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POPE BRINGS ENVIRONMENTAL CRUSADE TO PERU'S AMAZON, CITING 'DEFENSE OF THE EARTH'
An area lays deforested by illegal gold mining in the Madre de Dios province of Peru, on Jan. 17, 2018... READ MORE›
AMAZON'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE 'NEVER SO THREATENED'
Thousands of indigenous people had traveled to meet the pontiff from throughout the Amazon basin region of Peru, Brazil and Bolivia... READ MORE›
BRAZIL RAISES HOPES OF A RETREAT FROM NEW MEGA-DAM CONSTRUCTION
Brazil can meet its energy needs without mega-dams, and now it will finally get the chance... READ MORE›
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BRAZIL ABOLISHES HUGE AMAZON RESERVE IN 'BIGGEST ATTACK' IN 50 YEARS
Brazilian president has dissolved Renca to attract investment in region thought to contain gold with critics warning of irreversible damage... READ MORE›
HUMANS HAVE DESTROYED A TENTH OF EARTH'S WILDERNESS IN 25 YEARS - STUDY
The study said that wilderness was being loss faster than pristine places were being designated as protected areas, at 3.3m sq km versus 2.5m sq km... READ MORE›
NO, THE WORLD'S OLDEST TREE HAS NOT BEEN ACCIDENTALLY CUT DOWN BY LOGGERS IN THE AMAZON
While logging in the Mats's Indigenous Reserve is indeed controversial and the Amazon rainforest is shrinking, the Rainforest Protection Coalition does not exist... READ MORE›
BRAZIL'S WORST MONTH EVER FOR FOREST FIRES BLAMED ON HUMAN ACTIVITY
The Amazonian state of Para was the worst affected, with a 229 percent increase in fires from last year... READ MORE›
MACAP JOURNAL THERES NO LAW ON THE AMAZON RIVER PIRATES TERRORIZE SHIPS BY NIGHT
Macap Journal Theres No Law on the Amazon River Pirates Terrorize Ships by Night... READ MORE›
WILDLIFE BUTCHERS OF BELEN: THE TOWN THAT SERVES UP RARE SPECIES FOR A FEW DOLLARS
The monkeys only live in a small part of the Amazon basin in Peru and Brazil... READ MORE›
ROADS ARE ENCROACHING DEEPER INTO THE AMAZON RAINFOREST, STUDY SAYS
Oil and gas access roads in western Amazon could open up Pandoras box of environmental impacts... READ MORE›
THIS IS WHAT A MAN BEING EATEN ALIVE BY AN ANACONDA LOOKED LIKE
Rosolie has faced criticism from animal rights campaigners over the snake's welfare but he insisted that it is alive and well ... READ MORE›
PERU'S ILLEGAL GOLD MINES ARE DEVASTATING THE AMAZON RAIN FOREST
Peru, the largest gold producer in Latin America and the sixth largest in the world, has long struggled with illegal gold mining... READ MORE›
MAJOR AMAZON DAM OPPOSED BY TRIBES FAILS TO GET ENVIRONMENTAL LICENSE
Under Brazil's constitution, indigenous people cannot be forced off their lands except in case of war or epidemics... READ MORE›
ACTIVISTS DECRY TEMER'S AMAZON DEFORESTATION BILL
According to parliamentary watchdog group Congresso em Foco, the agriculture caucus holds 230 seats in Brazil's 513-seat lower house and 24 in the 81-member Senate... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | SOUTH AMERICA'S INDIGENOUS GROUPS USED TO LINE UP WITH THE LEFT. NOT ANYMORE.
As indigenous leaders in states such as Amazonas have defected to Venezuela's opposition, the strains with the government have worsened... READ MORE›
EVEN THE MILITARY MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO PROTECT AN ENDANGERED AMAZON TRIBE
Brazil's armed forces ejected hundreds of settlers from an indigenous reserve. A year later, outsiders are back... READ MORE›
DAWN TIMBER-LAUNDERING RAIDS CAST DOUBT ON 'SUSTAINABLE' BRAZILIAN WOOD
Most of Brazil's timber exports are certified as sustainably logged, but according to police and prosecutors in Para state at least 80 percent is illegally felled... READ MORE›
BOOM THREATENS A THIRD OF THE WORLDS FRESHWATER FISH
If the dams are built, tropical freshwater biodiversity, which is at its most diverse in the three river basins, could be devastated, say the authors... READ MORE›
BRAZIL SUSPENDS AMAZON RESERVE PLAN, BUT THREATS REMAIN
READ MORE Brazil court suspends mining on Amazon reserve Instead of combatting illegal mining, the government wants to legalise it... READ MORE›
BRAZIL ON THE FRONT LINES IN BATTLE TO PROTECT AMAZON
IBAMA, on the other hand, has under 2,000 agents tasked with monitoring the entire Brazilian Amazon, estimated at about 3.3 million square kilometers 1.3 million square miles ... READ MORE›
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST MURDERS SET RECORD AS 2015 BECAME DEADLIEST YEAR
Global Witness cited the case of Filipino activist Michelle Campos, a member of the indigenous Lumad people from the southern Philippines... READ MORE›
BRAZIL'S NEW GOVERNMENT MAY BE LESS LIKELY TO PROTECT THE AMAZON, CRITICS SAY
A village of indigenous Yanomami is seen during Brazil's environmental agency operation against illegal gold mining on indigenous land in Roraima state on April 18, 2016... READ MORE›
AMAZON RAINFOREST WAS HOME TO MILLIONS BEFORE EUROPEAN ARRIVAL, SAYS STUDY
Amazon rainforest was home to millions of people before European arrival, says study... READ MORE›
PERUVIAN TRIBE TAKES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HOSTAGE OVER OIL SPILL
The group being held in Mayuriaga includes three Petroperu officials, four with OEFA and a specialist with the energy and mines ministry, said Velasquez... READ MORE›
THREE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS KILLED EACH WEEK IN 2015
The environment is emerging as a new battleground for human rights, the report said... READ MORE›
AMAZON CHIEFS VISIT BRITISH MUSEUM AS PART OF DAM-BUILDING PROTEST
Last week, working with Greenpeace, a delegation visited Siemens UK offices near Guildford after a five-day journey from Brazil... READ MORE›
THE STORY OF THE BRAZIL'S ZIKA 'BUCKET BABY'
Pictures of Solange and Wesley went around the world after she met a Brazilian AP photographer... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS MAY BE LINKED TO SURGE IN RARE SYNDROME IN BRAZIL
The Zika virus arrived in Brazil recently but is spreading rapidly around Latin America and the Caribbean... READ MORE›
MASS ESCAPE AFTER PRISON RIOT IN BRAZIL CLAIMS 56 LIVES
Over 100 prisoners are on the loose and 56 have died after two rival drugs gangs ran riot in a Brazilian prison... READ MORE›
BRAZIL BUILDS CLIMATE TOWER IN PRISTINE AMAZON JUNGLE
And at 3,000 kilometers wide, the Amazon is the greatest of all rainforests, known to many as the lungs of the world... READ MORE›
SCIENTISTS UNRAVEL MYSTERIES OF OSPREY MIGRATION
TILTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Scientists have long known ospreys make an epic journey each summer from New England to South America... READ MORE›
