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POPE CANONIZES FIRST NEW WORLD MARTYRS, CALLS AMAZON SYNOD FOR 2019
REUTERS Alessandro Bianchi The pope also canonized 30 martyrs who were killed for their faith in Brazil in 1645... 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›
THREATENED AMAZON RESERVE ALREADY BEING MINED
At the United Nations on Tuesday, Temer told the General Assembly that Brazil plays a leading role in environmental protection... READ MORE›
THREATENED AMAZON RESERVE ALREADY BEING MINED
At the United Nations on Tuesday, Temer told the General Assembly that Brazil plays a leading role in environmental protection... 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›
POPE FRANCIS IN ECUADOR CALLS FOR MORE PROTECTION OF RAIN FOREST AND ITS PEOPLE
Koenig, whose group works with indigenous peoples to protect the Amazon... 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›
NORWAY ISSUES $1BN THREAT TO BRAZIL OVER RISING AMAZON DESTRUCTION
Annual deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon jumped by 29 percent to 8,000 sq km in 2016, although it remains well below the 19,000 sq km seen in 2005... READ MORE›
AMAZON RAINFOREST LOSING CAPACITY TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE AS TREES DIE
For the first time in history, carbon dioxide absorption by the Amazon rainforest has been surpassed by fossil fuel emissions in Latin America, the study found... 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›
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›
LATIN AMERICA'S LARGEST RAMSAR SITE FACING 586 KM TRANSMISSION LINE
However, MINEM argues that a loophole in a 2012 Peruvian law makes it exempt from doing prior consultation on this occasion... 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›
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›
BRAZIL COURT SUSPENDS MINING ON AMAZON'S RENCA RESERVE
Moira Birss, from the non-profit organisation Amazon Watch, had also condemned the decree by the Temer administration... READ MORE›
VENEZUELA HELICOPTER CRASH SURVIVORS RESCUED AFTER SIX DAYS
Venezuela's El Nacional paper says that the military crew members were alive and will be transferred to the capital of Amazonas state, Puerto Ayacucho... 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›
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›
IN AMAZON RAIN FOREST, ILLEGAL LOGGERS MEET ARMED RESISTANCE
World Watcher Badge World Watchers consistently offer thought-provoking, timely comments on international affairs... 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›
BRAZIL SUSPENDS AMAZON MINING DECREE IN FACE OF CRITICISM
Km) of Amazon forest in northern Brazil from mining since 1984... READ MORE›