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Brazil’s Amazon rainforest faces a severe drought that may affect around 500,000 people

Officials say the Amazon rainforest in Brazil is facing a severe drought that may affect around 500,000 people by the end of the year

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Brazil slows Amazon deforestation, but in Chico Mendes' homeland, it risks being too late

Luzineide Marques da Silva knows the location of each of the 748 rubber trees in the Brazilian Amazon that she and her family have rights to tap for latex

The Independent UK

Greenpeace unveils Minecraft game to help save Amazon rainforest

It is hoped the new game will encourage more environmental activism

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Banco do Brasil CEO: ‘Brazil is responsible for half of the Amazon rainforest. Here’s how we’re finding the money to save it’

'Banks must seek to harmonize financial returns for shareholders with social and environmental advancements to reduce inequality,' writes Tarciana Medeiros.

Fortune

Brazil: Fourteen killed as small plane crashes in Amazonian rainforest

Fourteen people have died after a small passenger plane crashed in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest on Saturday.

Evening Standard

NGO finds 177 environmental activists murdered worldwide in 2022

In its annual review, the Global Witness NGO named 177 land and environmental defenders who had been killed in 2022 – from the Amazon to the Philippines and Democratic Republic of Congo.

Radio France Internationale

Environmental activists killed at a rate of one every other day in 2022 – report

Colombia was the deadliest country and a fifth of the 177 recorded killings took place in the Amazon rainforest, says Global Witness

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Amazon deforestation continues to drop

“This shows how an election can change the fate of the Amazon.”

Salon

Pilot who survived being stranded in Amazon for 13 days is killed in second plane crash

Otávio Augusto Munhoz da Silva had survived a disaster after crashing in the rain forest but lost his life in a fresh tragedy

The Independent UK

In the battle against Amazon deforestation, Brazil offers cash rewards to municipalities

In a bid to slow down deforestation in the Amazon, Brazil will provide financial support to municipalities that have reduced deforestation rates the most

The Independent UK

Filling in biodiversity knowledge gaps

The extinction crisis is slamming the Amazon, but it's so poorly understood, we don't know what's being lost

Salon

‘It’s dangerous work’: new generation of Indigenous activists battle to save the Amazon

Campaigners in Brazil use drones to document work of self-defence teams trying to stop environmental destruction caused by illegal mining

The Guardian - UK

High heat can stop plant photosynthesis

Heat is just one of many stressors for the world’s beleaguered Amazon

Salon

Support grows for sustainable development, a 'bioeconomy,' in the Amazon

The Brazilian Amazon has long been home to small and mid-sized sustainable businesses that use forest nuts, fruits and other products, and it's an incubator for new ones

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Amazon’s emissions ‘doubled’ under first half of Bolsonaro presidency

New study published in Nature says period was as destructive as record 2016 El Niño drought and heatwave

Radio France Internationale

Ecuador to halt oil drilling in Amazon reserve after historic vote

Ecuadorans have voted to stop an oil drilling project in an Amazon reserve, according to the results of a referendum hailed as an historic example of climate democracy.

The Independent UK

Ecuadorians reject oil drilling in the Amazon in historic decision

In a historic decision, Ecuadorians voted on Sunday against the oil drilling of a protected area in the Amazon, which is home to two uncontacted tribes and serves as a biodiversity hotspot

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Ecuador prepares for ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ vote to stop oil drilling

Referendum alongside presidential election will decide whether to halt extraction in Amazon national park

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Watch sloth fight off ocelot in incredibly rare footage from deep in the Amazon rainforest

The footage from a camera trap in Yasuní Biosphere Reserve in eastern Ecuador appears to be the first time a fight between a sloth and an ocelot has been caught on film.

Radio France Internationale

In a first, Ecuador to vote on oil drilling in the Amazon

To some, Ecuador's jungle is a home and a valuable tool in fighting climate change, to others, it is a vital solution to a struggling economy.

The Independent UK

Two former Royal Marines fight off gun-wielding pirates using paddles during Amazon trip

The trip of a lifetime took a turn when the pair faced gunfire from pirates close to the Colombian border

The Guardian - UK

Driving out the rainforest invaders: crackdown on illegal mining brings hope after Bolsonaro era

Ibama agent Hugo Loss says he and his team have neutralised mining equipment in Operation Xapiri

The Hindu

Amazon rainforest | The scramble to save the planet’s lungs

At the ACTO summit in Belem do Para, Brazil, leaders from Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana called for cooperation to protect the Amazon rainforest. The “Belem declaration” promised concerted efforts to arrest deforestation, protect Indigenous people’s rights and invite development banks to pool funds for conservation…

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Colombia prosecutors confirm arrest of father of 2 of the 4 children lost 40 days in Amazon jungle

Colombian officials say they have arrested the father of two of the four Indigenous children who survived a plane crash that killed their mother and two other adults, then survived 40 days on their own in the Amazon jungle

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: Inside South America’s summit to save the Amazon

In today’s newsletter: After years of rampant exploitation under a far-right government, Brazil has brought together leaders to help secure the future of the world’s biggest rainforest – and create ‘a just ecological transition’

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