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Now playing Next Green News Brazil makes official bid to host UN climate talks in Amazonia The north eastern city of Belem has been named as the potential host of COP30 as President Lula fulfils promises made at COP27. 16/01/2023
Now playing Next no comment Santa Claus delivers presents in the Amazon A charity aims to give presents to 4,500 children in poor communities along Brazil's Amazon by sending Santa Claus to see them on a river boat. 19/12/2022
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Now playing Next world news Lula vows to restore ties with EU if elected Brazil's next president Presidential hopeful, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, vows to restore ties with EU if he is elected in October. 30/08/2022
Now playing Next Brazil In Manaus, a carpet of rubbish covers the Amazon River’s tributaries Set in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, the Brazillian city of Manaus has a massive rubbish problem. 04/07/2022
Now playing Next no comment Santa visits children in Amazon riverine communities Santa Claus went around the Solimões River Saturday, stopping at riverine communities along the jungle shoreline in the Amazon basin to bring gifts for the children and Christmas cheer for everyone else. 19/12/2021
Now playing Next Cult Salgado's exhibition highlights Amazon forest destruction Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado teamed up with musician Jean-Michel to highlight the destruction of the Amazon forest, and to slam Bolsonaro 22/05/2021
Now playing Next no comment Brazil's Amazon riverside communities receive COVID jabs Brazil has recorded nearly 10 million cases of COVID-19 and 234,000 deaths. 10/02/2021
Now playing Next Good Morning Europe Amazon deforestation at highest level in 12 years, new data reveals The 11,088 square kilometres that were deforested between July 2019 and August 2020 marks an increase of 9.6% compared to last year. 01/12/2020
Now playing Next Next Series Luca Parmitano observes the impact of the Amazon forest fires from the International Space Station These fires are deliberately started to clear space for the planting of crops. Sometimes this is done without realising we are possibly in the process of destroying mankind’s only chance of survival 13/09/2019
Now playing Next Colombia Seven South American leaders sign forest agreement in Amazon town The leaders of seven South American countries have met in the Amazon town of Leticia in Colombia to sign an agreement to better protect what is the world’s largest tropical forest. 07/09/2019
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Now playing Next world news Is the Amazon forest really ‘the lungs of the planet’? Many reports call the Amazon forest "the lungs of the planet" but is this exactly true? 02/09/2019
Now playing Next Europe News G7: diplomatic detentes and mixed messages Our political editor Darren McCaffrey looks at the outcome of the G7. 27/08/2019
Now playing Next no comment Indigenous protesters and environmental activists call to protect rainforest Protesters from climate activist group Extinction Rebellion gathered at the Brazilian embassy in London on Friday (August 23) to call on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to protect the Amazon rainforest. 23/08/2019
Now playing Next Bolivia Bolivia, like neighbour Brazil, battles intense wildfires About 70% of Bolivia's Santa Cruz department — where more than a quarter of the country's population lives — is under "extreme from forest fires. 22/08/2019
