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A BRITISH EXPLORER IS ENDING HIS LATEST EXPEDITION WITH SOMETHING HE DIDN'T WANT
Benedict Allen had traveled to Papua New Guinea to seek out a remote tribe with no other contact with the outside world... READ MORE›
NESTLA(C), MARS AND HERSHEY 'BREAKING PROMISES OVER PALM OIL USE'
The brands source palm oil from this 2.6m hectare Leuser region, via complex supply chains, some involving traders linked to suppliers illegally logging in the region... READ MORE›
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›
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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›
TSUNAMI WARNINGS AFTER 7.8 QUAKE STRIKES OFF SOLOMON ISLANDS' COAST
Another earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit 66km west of Kirakira, Solomon Islands, according to USGS... READ MORE›
AMAZON TRIBESWOMEN ESCAPE BACK TO FOREST AFTER REJECTING CIVILIZATION
The Awa tribe lives on the eastern fringe of Brazil's Amazon rain forest. It is estimated that the population of the Awa totals just 450 people... 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›
MY TRAVELS WITH POPE FRANCIS IN BOLIVIA
An estimated 1.5 million people are expected for Tuesday's Mass with Pope Francis in Quito, Ecuador... READ MORE›
NORWAY BECOMES FIRST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO BAN DEFORESTATION
According to the United Nations, the production of palm oil, soy, beef and wood products contributed to a little less than half of total tropical deforestation... 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›
THE RAINFORESTS HOLD THE KEY TO TAMING EL NIA?O'S DESTRUCTION
The rainforests hold the key to taming el ni o's destruction... READ MORE›
BRAZIL IN HUGE 'OIL KICKBACK' PROBE
Mail online uk petrobras scandal takes brazilian politicians to supreme court 13 hrs ago... READ MORE›
LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES WELCOME SYRIAN REFUGEES
Latin American countries are opening their doors to Syrians fleeing the civil war in their country as Europe struggles with a growing refugee crisis... 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›
POPE CALLS UNFETTERED CAPITALISM 'THE DUNG OF THE DEVIL'
He also called for an end to what he said was the genocide of Christians taking place in the Middle East and beyond... 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›
HERE'S WHY SOME PEOPLE THINK BRAZIL IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A 'SOFT COUP'
But what happens in the coming weeks in Brazil has longer-term implications for elected socialist governments throughout Latin America... READ MORE›
MORE BABIES BORN WITH BIRTH DEFECTS
There has been a sharp rise in the number of cases of Zika in several other Latin American countries... 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›
BRAZIL DECIDES TO OPEN IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT
Brazil's economy tanks as multibillion-dollar corruption scandal expands Eduardo Cunha, speaker of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies, approved the launching of the impeachment proceedings... READ MORE›
WATCH MUFASA THE MOUNTAIN LION GET RELEASED INTO THE WILD AFTER SPENDING 20 YEARS CHAINED IN THE BACK OF A CIRCUS VAN
So far, 17 countries, not including the UK, have banned wild animals in circuses... 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›
1ST CONFIRMED CASE OF ZIKA VIRUS IN ONTARIO, PROVINCE SAYS
Ontario has confirmed its first case of the Zika virus, provincial health officials say... READ MORE›
WHAT THE OLYMPICS MEANS FOR THE PEOPLE OF RIO
Guimaraes is better qualified than most Brazilians to make such comparisons, having been involved in every Olympics since 1980... 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›
SCIENTISTS MUST LET WORLD'S MOST ISOLATED TRIBES MAKE OWN DECISIONS
Can contact really be controlled as such, which presumably means controlling the newly-contacted indigenous peoples too?... 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›
BRAZIL IS TENSE AHEAD OF IMPEACHMENT VOTE
If the impeachment measure is approved, it would require only a simple majority to clear Brazil's Senate, where Rousseff's chances for survival are even slimmer... READ MORE›
BRAZILIANS PANIC AS MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRUS IS LINKED TO BRAIN DAMAGE IN THOUSANDS OF BABIES
RECIFE, Brazil -- Jusikelly da Silva was full of expectations for her baby... READ MORE›