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Forest fires and illegal deforestation devastate the Brazilian Amazon

Fires in the Brazilian Amazon increased 18 per cent compared to last year, while deforestation is at a record high, according to Greenpeace Brazil.

04/09/2022

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Fires ravage Brazil's Amazon rainforest

Fires rage in the Amazon rainforest, near Porto Velho, state of Rondonia, northern Brazil. Experts say the fires are caused mainly by illegal farmers, ranchers and speculators clearing land and torching the trees.

01/09/2022

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

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

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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

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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

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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

World

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

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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

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

Brazil

Euroviews. Sens. Schatz and Murphy: Trump won't act on Brazil's forest fires. Congress will ǀ View

For President Donald Trump, maintaining his personal friendship with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro — another right-wing leader with authoritarian tendencies — is seemingly more important than leading the charge against the disaster unfolding in Brazil.

06/09/2019

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

Europe News

G7: diplomatic detentes and mixed messages

Our political editor Darren McCaffrey looks at the outcome of the G7.

27/08/2019

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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

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

World

Brazil's Bolsonaro blames Amazon fires on NGOs making 'problems'

Brazil's Bolsonaro blames Amazon fires on NGOs making 'problems'

22/08/2019

World News

Brazilian government defends record on Amazon deforestation

Satellite images from Brazil’s own space agency allegedly show deforestation in the Amazon has almost tripled since Bolsonaro’s government came to power.

17/08/2019

Brazil

Amazonas state declares state of emergency over rising forest fires

The Brazilian state of Amazonas declared a state of emergency over the rising number of forest fires in the area.

11/08/2019

World News

Euroviews. Resource extraction, climate change and the right to live well ǀ View

Protecting the world’s remaining tropical forest cover from natural resource extraction is essential if the worst of climate change is to be avoided, and the rights of people who depend on those forests are to be respected.

24/07/2019

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Indigenous chief Raoni welcomed in Lyon to defend the Amazonian forest

Indigenous chef Raoni has been in Lyon since Monday (May 27) as part of his world tour to warn of the need to save the Amazonian forest.

28/05/2019