Category: Amazon rainforest

Amazon deforestation falls over 60% compared with last July, says Brazilian minister

Marina Silva welcomes progress but says climate crisis means upcoming regional summit needs to produce real actionDeforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by at least 60% in July compared to the same month last year, the...

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Tributes paid to Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira a year on from their deaths

Hundreds gather in Rio and Belém to remember two men who worked to defend the Amazon and its Indigenous inhabitantsIndigenous leaders, politicians and friends and relatives of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira have paid...

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The multinational companies that industrialised the Amazon rainforest

Analysis shows handful of corporations extract tens of billions of dollars of raw materials a year – and their commitments to restoration vary greatlyA handful of global giants dominate the industrialisation of the Amazon...

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More than 800m Amazon trees felled in six years to meet beef demand

Investigation involving Guardian shows systematic and vast forest loss linked to cattle farming in BrazilMore than 800m trees have been cut down in the Amazon rainforest in just six years to feed the world’s appetite for...

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One year after the deaths of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips, their work must go on

On 5 June 2022, Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips were killed for protecting the Amazon rainforest. A new collaboration aims to continue what they startedForest defenders should not be killed for exposing crimes. Journalists should...

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Bruno Pereira and Dom Phllips were killed in the Amazon. Their Indigenous allies risk death to carry on the work

Three assassins walked into a bar deep in the Brazilian Amazon one night last October. Beers flowed, tongues loosened and the men were overheard bragging about their latest job. “We’re looking for this Orlando bloke....

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Sunak extends UK support for saving forests – but will not give more funding

New president of Brazil expected to join initiative at Cop27 covering a third of world’s forestsCop27 live – latest news updatesRishi Sunak has pledged the UK’s continued support for conserving threatened...

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