explainer-Causes and consequences of Amazon fires and deforestation

Brazil vowed last year to halt deforestation by 2030, yet the number of fires burning in the country's Amazon rainforest hit a 15-year high in June. Burning season began last month and the rate of forest clearing remains high.

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A Brazil court reopens the case of a rainforest park larger than New York City

The court's decision reopened a lawsuit that invalidates a protected area in Brazil's Amazon.

The Independent UK

In reversal, Brazil court reopens case of rainforest park

After declaring a decision final, an important state court in Brazil has backpedaled and reopened a lawsuit that invalidated a large protected area in the country's Amazon rainforest

Reuters

Pope concerned for Amazon and indigenous peoples, says its first cardinal

Pope Francis will install the first cardinal of Brazil's Amazon region this month in a sign of his concern for the rainforest and its indigenous inhabitants, the man whom he picked for the role said.

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The Independent UK

Problematic or perilous: Brazil's environmental choice

Brazilians go to the polls in October, and they´ll have a choice between reelecting Jair Bolsonaro, or bringing back former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

The Guardian - UK

Notes on chocolate: the sumptuous tastes of the Amazon

Unique micro-lot wild cacao flavours from a Brazilian maker. By Annalisa Barbieri

Daily Mirror

Five more suspects arrested following death of British journalist in Amazon

Freelance reporter Dom Phillips who had written for the Guardian and the Washington Post, went missing along with indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in June with remains later found

Inverse

Are fake meats better for the environment? Yes, but it’s more complex than you think

Marketed to meat lovers, plant-based burgers like Impossible and Beyond claim to taste like the real thing and to have far lighter environmental footprints.

Reuters

Brazil police arrest 5 more in murders of journalist, Amazon expert

Brazil's federal police on Saturday arrested five more men in an investigation into the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon rainforest in June.

The Guardian - UK

Five more arrested in Brazil over murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

Suspect already in custody is likely leader of illegal fishing mafia based in Amazon region, police say

The Independent UK

Man who destroyed vast forest wins demise of park

In a move that shocked environmentalists, the state government of Mato Grosso has given up a legal battle to protect a state park located in one of the Brazilian Amazon's most biodiverse areas

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