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Brazil launches first raids against Amazon tree-cutters under Lula’s new government

An agent of the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) gets ready before going to an operation to combat of deforestation, in Uruara, Para State, Brazil January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

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View In: Amazon Rain ForestOnly 5% of net forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon occurs in Indigenous territories and... The post Amazon’s least-deforested areas are due to ‘vital role’ of Indigenous peoples appeared first on Carbon Brief.

Inside Climate News
View In: Amazon Rain ForestWatching the first few minutes of “The Territory,” a new documentary set in the Amazon rainforest, is like listening to a symphony of deforestation. The film opens with the sound of an engine revving, the camera lingering on a boot pressed down on a dusty gas pedal. The clutch clicks and grinds, an...

Climate crisis | The Guardian
View In: Amazon Rain ForestFires, land conversion, logging and water shortages have weakened resilience of 2.5m sq km of forest, says studyHuman activity and drought may have degraded more than a third of the Amazon rainforest, double the previous estimate, according to a study that heightens concerns that the globally importan...

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“These are important pledges, but they will need to be paired with a drive to tackle the organised criminal structures that have taken hold in the Amazon under Bolsonaro’s reign of destruction, as well as holding accountable the multinational corporations that source cattle, soy and timber linked to large-scale illegal deforestation,

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Climate crisis | The Guardian
View In: Amazon Rain ForestIn the past 12 months I have learned that the mass extermination of the Amazon is a climate catastrophe – and much moreI thought it was a blood moon at first. The dark orange glow appeared at dusk on the far side of the shimmering silver band that is the Xingu River. It was just before 8pm, after th...