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Yolanda Kakabadse: ‘While the rainforest is politically divided, the biome is...
Yolanda Kakabadse – the indefatigable defender of sustainability – is a former Ecuadorian Minister of Environment and the current International President of WWF. Kakabadse also founded CDKN alliance...
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Extraordinary migration of giant Amazon catfish revealed
by Damian Carrington, The Guardian A giant silvery-gold catfish undertakes the longest freshwater migration of any fish, according to new research, travelling 11,600km from the Andes to the mouth of...
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Hunting, deforestation, and fire threaten jaguars in the world’s largest...
Populations of the largest cat of the Americas are threatened even in the world’s largest rainforest. In the Amazon, jaguars are killed and driven away by hunting, trafficking, deforestation, and...
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Conserved landscapes act as barriers against diseases like Covid-19
The acceleration of deforestation in the Amazon and other Brazilian environments has resumed in 2012 and has broken record after record during the Bolsonaro administration. At the time of publication,...
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Endangered Amazonian mangroves protect the climate, wildlife, and economies
Recalled less often than the towering rain forest, the Amazon’s mangroves cover 11,200 square kilometers in Amapá, Pará, and Maranhão. The area is equivalent to eight times the territory of the city...
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Proposed Brazil-Peru road through untouched Amazon gains momentum
The Serra do Divisor National Park, in the Brazilian state of Acre, is one of the planet’s most biodiverse areas. Photo: Ramon Aquim Antônio Martins da Costa lives on the banks of the Azul river,...
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Deforestation in the Amazon: past, present and future
According to a new study from RAISG, in just five years, the Amazon could lose almost half of what it lost in the past two decades. To understand the reasons for such a bleak future, they analyzed the...
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Eating chelonian meat is an integral part of Amazonian culture, but predatory...
Eating chelonians, which include turtles, terrapins and tortoises, is a common cultural habit among riverine and traditional communities in Brazil’s Amazonas state. Residents interviewed by...
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Women Babassu Nutcrackers Demand Compliance with Legislation Protecting this...
Mulheres quebradeiras trabalham na comunidade de Sumaúma, em Sítio Novo, no Tocantins. Foto: Gabriele Roza/InfoAmazonia Seated on the floor of a hut, seven women break babassu nuts open: crack, crack,...
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