Will Jair Bolsonaro destroy the Amazon and its Indians?

It remains to be seen whether Brazil’s President-Elect will act on his pre-poll statements vis-à-vis Amazonia and its natives. …

How Brazil can beat the odds and restore a huge swathe of the Amazon

Native seed cultivation could represent a valuable source of income for local communities, boosting both conservation and the local economy

About 9,000 sq km of Brazilian Amazon lost to deforestation; government unaware

The study suggests that deforestation-related greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil are nearly twice as high as government estimates

Brazil forest fire threatens local tribe

Loggers have been accused of starting fires to drive away the indigenous people

Blocking biopiracy

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‘Amazonian deforestation can trigger more droughts'

Brazil, the Latin American country that holds 12 per cent of worldwide freshwater, just witnessed a drought and its driest winter in 84 years. An …

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Source not sinks

Deforestation accelerating

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Hydropower is far from ‘harmless’, says study

Building of Brazil’s largest hydroelectric reservoir has caused loss of animal life in the surrounding area

Behind the frontier

CONTESTED FRONTIERS IN AMAZONIA Marianne Schmink and Charles H Wood Publisher: Columbia University Press Price: $35

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Saviour messenger

Death in the devil’s paradise

British colonial history is tainted by its involvement in rubber collection from the Peruvian Amazon, writes Survivor International

Water in forests: Finding the blue in the greens

It is time we rediscover forests as a ‘water commons’ to aid India’s fight against climate change

Earth lost a tenth of wilderness in just two decades

Major losses have occurred in the Amazon and Africa. Efforts to protect the critical areas are failing to keep pace with the rate of loss

City lost in Amazon

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Cameras on a tricycle

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