Police in Brazil indict Colombian fish trader in high profile killing in Amazon region
Brazilian police have indicted a Colombian fish trader as the person who planned the slayings of Indigenous expert Bruno ...
In Colombia, Amazon River’s extreme drought falls hard on Indigenous communities
The severe drought of the Amazon River has caused Indigenous communities who live beside it to struggle for food, water and ...
Amazon Web Services Plans To Go Water Positive by 2030: This Is How
As demand for water surges to cool down data centers and power AI, Amazon Web Services aims to give back more water to ...
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Extreme drought wrecks rivers and daily life in Amazon’s most burnt Indigenous land
Almost 20% of the Kayapó Indigenous Territory has burned in this year’s Amazon drought ... devastating effects of Brazil’s worst drought on record. The Riozinho River, which once sustained ...
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Deforestation remains low, but fires surge in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon remains near a six-year low, with 561 square kilometers cleared in September, a 30% decline from the previous year. Fires in the Amazon have surged ...
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IUCN welcomes 12 new sites from Brazil, China, Colombia, France, Saudi Arabia and Zambia to the Green List
Photo: Government of Brazil. China - Guizhou Mount Fanjing National Nature ... located at the mouth of the Amazon River, has been added to the Green List and is the country’s first. This area is home ...
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Amazon River Drought Hits Indigenous Communities Hard
Indigenous communities along the Amazon ... river water, but for cooking and drinking we have to wait for rainwater and when there's none, we have to buy water from Leticia. Imagine that!" In ...
As record acreage burns in Brazil’s Amazon, criminals are exploiting rainforest to clear land
That’s five times larger than the forest fires of 2019 when, under far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, rampant destruction of ...
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World's largest river at its 'lowest in 100 years' leaving massive country in crisis
The river levels are reported to be at their lowest levels in over 100 years, putting an estimated 30 million people living in the Amazon basin across several nations, including Brazil ...
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Rain is coming, but not enough after punishing Amazon drought
MANAUS, Brazil — Dark clouds rumble over the tiny Amazon river community of Nossa Senhora do Livramento. After two years of a devastating drought you’d think residents in this parched and ...