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Amazon countries need more power in climate debate, Lula says

Countries that border the Amazon rainforest need to have a bigger voice in the international climate debate and greater representation on global environmental forums, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said.

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The presidents of Brazil and Colombia meet to boost cooperation ahead of Amazon summit

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has met with his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro to build momentum for upcoming regional summit on the Amazon rainforest and enhance efforts for its protection

The Independent UK

Catastrophic climate 'doom loops' could start in just 15 years, new study warns

Climate "tipping points," such as the loss of the Amazon rainforest or the collapse of the Greenland ice sheet, could come within a human lifetime, scientists have said.

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Deforestation of Amazon down by a third in 2023 after Bolsonaro’s defeat, says Brazil government

‘We reversed the curve, deforestation isn’t increasing’

The Independent UK

Afternoon Update: robodebt report recommends prosecutions; another Sydney shooting; and Amazon deforestation drops 34%

Royal commission particularly scathing of Scott Morrison and Stuart Robert and the top public servant in charge of the scheme

The Guardian - AU

Lula's first six months reverse Amazon deforestation trend under Bolsonaro

The rate of deforestation since Lula Ignacio de Silva was sworn in as Brazil's president has dropped by 34%. Protecting the Amazon had been one of his campaign promises.

France 24

In Lula’s first six months, Brazil Amazon deforestation dropped 34%

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest dropped 33.6% in the first six months of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s term, providing an encouraging sign for his administration's environmental efforts

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Commentary: It turns out ranching doesn’t have to destroy the Amazon rainforest

Can ranchers help rescue the Amazon?

Los Angeles Times

The forgotten Amazon: as a critical summit nears, politicians must get serious about deforestation in Bolivia

When asked to situate the world’s most iconic rainforest on a map, most people will pinpoint Brazil. And given the intense media coverage of the country’s deforestation and fires – concerns reached a peak under former president Jair Bolsonaro and his free-for-all approach – they might also imagine a thick…

The Conversation

Pink dolphins at risk in the Amazon

Researchers find humans compromise nearly 90% of the dolphins' swim routes

Salon

Satellite Tags Reveal Dire Threat To Endangered Amazon River Dolphins

Endangered Amazon River dolphins face extinction threat from fishing and dam construction

Zenger

Catastrophic climate 'doom loops' could start in just 15 years, new study warns

Climate "tipping points," such as the loss of the Amazon rainforest or the collapse of the Greenland ice sheet, could come within a human lifetime, scientists have said.

LiveScience

Amazon Indigenous are leaving rainforest for cities, and finding urban poverty

Thousands of Amazon Indigenous are leaving their rainforest villages in a migration to urban areas that is reshaping their lives, their villages and their new cities

The Independent UK

Arnold Schwarzenegger Says He And James Cameron Once Took A Wild Trip To The Amazon, And It Included Fan Chanting And A ‘Monster’ Snake

Arnold Schwarzenegger opens up about a crazy trip to the Amazon with James Cameron, which involved a massive snake and a lot of fans.

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The Guardian - UK

The big picture: a celebration of life in the Peruvian rainforest

The result of three years immersed in the Amazon, Arguiñe Escandón and Yann Gross’s photographs capture the communities and rituals they encountered

The Week

Deforestation and the state of the world’s rainforests

The ongoing destruction of the world’s rainforests sped up in 2022, putting worldwide promises to end deforestation by 2030 in serious doubt.

The Guardian - US

Amazon facing ‘urgent’ crime crisis after gutting of protections, says drugs tsar

Brazilian government warning comes as UN report says that flourishing organized crime groups are driving a boom in environmental devastation

The Independent UK

A scientist's 4-decade quest to save the biggest monkey in the Americas

The emerald-green canopy shifts and rustles as a troop of willowy, golden-gray monkeys slides through the Atlantic forest, a tropical ecosystem even more threatened than the Amazon

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The Guardian - UK

Ecological tipping points could occur much sooner than expected, study finds

Amazon rainforest and other ecosystems could collapse ‘very soon’, researchers warn

The Independent UK

Colombian military searches for heroic dog who helped find children in the Amazon jungle

With his golden snout and his pointy ears, Wilson became a national hero in Colombia when he helped the military find four Indigenous children who survived a plane crash and were lost in the Amazon jungle for 40 days

The Guardian - AU

‘Western arrogance’: how the wellness movement co-opted an Amazon frog toxin with deadly effects

Kambo, a secretion used in tribal cleansing ceremonies, has been implicated in deaths worldwide and experts are sounding the alarm

Daily Mirror

Brit got lost in the Amazon rainforest and had to eat his DOG to survive after plane crash

Speaking about the Colombian train tragedy, which saw four children stuck in the Amazon for more than a month, explorer Benedict Allen reveals his time stuck in the forest at 22 years old.

The Independent UK

Losing hope of finding kids in plane crash, Indigenous searchers turned to a ritual: ayahuasca

Indigenous men who were among search teams hoping to find four children aboard a plane that crashed in the Amazon jungle say one of their most sacred rituals played a role in rescue efforts

The Independent UK

Grandfather of four missing Colombian children reveals details of miracle rescue from the Amazon Rainforest

‘Lesly ripped apart a piece of fabric from her mom’s clothes to cover her siblings and protect them from the cold,’ Narciso Mucutuy told Semana

The Conversation

How traditional Indigenous education helped four lost children survive 40 days in the Amazon jungle

The discovery and rescue of four young Indigenous children, 40 days after the aircraft they were travelling in crashed in the remote Colombian rainforest, was hailed in the international press as a “miracle in the jungle”. But as an anthropologist who has spent more than a year living among the…

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