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The Amazon is not safe under Brazil's new president – a roads plan could push it past its breaking point

Conservationists breathed a sigh of relief when Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s presidential election in the fall of 2022. His predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, had opened large parts of the Amazon region to business by crippling enforcement of environmental laws and turning a blind eye to land grabbing. It…

The Conversation

Two new species of yeast named after Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips

Discoveries that could help diabetics titled in honour of activist and journalist murdered in Amazon

The Guardian - UK

Indigenous children suffer most from illegal miners’ Amazon invasion

The influx of heavily armed gangs, now being tackled by President Lula, has had a catastrophic effect on infant health

The Guardian - US

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The flap of a butterfly's wings: why autumn is not a good time to predict if El Niño is coming

Remember the butterfly effect? It was a popular summary of chaos theory suggesting a butterfly flapping its wings in the Amazon could cause a tornado in Texas.

The Conversation

Horrifying, uplifting, surreal: my mate Dom Phillips joins the rainforest martyrs

At a Brazil memorial for murdered US activist and nun Dorothy Stang, there are two more people symbolically present

The Guardian - UK

Musk internet kits a boon for bad actors in Brazilian Amazon

When Brazil’s environmental authority busted an illegal gold mine inside the Yanomami Indigenous territory operated by the nation’s most fearsome gang, they found something that is becoming common at such sites: a Starlink kit

The Independent UK

In Brazil, the future of environmental sustainability needs a strong ally: collectors of recyclable materials

When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in for his third term as president of Brazil on January 1, 2023, he invited a diverse group to accompany him as he ascended the ramp to his offices. Among them, two symbolised the giant step that the country was taking toward a…

The Conversation

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How to use free satellite data to monitor natural disasters and environmental changes

If you want to track changes in the Amazon rainforest, see the full expanse of a hurricane or figure out where people need help after a disaster, it’s much easier to do with the view from a satellite orbiting a few hundred miles above Earth.

The Conversation

Lula meets with Indigenous in Brazil's Amazon, pledges lands

On his first trip to Indigenous land in the Amazon rainforest since taking office, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has expressed support for the creation of new territories for those communities

The Independent UK

Record deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest shows challenge facing Lula

Satellites show record destruction for the month of February as new government tries to undo damage wreaked under Bolsonaro

The Guardian - US

How the 'second Amazon' became a battleground

It's called the 'second Amazon'. But like the Amazon, a pristine river system to Australia's north has become a battleground.

ABC News

Rainforests pump water round the tropics – but the pulse of this heart is weakening

Tropical forests are often referred to as the “lungs of the world”, describing the way their trees exchange gases with the atmosphere. By “breathing in” carbon dioxide and “breathing out” oxygen during photosynthesis, tropical forests remove about 15% of man-made carbon emissions and help to slow climate change.

The Conversation

Tropical deforestation significantly reduces rainfall, study finds

New research published Wednesday shows that large-scale deforestation – from the Amazon to the forests of Africa and Southeast Asia – threatens reductions in rainfall across the tropics.

Radio France Internationale

Man ate worms and drank urine to survive brutal 31 days lost in the Amazon jungle

Jhonatan Acosta, 30, has told how he became lost in part of the Amazon jungle in Bolivia and was forced to eat worms and drink his urine, while fighting off wild boars that attacked him

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Earth’s ‘green lung’ rainforests take centre stage at talks in Gabon

The sixth annual One Planet Summit begins on Wednesday, with the fate of forests at the top of the agenda. Politicians, scientists and NGOs will meet in Libreville, Gabon, to discuss the future of rainforests in the Congo basin, Southeast Asia and the Amazon basin – and whether countries in…

The Guardian - UK

Scientists prove clear link between deforestation and local drop in rainfall

Study adds to fears Amazon is approaching tipping point after which it will not be able to generate its own rainfall

The Independent UK

Man survived 31 days in Amazon jungle by eating worms

Jhonattan Acosta, 30, got lost in the jungle after becoming separated from his four friends while out hunting in northern Bolivia.

France 24

Illegal gold mining: A disaster for the Yanomami people of Brazil's Amazon rainforest

Thousands of illegal gold miners are accused of destroying the lives of the indigenous Yanomami people, who have lived for centuries in the Amazon rainforest on the border between Venezuela and Brazil. Miners have flooded into the area, poisoning rivers, attacking people and even raping women and girls. Under Brazil's…

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The Independent UK

Brazil delegation visits Amazon region where pair died

A delegation from the Brazilian government that includes widows of two slain men who had worked for justice for Indigenous Amazon peoples arrived in the remote region where the two were slain Monday in a symbolic retake of the place, now that a new government has taken office in Brazil

The Guardian - UK

Dom Phillips’ widow to follow him in raising awareness of crisis in Amazon

Alessandra Sampaio preparing to visit remote area where husband and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were murdered last year

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - AU

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira remembered in Rio as carnival emerges from Bolsonaro era

Dancing and debauchery peppered with more sombre moments, including defiant tributes to murdered British journalist and Brazilian Indigenous expert

The Guardian - US

Cattle, not coca, drive deforestation of the Amazon in Colombia – report

Past governments blamed the growing of coca – the base component of cocaine – for clearcutting, but a recent study shows otherwise

The Guardian - US

Peruvian loggers given 28 years in jail for murder of four Indigenous leaders

Victims – among them environmental defender Edwin Chota – were tortured before their deaths in Peruvian Amazon in 2014

Reuters

Exclusive-Brazil plans legislation to crack down on laundering of illegal gold

Brazil's government is taking a fresh tack in its effort to crack down on illegal gold mining in the Amazon, preparing legislation that would require electronic tax receipts for the buying and selling of the precious metal, four sources with knowledge of the plans said.

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