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Dom Phillips was killed researching a book on the Amazon. Three years later, his friends finished it

Fragments of hope mix with grim realities in How to Save the Amazon, published in the UK and Brazil this week.

Euronews

A journalist was killed while writing a book on the Amazon. Here's how friends completed his work

British journalist Dom Phillips was working for years on a book about saving the Amazon when he was killed in the region by fishermen in 2022

The Independent UK

The Many Lives of James Lovelock by Jonathan Watts – man of many myths

A splendid, fearless biography of the ‘gullible genius’ who popularised Gaia theory

The Guardian - UK

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Murdered journalist Dom Phillips’ unfinished book to be published in 2025

How to Save the Amazon: Ask the People Who Know will be completed by writers and environmentalists thanks to a grant from the Whiting foundation

The Guardian - UK

‘Everything is parched’: Amazon struggles with drought amid deforestation

By now, the rivers should be full. But large-scale cattle farming, the climate crisis and weather events like El Niño mean Brazil is near the point of no return

The Guardian - UK

At home with the red fire ant – and its many potent relatives

As the invasive ant arrives in Europe, Jonathan Watts recounts his painful encounters with this small creature in its native Latin America

The Guardian - UK

The message from Ecuador is clear: people will vote to keep oil in the ground

People were overwhelmingly in favour of stopping oil drilling in Yasuní national park. Can this success be replicated elsewhere in the world, asks the Guardian’s global environment editor, Jonathan Watts

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‘More in hope’: lessons from our tiny reforestation scheme in the Amazon

Four years in, it has become clearer that the future of the forest and the climate crisis depends on politics

The Guardian - UK

‘Journalism mustn’t be silenced’: colleagues to complete slain reporter’s book

How to Save the Amazon will be published so Dom Phillips’ work telling the stories of Amazon defenders does not die with him

The Guardian - US

Friday briefing: A year after their murder, the vital work of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips carries on

In today’s newsletter: A new reporting project seeks to continue the efforts of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips to protect the Amazon

The Guardian - UK

One year after their deaths, their work must go on

On 5 June 2022, Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips were killed for protecting the Amazon rainforest. A new collaboration aims to continue what they started

The Guardian - UK

Journalists to complete book on saving Amazon rainforest by murdered British writer

One year after British reporter Dom Phillips was murdered in Brazil while working on a book about saving the Amazon rain forest, a group of journalists aims to complete the project, his family and former colleagues said on Thursday.

Reuters

Monday briefing: What it will take to reverse the damage done to the rainforest by Jair Bolsonaro

In today’s newsletter: A key campaign promise of the Brazilian president was to reverse the rapid destruction of the rainforest under Jair Bolsonaro, but his commitment is yet to be tested

The Guardian - UK

Five Great Reads: why some books are beyond help, plus arguments about happiness and apples

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

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The Independent UK

Remains of British journalist Dom Phillips found in Brazil, minister confirms

Latin America minister Vicky Ford has confirmed the identification.

Evening Standard

Dom Phillips: More arrests expected as tests begin on human remains found in Amazon

Fisherman Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, 41, confessed to killing the men and led officers to two buried bodies.

The Independent UK

‘Exhaustive’ search fails to find Dom Phillips’ boat as tests begin on bodies

Fisherman Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, 41, confessed to killing the men and led officers to two buried bodies.

The Guardian - UK

There is a war on nature. Dom Phillips was killed trying to warn you about it

Bruno Pereira highlighted the ravaging of the rainforest. Dom told his story, says Jonathan Watts, the Guardian’s global environment editor

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The Guardian - UK

‘Heartbroken’: family pay tribute to Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

Colleagues call for journalist and Indigenous activist’s work to be inspiration to others

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