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Brazil Hopes COP30 In Amazon Can Unite World For Climate Action

Brazil is betting its much-hyped climate summit in the Amazon next month can deliver something increasingly rare in a fractured world: proof that nations can still unite to confront a global crisis.

International Business Times

Trees, Targets And Trillions: What's On The Agenda At COP30?

This year's United Nations climate summit promises to be symbolic, marking a decade since the Paris Agreement and taking place in the environmentally vulnerable Amazon.

International Business Times

Who Is Setting Fire To The Amazon?

"Red John" is an old acquaintance of landowners and ranchers in the Brazilian Amazon.

International Business Times

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Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

The Guardian - AU

Communities where women marry multiple men exist all over the world. They often have one thing in common

IN FOCUS: From Himalayan hamlets to Amazonian tribes, the increasingly rare tradition is tied to the enduring human problems of scarcity, survival and solidarity. Namita Singh writes

The Independent UK

Record-breaking Amazon fires triggered as much CO₂ as an entire country last year

Fires in the Amazon Rainforest have surged to record-breaking levels, highlighting the region’s ‘growing ecological fragility'.

Euronews

Illegal gold mining clears 140,000 hectares of Peruvian Amazon

Armed criminal groups tear down precious rainforest to capitalise on record gold prices, report finds

The Guardian - UK

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Injured jaguar found at sea hitches ride on police boat

Brazilian military police rescued a jaguar struggling in the Rio Negro, a major Amazon tributary.

The Independent UK

Fears Amazon is in ‘delicate situation’ over rising mercury pollution

One figure stressed that health risks are particularly acute in the Amazon, where access to medical services is scarce

The Independent UK

South American alliance orders Peru to crack down on mercury trafficking and illegal gold mining

A South American trade bloc has ruled that Peru is failing to curb illegal gold mining and mercury trafficking

The Independent UK

I'd lost hope in reviving my dehydrated plants until I discovered mushroom water – an organic tonic you can make yourself, and it's not as crazy as it sounds

This solution can improve soil structure and moisture retention

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As Amazon's 'flying rivers' weaken with tree loss, scientists warn of worsening droughts

Scientists warn that “flying rivers” — invisible streams of moisture that carry rain from the Atlantic Ocean westward across the Amazon — are weakening as deforestation and climate change advance

The Independent UK

How the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s Amazon

Cultivation of the crop has made a few wealthy but at a huge cost to untouched forest as it spreads across vast areas of former wilderness

The Guardian - UK

Amazon rainforest trees are getting bigger due to climate crisis, study finds

Scientists say the findings should not obscure the devastation wrought by deforestation

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Amazon rainforest trees are resisting climate change by getting fatter from CO2 in the atmosphere

Tree trunks in the Amazon are getting 3.3% thicker every decade as the plants absorb extra carbon dioxide, suggesting they are more resilient to global warming than previously thought.

The Guardian - UK

Big trees in Amazon more climate-resistant than previously believed

Forest is ‘remarkably resilient to climate change’, but remains under threat from fires and deforestation

The Independent UK

Indigenous groups criticize Ecuador’s $47 billion oil expansion plan in Amazon

Ecuador’s plans to offer dozens of blocks of land for oil exploration for more than $47 billion has prompted opposition from seven Indigenous peoples in the Amazon

The Independent UK

Prehistoric insects trapped in amber give ‘little windows’ into ancient life on Earth

For the first time, scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber in South America

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The Independent UK

Judge dismisses Indigenous Amazon tribe's lawsuit against the New York Times and TMZ

A California judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by an Indigenous tribe from the Brazilian Amazon against the New York Times and TMZ

Latin Times

Robert Redford, the Hollywood Giant Who Changed the Lives of Gael García, Diego Luna, González Iñárritu, Rubén Blades and More Latino Artists

Artist, filmmaker, and activist Robert Redford, who died September 16, 2025 at age 89, was one of Hollywood's most enduring stars, but his impact reached far beyond the screen. Through his creation of the Sundance Institute and the Sundance Film Festival, Redford became a mentor and champion for Latin American…

The Independent UK

Endangered pink river dolphins face a rising mercury threat in the Amazon

Scientists in Colombia’s Amazon are capturing and testing endangered pink river dolphins to monitor mercury contamination from illegal gold mining and deforestation

The Independent UK

Takeaways from AP's report on a boom in mercury mining in central Mexico

The soaring price of gold is fueling a mercury boom in central Mexico

The Independent UK

Pope honors 21st century martyrs: Christians killed by Islamic militants, mafias, Amazon ranchers

Pope Leo XIV has honored hundreds of Christians who have been killed for their faith in the 21st century

The Independent UK

Scientific study suggests destruction of the Amazon rainforest directly impacts human health

New study finds well-preserved areas of Amazon rainforest occupied and managed by Indigenous peoples show lower incidences of multiple diseases in the regions around them

The Conversation

The digital movement that is enabling Indigenous people to show for themselves how the Amazon region is changing

Deep in the Amazon, sound designer Eric Terena has been capturing the sounds of the rainforest while sitting silently beneath the dense, towering treetops with his recording equipment. He has noticed some huge changes.

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