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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

New clues suggests four kids missing after Amazon plane crash a month ago could be alive

Searches are ongoing for the children, who have been missing since a Cessna 206 airplane crashed in the dense Colombian Amazon on May 1, but spirits are positive

Daily Mirror

Brazilian president says UN will hold climate conference in Brazil in 2025

Brazil’s president announced Friday that the United Nations has chosen his country to host the 2025 UN climate change conference, though the world body has not yet publicly confirmed the decision

The Independent UK

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Outcry as Brazil congress moves to gut environment and Indigenous ministries

Plan to drastically dilute bodies’ powers would deal severe blow to Lula’s attempt to reverse Bolsonaro’s era of Amazon devastation

The Guardian - US

Boa constrictor found slithering through south London park

A five-foot-long boa constrictor, usually found in the dense Amazon rainforest, was spotted slithering through a south London park by a stunned visitor.

Evening Standard

Chirping sounds lead airport officials to bag filled with smuggled parrot eggs

The 24 bright green baby parrots chirp and bob their heads the second anyone nears the large cages that have been their homes since hatching in March

The Independent UK

Brazil's Petrobras to appeal decision blocking drilling at Amazon mouth

Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras said on Wednesday it will file this week an appeal against environmental agency Ibama's decision of blocking it from drilling a well at the mouth of the Amazon river.

Reuters

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Can This “Unprecedented” Experiment in the Amazon Help Save Our Planet?

Scientists are planning to launch the AmazonFACE experiment, which sprays carbon dioxide in the Amazon rainforest to simulate climate change.

Inverse

Brazil builds 'rings of carbon dioxide' to simulate climate change in the Amazon

Deep in the Amazon, Brazil is building a complex of towers arrayed in six rings poised to spray carbon dioxide into the rainforest

The Independent UK

In the Amazon, Brazilian ecologists try new approach against deforestation and poverty

A Brazilian non-profit has created a new model for land ownership that welcomes both local people and scientists to collaborate in preserving the Amazon, the world’s largest tropical forest

The Independent UK

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

Brazil police accuse agency bosses of misconduct in Amazon murder case

Brazil's federal police recommended misconduct charges be filed on Friday against two ex-officials of Indigenous agency Funai in the case of a journalist and a native expert murdered last June in the Amazon rainforest.

Reuters

Colombia on edge as search continues for 4 children who could have survived plane crash

Colombians are on edge as a search continues for four Indigenous children who may have survived a deadly plane crash in the Amazon jungle on May 1

The Independent UK

Ex-chief of Brazil’s Indigenous agency charged over murders of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips

Marcelo Xavier accused of indirectly contributing on the grounds that he failed to take steps to protect workers in Amazon

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The Conversation

A global 'conservation basic income' might cost trillions – but it's still a shrewd investment

Imagine governments were to simply transfer money, unconditionally, to people living in or using key conservation areas throughout the world, from Indigenous people in the Amazon rainforest to cattle herders roaming the plains of East Africa or fisherfolk living in coastal Indonesia. This is the conservation basic income, or CBI,…

Daily Mirror

Three children and 11-month-old baby 'found alive in Amazon' weeks after plane crash

A small aircraft was flying between Araracuara in Amazonas province and San Jose del Guaviare, a city in Guaviare province when it disappeared over two weeks ago in Colombia

The Independent UK

Colombian president retracts claim that four children in plane crash survived and were rescued

Colombia’s president tweeted children have been found two weeks after crash – but later retracted the statement

The Independent UK

Oil project near Amazon River mouth blocked by Brazil's environment agency

Brazil’s environmental regulator has refused to grant a license for a controversial offshore oil drilling project near the mouth of the Amazon River, prompting celebration from environmentalists who had warned of its potential impact

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The Independent UK

Cleverly to visit Caribbean and South America to seek ‘enhanced’ ties

The seven-day trip will see Mr Cleverly travel to Jamaica, Colombia, Chile and Brazil and announce climate and security funding.

The Conversation

Illegal, occasionally deadly, and not much fun. What is the frog toxin Kambô and why do people use it?

Kambô is an oozy substance harvested from the defensive skin secretions of the Amazonian giant monkey tree frog. In the traditional medicine of some indigenous peoples of the Amazon, Kambô is applied to superficial burns on the skin of participants to produce an intense purging effect.

The Independent UK

Cartier's use of images of Amazon tribe prompts Indigenous advocates to allege hypocrisy

Until two months ago, Cartier’s website showed Indigenous children playing in a field of tall, green grass

Reuters

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls 68% in April, first major drop under Lula

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest fell 68% in April from the previous year, preliminary government data showed on Friday, a positive reading for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as it represents the first major drop under his watch.

Bangkok Post

Climate health needs forest care

Even before taking office in January 2023, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula de Silva promised to end illegal deforestation in the Amazon. He also revived partnerships to amplify financing of forest protection and announced a presidential summit of Amazon Basin countries to be held in Belem in August. Mr Lula…

Reuters

Ecuador deploys soldiers against illegal mines in Amazonian areas

Ecuador's government is deploying soldiers and police in nine provinces to combat illegal mining, officials said on Monday, in a bid to stamp out the unlawful mines mostly targeting gold and copper deposits.

The Independent UK

Brazil's Amazon megaprojects threaten Lula's green ambitions

After his swearing-in ceremony earlier this year, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva walked up the ramp to the presidential palace arm in arm with one of the world’s most famous Indigenous leaders

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