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BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

High stakes for climate-change race in Brazil vote

29-09-2022 01:27 Under Bolsonaro, average annual deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has risen by 75% compared to the previous decade, with environmental funding slashed.

BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

Scandals, Covid, deforestation: Brazil under Bolsonaro

29-09-2022 00:38 A recap of the defining moments of Jair Bolsonaro's presidency so far.

Bloomberg

Climate Disasters in Latin America Threaten Global Food Security

22-07-2022 16:23 Latin American food production in 2021 was impacted by climate change, and this trend will continue, according to the World Meteorological Organisation. Droughts and floods have led to thousands suffering from food insecurity and have had global impact.

Amazon Rainforest

Brazilian Amazon lost 18 trees per second in 2021

18-07-2022 13:18 18 trees lost per second from Brazilian Amazon in 2021, according to new report. Deforestation is up 20 percent.

ENVIRONMENT

Race to find Brazil Amazon species before they disappear

14-07-2022 00:32 In a remote part of the Brazilian Amazon, a scientific expedition is cataloguing species. Time is of the essence.

Amazon Rainforest

Brazil sets new six-month Amazon deforestation record

04-07-2022 13:06 Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon reached a record level during the first half of 2022, national space agency reveals.

Murder in the Amazon

Bodies of two men murdered in Brazilian Amazon returned to families

24-06-2022 11:13 Bodies of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira handed over to their families, nearly two-and-a-half weeks after they were killed in Brazil's Amazon.

Murder in the Amazon

Police say British journalist and Brazilian guide shot in Amazon killings

18-06-2022 21:13 British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, whose disappearance in the Amazon some two weeks ago sparked an international outcry, were killed by gunfire, Brazilian police confirm.

Murder in the Amazon

Brazil police '99% sure' that bodies found in Amazon are missing duo

17-06-2022 09:44 Suspect reveals where bodies of journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira are buried; Police say they’re ‘99%’ sure that remains found in Amazon are missing duo; Bolsonaro blamed as evidence mounts of murders.

KILLED IN THE AMAZON

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: two men who loved the Amazon

16-06-2022 13:03 Veteran British freelance journalist Dom Phillips and respected Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira shared a passion for the farthest reaches of the Amazon rainforest. The duo, both courageous adventurers who loved the rainforest and its peoples, each defended the region in his own way.

Dom Phillips & Bruno Pereira

Suspect confesses to burying bodies of two men missing in Amazon

16-06-2022 10:46 One of two men arrested over the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Brazilian Amazon confesses to having buried the pair in the jungle.

Vale do Javari

How Brazil's Javari Valley became a criminal haven

14-06-2022 14:18 The Javari Valley is one of the remotest places on Earth, a vast expanse of thick jungle in northwestern Brazil near the Peruvian and Colombian borders. It is also a haven for drug-trafficking and environmental crimes.

MISSING IN AMAZON

Calls mount for Brazil to find missing journalist, indigenous expert

09-06-2022 00:43 Brazilian authorities on Wednesday arrested a man in connection with the disappearance of a British journalist and a local indigenous expert in the Amazon, police said, as calls mounted for officials to deliver answers on what happened to them.

CONCERNS AFTER THREATS

British journalist, indigenous expert missing in Brazil

06-06-2022 21:17 A British journalist and a Brazilian indigenous expert have gone missing in a remote region of the Amazon rainforest after receiving threats, authorities and indigenous-rights groups said Monday, raising fears for their safety.

Rainforest Destruction

Deforestation surges in Brazil Atlantic Forest: report

26-05-2022 20:20 Deforestation surged 66 percent last year in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, according to a new report, compounding fears over the rampant destruction of the Amazon rainforest further north.

BILLIONAIRE IN BRAZIL

Musk to meet Bolsonaro in Brazil, launch plan to survey and connect Amazon

20-05-2022 12:30 Billionaire Elon Musk arrived in Brazil Friday, announcing a project to bring internet access to schools in the Amazon and improve satellite monitoring of the rainforest.

ENVIRONMENT

Brazil responds to less than 3% of deforestation alerts, study reveals

04-05-2022 16:02 An environmental monitor said Tuesday that President Jair Bolsonaro's government has responded to less than three percent of deforestation alerts, a sign that "impunity reigns" in the destruction of Brazil's forests.

