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Amazon deforestation in Brazil stays near 15-year high

Data from Climate Observatory network of environmental groups shows that, in the four years of outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro’s leadership, deforestation rose 60% over the previous four years.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 30, 2022

Amazon deforestation in Brazil remains near 15-year high

Closely-watched numbers for annual deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon show the total area of forest loss is down somewhat from last year, but that was a 15-year high

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2022

Lula wants new Brazil police unit to tackle environmental crimes

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's incoming administration aims to create a new Federal Police unit focused on environmental crimes, the transition team's public security chief told Reuters.

Reuters · Nov 30, 2022

Brazil's federal police to be stretched by budget cuts, says official

Brazil's federal police could see essential services, including Amazon rainforest protection, impacted by a budget shortfall into 2023, said a senator-elect and senior aide to the president-elect on Wednesday.

Reuters · Nov 23, 2022

Brazil expels US fishing tour company from Indigenous land

Federal courts in Brazil have ordered a New Jersey-based fishing tour compay operating in the Amazon to cease and desist

The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2022

Exclusive-U.S. aims to sanction Brazil deforesters, adding bite to climate fight

The United States is looking to crack down on environmental criminals behind surging deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, using penalties such as Magnitsky sanctions to tackle climate change more aggressively, U.S. sources and officials told Reuters.

Reuters · Nov 23, 2022

A desperate wait for water in a drying Amazon

In the remote city of Rio Branco in Acre state, some fear a climate tipping point has already been reached as the rainy season brings floods and the dry season, droughts, writes Terrence McCoy

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2022

Unchecked deforestation destroying evidence of lost Amazon civilisation

Cutting down trees in Bolivia’s Beni region not only damages the environment, it obliterates ancient remains: ‘That part of the archaeological archive is lost’

The Guardian - US · Nov 22, 2022

Moment pregnant woman gives birth to baby in a canoe after failing to reach hospital

The woman gave birth to her baby in a canoe on a waterway in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil, where a man traveling in a larger boat noticed her in pain and stopped to help

Daily Mirror · Nov 20, 2022

Ending Amazon deforestation: 4 essential reads about the future of the world's largest rainforest

Brazil’s president-elect, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was greeted with applause and cheers when he addressed the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Nov. 16, 2022. As he had in his campaign, Lula pledged to stop rampant deforestation in the Amazon, which his predecessor, Jair Bolsanaro, had encouraged.

The Conversation · Nov 18, 2022