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Amazon deforestation surges in Colombia, reversing historic gains

Colombia’s government has reported a sharp overall rise in deforestation in the country’s Amazon rainforest for last year, reversing much of the progress made during a historic low in 2023

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Even a slight slowdown of key Atlantic currents poses a 'stunning risk' to rainforests

A slowing Atlantic current could have a devastating impact on the planet's rainforests, a new study warns.

LiveScience

Peru seizes record 4-ton mercury shipment in fight against illegal gold mining

Peruvian customs officials have seized a record-breaking shipment of illegal mercury, exposing a cross-border smuggling network fueling illicit gold mining in the Amazon

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Proof Of Life: Tracking Elusive Amazon Group To Save Their Land

A ceramic pot and the shell of a turtle, once hunted for its meat, are the most recent traces of an Indigenous community thought to live deep in the north Brazilian Amazon.

International Business Times

A peatland in the Amazon stopped absorbing carbon. What does it mean?

Peatlands cover just a fraction of Earth's surface, but store huge amounts of carbon. In the Peruvian Amazon, one of these swamps has switched to carbon neutral.

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The Weeknd and Shakira will headline Global Citizen Festival supporting energy access and the Amazon

Two of the biggest touring artists right now are headlining this fall's Global Citizen Festival in New York's Central Park

The Independent UK

‘Crimes against nature and people’: How a global crackdown in the Amazon unfolded

Amazon Basin countries and the UAE joined forces to target illegal mining, wildlife trafficking, logging and fuel smuggling.

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‘They came for our land, our wood, our gold’: Santiago Yahuarcani, Peruvian painter of dancing dolphins – and genocide

The artist and leader of the disappearing White Heron clan paints pipe-smoking lizards, pink river dolphins – and the shocking, bloody history of plunder in the Amazon

The Guardian - UK

Peru's Amazon communities accuse the state of failing to stop mercury pollution from illegal mining

Indigenous and rural communities from Peru’s northern Amazon have filed a formal complaint against the government for failing to curb illegal gold mining in the Nanay River basin

The Independent UK

Wreckers, money woes and mutirão: 10 things we learned about Cop30 from Bonn climate talks

Key takeaways from two weeks of negotiations aimed at setting out stall for November’s Cop30 in Brazil

The Guardian - UK

Indigenous funeral urns discovered on human-made islands in Amazon rainforest

Giant ceramic pots made centuries to millennia ago were found to hold human bones, while others held a mixture of seeds and the remains of fish, frogs and turtles.

LiveScience

‘We are perilously close to the point of no return’: climate scientist on Amazon rainforest’s future

Carlos Nobre, who has fought for decades to save the rainforest, says up to 70% of it could be lost if a tipping point is reached

The Guardian - UK

Amazon Indigenous peoples can benefit from ‘ayahuasca tourism’

Letters: Visitors staying at ‘healing retreats’ bring vital income to the diverse cultures of the region, writes Enrico Malatesta, while Emily Webster says there is no need to leave the UK to find shamanic healing. Plus, a letter by John Lowrie

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California is to examine its Amazon oil ties following pleas from Indigenous leaders from Ecuador

The California Senate has introduced a landmark resolution to have the state examine its crude imports from the Amazon, following a visit this week by Indigenous leaders from Ecuador who urged lawmakers to help stop oil expansion in their territories

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Brazil auctions off several Amazon oil sites despite environmentalists and Indigenous protests

Brazil has auctioned off several land and offshore potential oil sites near the Amazon River, aiming to expand production in untapped regions despite protests from environmental and Indigenous groups

International Business Times

Brazil Sells Exploration Rights To Oil Blocks Near Amazon River Mouth

Brazil sold exploration rights to 19 oil and gas blocks near the mouth of the Amazon river Tuesday, at the start of an auction slammed by environmentalists months before the country is to host the COP30 climate summit.

The Guardian - UK

Brazil to auction oil exploration rights months before hosting Cop30

Sale covering 56,000 square miles to go ahead despite opposition Indigenous and environmental groups

The Independent UK

Removal of hundreds of illegal cattle in the Amazon sparks protests and divides residents

A large-scale federal operation to remove cattle raised illegally in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve has triggered intense protests and exposed deep rifts among residents

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Defenders of the Amazon: inside the 13 June Guardian Weekly

Following in the footsteps of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira. Plus: Bernie Sanders interviewed

The Independent UK

Ahead of UN climate talks, Brazil fast-tracks oil and highway projects that threaten the Amazon

With the first U.N. climate talks in the Amazon set for November, Brazil is fast-tracking a series of controversial decisions that undercut its green rhetoric, revealing mounting political pressure on the federal environmental agency and widening divisions within President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s cabinet

The Independent UK

American tourist dies after drinking hallucinogenic herbal tea in Amazon rainforest

The psychoactive substance is illegal to consume in several countries, including the US

The Guardian - UK

The gripping, emotive tale of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira’s disappearance: best podcasts of the week

An evocative deep dive into the environmental journalist and Brazilian Indigenous defender going missing in the Amazon. Plus, Richard Ayoade teams up with Warwick Davis, while Amber Rudd has some inside info to share …

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: How the work of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira carries on, three years after their killing

In today’s newsletter: A new Guardian podcast, Missing in the Amazon, explores the legacy of our colleagues, the fight to protect the rainforest, and the ongoing search for justice

The Independent UK

As UN climate talks loom, Brazil's Amazon forest loses in May an area larger than NYC

Brazil’s environmental goals suffered a major setback in May as deforestation in the Amazon surged 92% compared to the same month last year, according to official monitoring data

The Independent UK

Colombia reports 33% drop in deforestation in early 2025, with major progress in Amazon parks

Colombia’s deforestation dropped 33% in early 2025 compared to last year, with significant reductions in Amazon national parks

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