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‘We are perilously close to the point of no return’: climate scientist on Amazon rainforest’s future

Carlos Nobre, who has fought for decades to save the rainforest, says up to 70% of it could be lost if a tipping point is reached

The Guardian - UK

Amazon Indigenous peoples can benefit from ‘ayahuasca tourism’

Letters: Visitors staying at ‘healing retreats’ bring vital income to the diverse cultures of the region, writes Enrico Malatesta, while Emily Webster says there is no need to leave the UK to find shamanic healing. Plus, a letter by John Lowrie

The Guardian - UK

California is to examine its Amazon oil ties following pleas from Indigenous leaders from Ecuador

The California Senate has introduced a landmark resolution to have the state examine its crude imports from the Amazon, following a visit this week by Indigenous leaders from Ecuador who urged lawmakers to help stop oil expansion in their territories

The Independent UK

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Brazil auctions off several Amazon oil sites despite environmentalists and Indigenous protests

Brazil has auctioned off several land and offshore potential oil sites near the Amazon River, aiming to expand production in untapped regions despite protests from environmental and Indigenous groups

The Independent UK

Brazil Sells Exploration Rights To Oil Blocks Near Amazon River Mouth

Brazil sold exploration rights to 19 oil and gas blocks near the mouth of the Amazon river Tuesday, at the start of an auction slammed by environmentalists months before the country is to host the COP30 climate summit.

International Business Times

Brazil to auction oil exploration rights months before hosting Cop30

Sale covering 56,000 square miles to go ahead despite opposition Indigenous and environmental groups

The Guardian - UK

Removal of hundreds of illegal cattle in the Amazon sparks protests and divides residents

A large-scale federal operation to remove cattle raised illegally in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve has triggered intense protests and exposed deep rifts among residents

The Independent UK

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Defenders of the Amazon: inside the 13 June Guardian Weekly

Following in the footsteps of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira. Plus: Bernie Sanders interviewed

The Guardian - UK

Ahead of UN climate talks, Brazil fast-tracks oil and highway projects that threaten the Amazon

With the first U.N. climate talks in the Amazon set for November, Brazil is fast-tracking a series of controversial decisions that undercut its green rhetoric, revealing mounting political pressure on the federal environmental agency and widening divisions within President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s cabinet

The Independent UK

American tourist dies after drinking hallucinogenic herbal tea in Amazon rainforest

The psychoactive substance is illegal to consume in several countries, including the US

The Independent UK

The gripping, emotive tale of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira’s disappearance: best podcasts of the week

An evocative deep dive into the environmental journalist and Brazilian Indigenous defender going missing in the Amazon. Plus, Richard Ayoade teams up with Warwick Davis, while Amber Rudd has some inside info to share …

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: How the work of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira carries on, three years after their killing

In today’s newsletter: A new Guardian podcast, Missing in the Amazon, explores the legacy of our colleagues, the fight to protect the rainforest, and the ongoing search for justice

The Guardian - UK

As UN climate talks loom, Brazil's Amazon forest loses in May an area larger than NYC

Brazil’s environmental goals suffered a major setback in May as deforestation in the Amazon surged 92% compared to the same month last year, according to official monitoring data

The Independent UK

Colombia reports 33% drop in deforestation in early 2025, with major progress in Amazon parks

Colombia’s deforestation dropped 33% in early 2025 compared to last year, with significant reductions in Amazon national parks

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The Conversation

The path to conserving protected areas in the Amazon lies in uniting public policy with traditional local knowledge

Despite serving as crucial guardians of biodiversity, traditional communities continue to be systematically excluded from developing and managing protected areas. This often subtle, silent exclusion has fueled persistent, complex socio-environmental conflicts, harming both conservation and the welfare of Indigenous peoples, riverside populations, Afro-Brazilian quilombola communities, and smallholder farmers.

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The Guardian launches Missing in the Amazon, a new podcast that uncovers what happened when a journalist and an indigenous defender disappeared

Missing in the Amazon is a new six-part audio investigation into the disappearance of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira - told for the first time by the people closest to them.

The Guardian - UK

‘This is my mission, my destiny’: a treacherous Amazon journey tracing the steps of our murdered colleagues

Three years after the deaths of the British journalist and Brazilian activist, the Guardian joined the Indigenous peoples continuing their dangerous and often gruelling work to protect the rainforest

The Independent UK

Amazon itineraries have been revealed for CroisiEurope’s new luxury river cruise ship

CroisiEurope is set to debut river cruises in the Amazon – here’s where the cruise line will sail

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The Independent UK

Cuts to USAID severed longstanding American support for Indigenous people around the world

The effort to protect the Peruvian Amazon from deforestation related to the cocaine trade was long supported by financial assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development

The Conversation

Africa has the highest rate of forest loss in the world – what the G20 can do about it

Africa needs its forests for sustainable development, poverty reduction, food security, and to make the continent more resilient to climate change. They take up 23% of the continent. At 674 million hectares in extent, these forests occupy an area the same size as the Amazon rainforest.

LiveScience

'It's like trying to grow a tree in an oven': Gold mining is sucking the Amazon rainforest dry

Gold mining in the Amazon removes so much water from the ground that it's too hot and dry for seedlings to survive.

The Guardian - UK

Brazil’s environmental governance is under threat – and Lula is siding with oil industry

Politicians reviled environmental minister Marina Silva in the senate this week, but new legislation is fuelling the fire

Euronews

Dom Phillips was killed researching a book on the Amazon. Three years later, his friends finished it

Fragments of hope mix with grim realities in How to Save the Amazon, published in the UK and Brazil this week.

The Independent UK

Scientists reveal what would happen if the Amazon rainforest dried out

When trees die from drought, they release carbon, accelerating global warming

Evening Standard

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