Amazon, Brazil

Can Brazil Save the Amazon Rainforest? Marina Silva Is Trying
Brazil’s environment minister, a renowned former activist, helped push climate change to the top of President Lula’s agenda. Her next task is to do the same thing for the world.
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon drops by nearly 31% compared to previous year
According to official monitoring, Amazon rainforest loss in Brazil dropped by one-third compared to the previous year, according to official monitoring.
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest falls to lowest since 2015
BRASILIA, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell 30.6% in the 12 months through July compared to the same period a year prior, according to government data released on Wednesday -- the smallest area destroyed in the world's largest rainforest in nine years.
Brazil's Amazon posts lowest deforestation in nine years: govt
The Brazilian Amazon experienced its smallest amount of yearly deforestation in nearly a decade, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government reported Wednesday, in line with its promise to combat forest loss.
Amazon deforestation drops to nine-year low, says Brazil
Yearly deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by almost a third since August 2023, the Brazilian government said on Wednesday, plummeting to a nine-year low after historic droughts and wildfires wrecked havoc on the crucial biome over the past year.
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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon falls to lowest level in nine years
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon dropped to its lowest level in nearly a decade over the past year, officials said ...
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Brazil’s president promised to protect the Amazon. This year, deforestation fell 31%.
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Brazil prepares to remove illegal Amazon gold miners from Munduruku land
Brazilian authorities are preparing to remove illegal gold miners from an Indigenous reservation in the Amazon rainforest ...
Police in Brazil indict Colombian fish trader in high profile killing in Amazon region
Brazilian police have indicted a Colombian fish trader as the person who planned the slayings of Indigenous expert Bruno ...
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The rubber boom and its legacy in Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Colombia
The invention of vulcanized rubber (1839), followed by the popularization of bicycles (1870s) and the invention of the ...
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Brazilian state law overturns soy moratorium that helped curb Amazon deforestation
AGUA CLARA, Brazil — A historic agreement that's helped curb deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon for nearly two decades suffered a major blow after Mato Grosso, the country´s largest soybean ...
Rainfall induces bursts of natural nanoparticles that can form clouds above the Amazon rainforest, study shows
Atmospheric aerosol particles are essential for the formation of clouds and precipitation, thereby influencing the Earth's ...
Biden will visit the Amazon rainforest as part of six-day trip to Latin America
The White House says President Joe Biden will become the first sitting president to visit the Amazon rainforest later this ...