The Amazon fire: This and next time

Fires like the current one lead to wholesale irreversible changes in the structure and composition of forest ecosystems, impoverishing both their …

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. …

‘Due to the Amazon fires, we will lose the battle against climate change’

Down To Earth speaks to Aline Carrara, Brazilian researcher, social scientist and conservation practitioner with a focus on Amazonia about the …

What an Indian environmentalist in Brazil has to say on the Amazon fires

Kerala-born environmental scientist Shaji Thomas, who has been working in the Amazon for the past 25 years, shares his thoughts on the infernos …

Climate change has a history of disrupting civilisations, study finds

Major shifts in temperature and rainfall in the first millennium affected agriculture and also caused the decline of many indigenous groups in …

African grasslands are meant to burn – we can't let this distract from the Amazon fires

The world should be more bothered about the Amazon than about the fires in Africa's savnnahs

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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Plants can recover after being burned, so why might some species in the Amazon face local wipe out?

‘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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Hydropower is far from ‘harmless’, says study

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

The Amazon’s tallest tree just got 50% taller – and scientists don’t know how

At 88m tall, it dwarfs the previous record holders by almost 30 m

Amazon, Google and Facebook warrant antitrust scrutiny for many reasons – not just because they’re large

When it comes to whether Silicon Valley giants are abusing their market power, size is only part of the problem

Behind the frontier

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