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EU steps in to boost Amazon rainforest protection plan
By Belén Carreño (Reuters) - The European Union threw its weight behind a plan to protect the Amazon rainforest, pledging to coordinate financial contributions from EU members and making sure…
Amazon sees worst deforestation levels in 15 years
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has hit its highest level in over 15 years, official data shows. A report by Brazil's space…
Fires in the Brazilian Amazon retreat in September
Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest declined by nearly half in September compared a year ago, government data showed, with rains and law…
Amazon deforestation rose 17% in ‘dire’ 2020, data shows
Deforestation in the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest, rose by 17% last year, with wildfires, beef production and logging causing forested areas…
In Brazil’s Amazon a COVID-19 resurgence dashes herd immunity hopes
The largest city in Brazil's Amazon has closed bars and river beaches to contain a fresh surge of coronavirus cases, a trend…
Brazil’s Bolsonaro blames indigenous people for Amazon fires in U.N. speech
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro told the United Nations that indigenous people in the Amazon were to blame for fires in the rainforest…
Brazil Amazon fires likely worst in 10 years
The official August data on the number of fires in Brazil’s Amazon needs to be corrected and will likely show an increase…
Photo Story: Fires still burning in the Amazon forest in Brazil
A firefighter, who is part of an Ibama forest brigade formed by indigenous people of the Tenhari ethnic group, participates in firefighting…
Understanding Bolsonaro’s reaction to foreign aid offer to fight Amazon’s fire
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s furious reaction to foreign criticism of his handling of Amazon fires reflects the sacred place the vast region…