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Brazil's Navy searching for British journalist missing in Amazon jungle

Brazil's Navy on Monday dispatched a crew of ten people to search for British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira who went missing while reporting in a remote part of the Amazon rainforest near the border with Peru.

Reuters

British journalist, Brazilian expert missing in the Amazon

An Indigenous association in Brazil's Amazon region says that one of its advisors and a British journalist are missing in a remote area near the Peru border, The area has been marked by violent conflicts between fishers, poachers and government agents

The Independent UK

Brit journalist and travel companion missing in Amazon just days after death threats

Indigenous community leaders sounded the alarm after the pair did not meet their scheduled return from one of the remotest corners of the Amazon, just days after receiving threats

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Fears for safety of British journalist missing in Brazilian Amazon

Dom Phillips disappeared on a trip to one of the remotest corners of the Amazon days after receiving threats

The Guardian - US

Immersed in crisis, Peru neglects Amazon's destruction

Peru has descended into one of the worst political crises in its history and protection of its Amazon rainforest is failing, according to a report published today

The Independent UK

Digital mapping reveals network of settlements thrived in pre-Columbian Amazon

Ruins of monuments, villages, causeways and canals hidden in the dense rainforest are evidence of ‘Amazonian urbanism’

The Guardian - US

Cargill's bid to open new port in Brazil opposed by human rights, conservation groups

As one of the most powerful commodity traders in Brazil, Cargill Inc. has worked to expand its business while fending off criticism that it's enabling the destruction of Amazon forests and savanna for soy farms.

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Laser technology reveals ancient cities with pyramids in Bolivian Amazon

Scientists believe the cities were built between 500 and 1400 AD and have been hidden for centuries under dense vegetation

Daily Mirror

Fresh off 'Julia Child Challenge' win, Calif. home chef wants to teach Americans about Brazilian cuisine

SAN DIEGO — As a little girl growing up in the Amazon region of Northern Brazil, Jaíne Mackievicz-Cenci had an unlikely hero — French cookbook author and TV chef Julia Child.

Tribune News Service

A doll brings pride, identity for Brazil Indigenous woman

Luakam Anambé wanted her newborn granddaughter to have a doll – something she’d never owned as a child working in slave-like conditions in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest

The Independent UK

Saving the Rainforest, One Pet Fish at a Time

Despite the objections of animal protection organizations, careful commercial fishing may be the best bet for the Amazon and the world's aquariums.

Reason

Lost city with incredible pyramids found buried deep inside Amazon jungle

Much of the Amazon jungle had been blocked by trees, plants and greenery for centuries until now after technology has revealed a fascinating lost city

Daily Mirror

Archaeologists find ‘mind-blowing’ network of lost cities hidden in Amazon

Findings ‘can significantly contribute’ to perspectives on conservation of the Amazon, say scientists

The Independent UK

Brazil toughens environmental fines in reaction to a lawsuit

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree Tuesday that creates stricter rules against environmental crimes in the Amazon rainforest, such as fraud in timber licensing

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People in Brazil's Amazon rainforest again reel from floods

For the second straight year, inhabitants of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest are being overwhelmed by flooding, with hundreds of thousands of people already affected by waters that are still rising

The Independent UK

Mining companies back away from Brazil's Indigenous areas

Some of the world’s biggest mining companies have withdrawn requests to research and extract minerals on Indigenous land in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and repudiated Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s efforts to legalize mining activity in the areas

The Independent UK

Elon Musk visits Brazil's Bolsonaro to discuss Amazon plans

Tesla and SpaceX chief executive officer Elon Musk has met with Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro to discuss connectivity and other projects in the Amazon rainforest

Reuters

Bolsonaro says Musk's Twitter takeover offers "breath of hope"

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday said that Elon Musk's proposed takeover of Twitter was "a breath of hope," adding that he hoped the U.S. billionaire would show the world during a visit to Brazil how the country protects the Amazon.

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VIDEO: Amazon Delivery: Rare Male Parrot Flies In For Breeding Program

Europe’s last captive male black-billed amazon parrot has been transferred to a new zoo for a breeding program with one of the few females of its kind.

Zenger

Imminent Extinction:Two Newly Discovered Species Of Amazonian Fish Are Threatened By Deforestation

Two newly discovered species of Amazonian fish are facing imminent extinction due to deforestation, warns a new study.

Reuters

Royal Society names climate scientist first Brazilian member since 1800s

The Royal Society scientific academy has elected climate scientist Carlos Nobre, a leading researcher studying the Amazon rainforest, as its first Brazilian member since the country's Emperor Dom Pedro II joined the group in the 1800s.

Daily Mirror

Heroes who will 'fight to the death' to save Amazon rainforest from oil giants

Oil companies have been trying to open an exploration site on Ecuador’s Pastaza river for over 20 years, but thanks to the strength of the people defending it, they have failed

Daily Mirror

Devastating images show oiling and mining projects chipping away at the Amazon

The final instalment of the NextGen International project reports from Ecuador's Amazon, working with young indigenous people who share inspiring stories on their fight

Daily Mirror

Bravery of young people who stood up to energy giants and saved Amazonian river

In the final part of the NextGen project, Alexis Grefa writes how he mobilised a youth campaign which stopped a hydroelectric company from installing a dam on a sacred river

Daily Record

Inside the heroic Amazon tribe who took on monster diggers tearing up rainforest

Reporters joined the Shuar Arutam people on patrol to learn how they are using technology to protect the jungle from deforestation.

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