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Brazil's Amazon Posts Lowest Deforestation In Nine Years: Govt

The Brazilian Amazon experienced its smallest amount of yearly deforestation in nearly a decade, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government reported Wednesday, in line with its promise to combat forest loss.

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Brazil Sees Significant Drop In Amazon Deforestation

Brazil reports significant decrease in Amazon forest loss, lowest in 9 years, amid concerns of potential threats and challenges.

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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon drops by nearly 31% compared to previous year

According to official monitoring, Amazon rainforest loss in Brazil dropped by one-third compared to the previous year, according to official monitoring

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Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club pick for November is an ‘unforgettable memoir’

The actor has selected ‘We Will Not Be Saved’ by Nemonte Nenquimo for this month’s pick

The Independent UK

Colombian Fish Trader Indicted For Amazon Murders

Colombian fish trader indicted for planning murders in the Amazon, shedding light on risks faced by environmental advocates.

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Police in Brazil indict Colombian fish trader in high profile killing in Amazon region

Brazilian police have indicted a Colombian fish trader as the person who planned the slayings of Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips in the Amazon in 2022, they announced Monday

The Independent UK

Alleged mastermind in murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira formally charged

Brazilian federal police announce end of two-year inquiry into killing of journalist and Indigenous expert in Amazon

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Brazil's Amazon Deforestation Agreement Faces Major Setback

Mato Grosso's new law ending incentives for Soy Moratorium raises concerns and debates on Amazon conservation efforts.

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Brazilian state law overturns soy moratorium that helped curb Amazon deforestation

In 2006, environmental nonprofits and some of the world’s largest soybean traders came together in a landmark “soy moratorium” to stop the sale of soy grown on illegally deforested land in Brazil's Amazon

The Independent UK

Can a superstar hippo help save Africa’s rainforests?

The world’s first superstar hippo lives in a zoo in Thailand. Moo Deng shot to fame soon after she was born in July this year, thanks to viral videos that showed off her cute expressions and chirpy demeanour. Yet the story of her species is less happy, and reveals the…

The Conversation

Earth is becoming ‘increasingly uninhabitable,’ scientists warn

Extreme climate events and rising temperatures are threatening Earth’s inhabitants, ecosystems, and infrastructure with severe consequences

The Independent UK

Brazil fines meatpacking companies, including giant JBS, for buying illegally raised cattle

Brazil's environmental agency levied $64 million in fines against 23 meatpacking and their suppliers companies for buying and selling cattle raised illegally on deforested land in the Amazon

The Independent UK

Miscarriages due to climate crisis a ‘blind spot’ in action plans – report

The harm to babies and mothers is one of the warnings being sent to Cop29 decision-makers by leading scientists

The Guardian - UK

COP16: Can Colombia Lead The Global Fight Against Climate Change?

The country's efforts to become a leader in the area are being undermined by armed groups operating in the country

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Criminals may be leveraging climate change as record acreage burns in Brazil's Amazon

Brazil’s Amazon dry season just ended with a staggering 846% increase in burned forest area compared to the year before

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Amazon River Drought Threatens Indigenous Communities

Learn about the challenges faced by Indigenous communities in Leticia, Colombia, due to the Amazon River's low water levels and the efforts to provide assi...

The Conversation

As Colombia hosts a UN biodiversity summit, its own Amazonian rainforest is in crisis

The city of Cali, in Colombia, is hosting the UN’s 16th biodiversity summit, known as Cop16. The summit, which runs until Friday, November 1, is focused on how countries will fulfil previous pledges to protect at least 30% of the world’s land and water and restore 30% of degraded ecosystems…

The Independent UK

In Colombia, Amazon River's extreme drought falls hard on Indigenous communities

The severe drought of the Amazon River has caused Indigenous communities who live beside it to struggle for food, water and simply getting from one place to another

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A Brazilian artist uses ash and mud for a massive Sao Paulo mural lamenting climate disasters

Brazilian artist Mundano is presenting a massive street mural in Sao Paulo that uses ash from wildfires and mud from floods to highlight extreme weather events wreaking devastation in the country

The Independent UK

Efforts to combat deforestation in Colombia lag because of armed groups, report finds

The International Crisis Group is reporting that Colombia's government efforts to control deforestation in the Amazon are being hampered by the actions of left-wing dissidents who control the area

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve seen the dark, fat grease stuck to the leaves’: oil and gas encroach on Peru’s uncontacted peoples

The government is auctioning off plots of pristine Indigenous reserves for fossil fuel projects, with campaigners warning of a ‘silent genocide’

The Guardian - UK

Lula and Petro have the chance of a lifetime to save the Amazon. Can they unite idealism and realpolitik to pull it off?

The South American leaders are in the spotlight as they prepare to host this week’s Cop16 biodiversity summit, November’s G20 meeting and next year’s Cop30 climate summit

The Independent UK

‘We need to connect, not conquer’: Lucy Shepherd on surviving jungle wilderness – and redefining the explorer

Following her epic 50-day trek through the Amazon rainforest in Guyana, explorer Lucy Shepherd speaks to Annabel Grossman about her most challenging moments in the wilderness and the need to protect these fragile ecosystems

Al Jazeera

Wildlife populations decline 73 percent over past half-century, report says

World Wildlife Fund says species like pink river dolphins of the Amazon, forest elephants in Gabon are in sharp decline.

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I have planted thousands of perennials and shrubs as a professional gardener – and biochar is the secret ingredient I always recommend

Biochar is a helpful and long-lasting soil additive, with impressive results, and you can grab it now in the Amazon sale

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