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Amazon deforestation in Brazil remains near 15-year high

Closely-watched numbers for annual deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon show the total area of forest loss is down somewhat from last year, but that was a 15-year high

The Independent UK

Lula wants new Brazil police unit to tackle environmental crimes

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's incoming administration aims to create a new Federal Police unit focused on environmental crimes, the transition team's public security chief told Reuters.

Reuters

French banks accused of ‘massively’ fuelling Amazon deforestation

French banks are “massively” financing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest and tropical Cerrado savanna – providing hundreds of millions of euros to Brazilian agribusiness giants responsible for driving forest loss over the past decade, a coalition of NGOs and media outlets has warned.

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From the Amazon to Australia, why is your money funding Earth’s destruction?

Fossil fuels, fisheries and farming: the world’s most destructive industries are fiercely protected by governments, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

Many forests will become highly flammable for at least 30 extra days per year unless we cut emissions, research finds

Without strong climate action, forests on every continent will be highly flammable for at least 30 extra days per year by the end of the century – and this fire threat is far greater for some forests including the Amazon, according to our new study.

The Conversation

Brazil's Lula courts U.K., U.S. to join Amazon rainforest protection fund

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is asking Britain, France, the United States and others to donate to an international fund to protect the Amazon rainforest, a bulwark against climate change, Lula advisers said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Brazil's federal police to be stretched by budget cuts, says official

Brazil's federal police could see essential services, including Amazon rainforest protection, impacted by a budget shortfall into 2023, said a senator-elect and senior aide to the president-elect on Wednesday.

Reuters

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Brazil expels US fishing tour company from Indigenous land

Federal courts in Brazil have ordered a New Jersey-based fishing tour compay operating in the Amazon to cease and desist

The Independent UK

Exclusive-U.S. aims to sanction Brazil deforesters, adding bite to climate fight

The United States is looking to crack down on environmental criminals behind surging deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, using penalties such as Magnitsky sanctions to tackle climate change more aggressively, U.S. sources and officials told Reuters.

Reuters

A desperate wait for water in a drying Amazon

In the remote city of Rio Branco in Acre state, some fear a climate tipping point has already been reached as the rainy season brings floods and the dry season, droughts, writes Terrence McCoy

The Independent UK

Unchecked deforestation destroying evidence of lost Amazon civilisation

Cutting down trees in Bolivia’s Beni region not only damages the environment, it obliterates ancient remains: ‘That part of the archaeological archive is lost’

The Guardian - US

Moment pregnant woman gives birth to baby in a canoe after failing to reach hospital

The woman gave birth to her baby in a canoe on a waterway in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil, where a man traveling in a larger boat noticed her in pain and stopped to help

Daily Mirror

Ending Amazon deforestation: 4 essential reads about the future of the world's largest rainforest

Brazil’s president-elect, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was greeted with applause and cheers when he addressed the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Nov. 16, 2022. As he had in his campaign, Lula pledged to stop rampant deforestation in the Amazon, which his predecessor, Jair Bolsanaro, had encouraged.

The Conversation

Leak in Ecuador state firm's gas pipeline ignites fire, five injured

Ecuadorean state oil company Petroecuador said on Thursday five people were injured in a fire caused by a leak in a pipeline that carries gas to a refinery in the South American country's Amazon region.

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Brazil's Lula promises new day for Amazon, crackdown on illegal deforestation, at COP27

President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he will step up efforts to fight illegal deforestation - but faces a challenge in delivering environmental protections alongside economic development.

The Independent UK

At climate summit, Brazil's Lula says deforestation to stop

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is promising to combat deforestation when he assumes office on Jan. 1

Reuters

Lula's COP27 visit seen as restoring Brazil's climate credibility

The election of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as Brazil's next president is already boosting the country's credibility at this year's U.N. climate negotiations, with the left-wing leader to participate in COP27 in Egypt on Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK

Anxiety grows over risk to 1.5C: what happened on day seven at Cop27

Indigenous women from the Amazon held a press conference and developing countries criticised the G7’s loss and damage strategy

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The Guardian - UK

Peruvian Amazon Indigenous leaders to lobby banks to cut ties with state oil firm

Leaders from Achuar and Wampis peoples say Petroperú is responsible for spills in their territory

The Independent UK

Brazil will be climate leader, says ex-minister Marina Silva

Marina Silva, a former environmental minister, has a message for the U.N. climate summit: Brazil is back when it comes to protecting the Amazon, the largest rainforest in the world that is crucial to staving off the worst effects of climate change

Reuters

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon hits October record ahead of govt change

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest reached a record for October, data showed on Friday, with land-clearing in the region speeding up as the country undergoes a transition to a more conservation-friendly government.

Fortune

As Lula takes office, it’s time for Brazil to create an ‘economy of standing forests’

The incoming Lula administration bears the largest responsibility for preserving the Amazon. Doing so would uplift Brazil's economy–and help the planet.

The Conversation

Jair Bolsonaro lost in Brazil, but his threat to democracy remains

The days leading up to the recent Brazilian election were tense, violent and desperate.

The Independent UK

Climate Migration: Açai growers flee salty Amazon water

The Amazon river discharges one-fifth of all the world’s water that runs off the land surface

The Conversation

Views from COP27: How the climate conference could confront colonialism by centring Indigenous rights

The Huni Kui Indigenous people are an integral part of the Amazon Rainforest. They don’t differentiate between humans and nature. For them, there is only “nature” and humans are part of it.

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