Climate Crisis

10 football pitches of pristine rainforest lost per minute in 2021

30-04-2022 15:42 Huge swathes of tropical rainforest were burned or hacked down for cattle and crops last year, led by destruction in Brazil, researchers said Thursday, warning that climate change itself is making it harder to reverse the losses.

Environment

Ecuador expands oil extraction from protected nature reserve in Amazon

15-04-2022 15:32 Extraction of 3,600 barrels per day has begun in the Ishpingo oil field, which together with nearby fields Tiputini and Tambococha holds more than 40 percent of the country's proven crude reserves.

Land Rights

Report: Illegal mining and abuses surge on Brazil indigenous land

11-04-2022 17:50 Illegal gold mining surged by a record amount last year on Brazil's biggest indigenous reservation according to a report published Monday, which detailed chilling accounts of abuses by miners.

Mining

Report: Mining firms targeting Brazil protected indigenous lands

23-02-2022 13:04 Major mining companies are seeking to expand to currently protected indigenous lands in the Amazon rainforest, bolstered by billions of dollars in financing from international banks and investment firms

SPECIAL REPORT

Damaged Amazon rainforest teetering on the brink

11-11-2021 13:40 The Amazon, the world's biggest rainforest is now emitting more carbon than it absorbs. Its destruction has accelerated, especially in Brazil, where far-right President Jair Bolsonaro pushes to open protected lands and indigenous reservations to agribusiness and mining.

INTERVIEW / BLOOMBERG

Sebastião Salgado: 'Nature is capable of rebuilding if we stop the destruction'

19-10-2021 09:33 Putting a price on nature after nine years in the Amazon – an interview with documentary photographer Sebastião Salgado.

BLOOMBERG

Climate change in Brazil: Fire, frost, drought upends global markets

28-09-2021 09:32 Brazil's crops have been scorched, frozen and then dried out by the worst drought in a century, upending global commodity markets.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Bolsonaro takes dig at Biden's 'obsession' with Amazon

30-08-2021 22:03 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accuses Joe Biden's administration of having "almost an obsession" with environmental issues.

ENVIRONMENT

Illegal mining on Brazil indigenous land up 500% in a decade

30-08-2021 21:53 Illegal mining expanded by nearly 500% on protected indigenous reservations in Brazil in a decade, and by more than 300% on protected park lands, according to a new study.

Wildlife

New species of frog unearthed in Peruvian Amazon jungle

12-04-2021 16:28 A new species of marsupial frog has been discovered in Peru's Amazon jungle during a study in the humid tundra and mountainous woodland area of the Cordilleras de Colan.

News of amazon rainforest

High stakes for climate-change race in Brazil vote

Scandals, Covid, deforestation: Brazil under Bolsonaro

Climate Disasters in Latin America Threaten Global Food Security

Brazilian Amazon lost 18 trees per second in 2021

Race to find Brazil Amazon species before they disappear

Brazil sets new six-month Amazon deforestation record

Bodies of two men murdered in Brazilian Amazon returned to families

Police say British journalist and Brazilian guide shot in Amazon killings

Brazil police '99% sure' that bodies found in Amazon are missing duo

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: two men who loved the Amazon

Suspect confesses to burying bodies of two men missing in Amazon

How Brazil's Javari Valley became a criminal haven

Calls mount for Brazil to find missing journalist, indigenous expert

British journalist, indigenous expert missing in Brazil

Deforestation surges in Brazil Atlantic Forest: report

Musk to meet Bolsonaro in Brazil, launch plan to survey and connect Amazon

Brazil responds to less than 3% of deforestation alerts, study reveals

10 football pitches of pristine rainforest lost per minute in 2021

Ecuador expands oil extraction from protected nature reserve in Amazon

Report: Illegal mining and abuses surge on Brazil indigenous land

Report: Mining firms targeting Brazil protected indigenous lands

Damaged Amazon rainforest teetering on the brink

Sebastião Salgado: 'Nature is capable of rebuilding if we stop the destruction'

Climate change in Brazil: Fire, frost, drought upends global markets

Bolsonaro takes dig at Biden's 'obsession' with Amazon

Illegal mining on Brazil indigenous land up 500% in a decade

New species of frog unearthed in Peruvian Amazon jungle

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