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Deforestation remains low, but fires surge in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest
The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has remained near a six-year low despite a surge in the number of fires ...
The Amazon’s record forest fires
The Amazon rain forest in Brazil has suffered its worst fires in two decades, with most started illegally by humans looking ...
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Once our primary forests are gone, they’re gone forever
Calls at COP26 in 2021 to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030 continue to ring hollow as targets to reduce it have been missed in almost all tropical regions ...
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Brazil's Amazon Consultation Challenge: Empowering Indigenous Voices in Carbon Credit Sales
The Brazilian state of Para plans to consult Indigenous communities about the sale of carbon offset credits to U.S. companies ...
Brazil faces worst fires in 14 years
A report said 22.38 million of landmass in Brazil caught fire in 2024. The area is comparable to the size of Belarus.
Indigenous groups in Brazil weren’t consulted in major carbon credits deal
The deal foresees the purchase of up to 12 million tons of carbon credits generated by reducing deforestation in Para between ...
Indigenous groups in Brazil: We were not consulted on carbon credits
Indigenous organizations in the Brazilian state of Para said they were not consulted by the government before it signed a ...
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Wildlife populations decline 73 percent over past half-century, report says
World Wildlife Fund says species like pink river dolphins of the Amazon, forest elephants in Gabon are in sharp decline.
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Climate extremes will boost methane emissions in the Amazon
Climate extremes predicted for the Amazon region could significantly impact the emission and uptake of methane.