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Brazil's New Petrobras Chief Calls To Speed Up Oil Exploration

The new boss of Brazil's Petrobras said Monday it was crucial that the state-run company "accelerate" oil exploration, including in a controversial offshore basin near the mouth of the Amazon River.

International Business Times

Indigenous community in the heart of Peru's Amazon hosts film festival celebrating tropical forests

In the heart of Peru’s Amazon region, a poor Indigenous community put aside the trials and tribulations of everyday life and celebrated an international film festival with works from countries with tropical forests

The Independent UK

‘I want people to wake up’: Nemonte Nenquimo on growing up in the rainforest and her fight to save it

The Indigenous campaigner won a historic legal victory to protect Waorani land in the Amazon rainforest. Now she has written a groundbreaking memoir

The Guardian - UK

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More than third of Amazon rainforest struggling to recover from drought, study finds

‘Critical slowing down’ of recovery raises concern over forest’s resilience to ecosystem collapse

The Guardian - UK

How to watch Into the Amazon with Robson Green online or on TV

Here's how you can watch Into the Amazon with Robson Green online, ready for when it starts on Tuesday, May 21.

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Plunging At Over 300kph, Brazilian Skydiver Luigi Cani Dropped 100 Million Seeds Into The Amazon

Suported by Audi do Brazil, Luigi Cani made one of the most important jumps of his life in the Amazon. The post Plunging At Over 300kph, Brazilian Skydiver Luigi Cani Dropped 100 Million Seeds Into The Amazon first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Floods in south Brazil have displaced 600,000 – here’s why this region is likely to see ever more extreme rain in future

A mighty river is flowing out of the Amazon rainforest, and it’s not the one you’re thinking of. In the first kilometre above the forest canopy, a “flying river” is transporting moisture evaporated from Amazonian trees southwards along the Andes mountains towards Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state in…

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‘Just by breathing we are contaminated’: schoolgirls fight to extinguish Ecuador’s gas flares

A group of determined teenagers has taken the government to court for not doing more to protect their community from the noxious byproduct of oil extraction in the northern Amazon

The Guardian - UK

Amazonian Chief At UN To Combat Traditional Knowledge Piracy

The leader of the Brazilian Amazon's Huni Kui people remains hopeful that a planned United Nations treaty will advance the fight against biopiracy: the pillaging of traditional knowledge and genetic resources.

International Business Times

A car-free town in the Amazon serves lessons for pedaling to net zero emissions

Afuá, a remote town in the Brazilian Amazon, banned motor vehicles over 20 years ago. Writer Mac Margolis and photographer Stefan Kolumban paid the town a visit to see what life is like.

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Dale Steyn Enjoys Fishing Adventure With Friends In Brazil

South African cricket legend Dale Steyn unwinds on a fishing trip with friends in the Jungle Amazon, showcasing a different side of the fierce competitor a...

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What exactly is cassava?

"Cassava's humble appearance, however, belies an impressive combination of productivity, toughness and diversity"

Salon

‘It’s so frustrating’: two years on and still no justice for Bruno and Dom murders

Three men await trial in Brazil for the killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, but no date is set and Amazon activists still live in fear of violence

The Guardian - UK

Colombian School, A Grim Reminder Of Atrocities Of Rubber Fever

A modest wooden school in the middle of the Colombian Amazon preserves the memory of atrocities perpetrated against Indigenous people by rubber industrialists more than a century ago.

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Colombian Rebels Holding Amazon Hostage In Peace Talks

Colombian guerrilla fighters, who long used kidnapping to raise cash and gain negotiating clout, have turned to a new type of hostage: the Amazon rainforest.

International Business Times

Venice's 60th Biennale Opens On Humanity And The Fragile Planet

Venice's 60th Biennale international art show has opened its doors, exploring humankind's relationship with the fragile planet, from Greenland's icecaps to deforestation in the Amazon.

France 24

In Amazon rainforest, Peru's ancient shihuahuaco trees are under threat

The shihuahuaco tree is one of the giants of the Amazon rainforest, reaching heights of up to 60 metres. But it is coveted for its hardwood, one of the most precious and sought-after types of wood in the world. Peru exports it to China, but also to Europe and in…

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Brazil Faces Indigenous Resistance To Amazon Oil Drilling Plans

Indigenous opposition to oil drilling in the Amazon raises concerns about environmental impact and Indigenous rights in Brazil.

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‘We can’t hunt or fish’: the villages in Ecuador’s Amazon surrounded by abandoned explosives

In 2002, high explosives were laid in oil wells across 20 sq km of forest. The firm has gone but the pentolite remains, despite a court ruling, putting lives and the ecosystem at risk

LiveScience

Ancient artists high on hallucinogens carved dancer rock art in Peru, study suggests

The research notes similarities between the carvings in southern Peru and the ayahuasca-induced art of the Amazon's Tucano people.

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Amazonia Bonds Face Challenges In 2024

Investor concerns and proponents' optimism clash over 'Amazonia' bonds' potential to address deforestation and climate change in the Amazon region.

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Discovering Nature's Richness: Top 10 Diverse Ecosystems Worldwide

Discover the world's most fascinating ecosystems, from the Amazon Rainforest to the Arctic Tundra.

France 24

Brazil's Cerrado savanna sacrificed in the name of industrial soya, maize farming

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has made saving the Amazon rainforest – now a key condition for a trade deal between the EU and South America's Mercosur bloc – a priority for his government. A year after Lula came to power, his gamble has paid off: deforestation has…

International Business Times

Peru Court Sentences Killers Of Indigenous Land Defenders

A Peruvian court on Thursday imposed near three-decade sentences on five men who were being retried for the murders of four Indigenous Amazon land defenders who had crossed swords with illegal loggers.

The Guardian - UK

Colombian Amazon deforestation surges as armed groups tighten grip

Country had previously turned the tide on deforestation but armed rebels have revoked ban

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