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Bolsonaro says Musk's Twitter takeover offers "breath of hope"

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday said that Elon Musk's proposed takeover of Twitter was "a breath of hope," adding that he hoped the U.S. billionaire would show the world during a visit to Brazil how the country protects the Amazon.

Reuters

VIDEO: Amazon Delivery: Rare Male Parrot Flies In For Breeding Program

Europe’s last captive male black-billed amazon parrot has been transferred to a new zoo for a breeding program with one of the few females of its kind.

Zenger

Imminent Extinction:Two Newly Discovered Species Of Amazonian Fish Are Threatened By Deforestation

Two newly discovered species of Amazonian fish are facing imminent extinction due to deforestation, warns a new study.

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Royal Society names climate scientist first Brazilian member since 1800s

The Royal Society scientific academy has elected climate scientist Carlos Nobre, a leading researcher studying the Amazon rainforest, as its first Brazilian member since the country's Emperor Dom Pedro II joined the group in the 1800s.

Reuters

Heroes who will 'fight to the death' to save Amazon rainforest from oil giants

Oil companies have been trying to open an exploration site on Ecuador’s Pastaza river for over 20 years, but thanks to the strength of the people defending it, they have failed

Daily Mirror

Devastating images show oiling and mining projects chipping away at the Amazon

The final instalment of the NextGen International project reports from Ecuador's Amazon, working with young indigenous people who share inspiring stories on their fight

Daily Mirror

Bravery of young people who stood up to energy giants and saved Amazonian river

In the final part of the NextGen project, Alexis Grefa writes how he mobilised a youth campaign which stopped a hydroelectric company from installing a dam on a sacred river

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Inside the heroic Amazon tribe who took on monster diggers tearing up rainforest

Reporters joined the Shuar Arutam people on patrol to learn how they are using technology to protect the jungle from deforestation.

Daily Record

Inside the heroic Amazon tribe who took on monster diggers ripping rainforest apart

EXCLUSIVE: The Mirror joined the Shuar Arutam people on patrol to learn how they are using technology to protect the jungle from extractive activities such as oil, mining and logging

Daily Mirror

NASA images reveal a man-made scar in the Amazon so big you can see it from space

Thanks to sattelites, there is proof of the Belo Monte Dam project’s impact on the Big Bend, though — from above.

Inverse

Brazilian groups want direct access to U.S. forest funding

Brazilian environmental and Indigenous organizations are urging the United States to fund forest protection initiatives that directly involve forest peoples

The Independent UK

Deforestation of Amazon in Brazil surges to record new high

‘To say we’ll miss it when it’s gone, is like saying we’ll miss our lungs when they’re gone’

The Independent UK

Brazil's Amazon deforestation hits record for month of April

Deforestation detected in the Brazilian Amazon reached a record high for the month of April

The Independent UK

Brazil's Amazon deforestation hits April record, nearly double previous peak

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon surged to record levels for the month of April, nearly doubling the area of forest removed in that month last year -- the previous April record -- preliminary government data showed on Friday, alarming environmental campaigners.

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The Independent UK

Amazon tribes turn the tables on intruders with social media

Indigenous Brazilians in the Amazon rainforest have endured years of scant recourse when prospectors and landgrabbers do violence in their territories

The Conversation

Satellites over the Amazon capture the choking of the ‘house of God’ by the Belo Monte Dam – they can help find solutions, too

The Xingu River is revered as the “house of God” by the Indigenous people living along its Volte Grande, or Big Bend, in the Brazilian Amazon. The river is essential to their culture and religion, and a crucial source of fish, transportation and water for trees and plants.

The Guardian - UK

‘Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge

Tropics lost 11.1m hectares of tree cover in 2021, including forest critical to limiting global heating and biodiversity loss

The Conversation

Rising authoritarianism and worsening climate change share a fossil-fueled secret

Around the world, many countries are becoming less democratic. This backsliding on democracy and “creeping authoritarianism,” as the U.S. State Department puts it, is often supported by the same industries that are escalating climate change.

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Huge 'blood mines' discovered in Amazon - with one so big it has its own church

Activists say it is impossible the Amazon’s 'blood gold' is not in Britain. It is likely sold in the bullion to the UK before finding its way around the necks and on the fingers of jewellery buyers

Dynamite News

Research: How deforestation drives climate change?

A new study led by scientists from the University of California has revealed how protecting tropical forests can yield climate benefits that enhance carbon storage in nearby areas.

Reuters

Brazil's largest indigenous reservation overrun by illegal gold mining, says report

An illegal gold mining boom on Brazil's largest indigenous reservation has brought disease, violence and grave human rights violations on the Yanomami people, according to research and allegations included in a new report on Monday, blaming high gold prices and tacit government support.

Reuters

Brazil's Amazon deforestation sets first-quarter record despite March dip

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest fell 15% in March from a year earlier, preliminary government data showed on Friday, but even with that dip it was enough to drive the most destruction during the first quarter in at least six years.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Microbiome experts warn of an ‘invisible extinction’ that’s harming human health

When Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello travels to the Amazon jungle and tells villagers the reason for her visit, their first response is often laughter.

Reuters

Ecuadorean indigenous groups demand removal of hundreds of gas flares

Leaders of Ecuadorean indigenous communities gathered in Quito on Thursday to demand the government comply with court orders to halt the use of hundreds of gas flares by oil producers in the country's Amazon.

Radio France Internationale

'Underestimated' tropical forests hold key to cooling planet: report

The scientific community is unanimous that forests are our natural "air conditioners" on both a local and global scale, and that humanity's future depends on them. While the world struggles to meet the 1.5C climate change target, a report published Thursday shows that, thanks to unique biophysical processes, tropical forests…

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