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Hopes and fears for the Amazon: Interview with botanist Hans ter Steege

Brazil calls for ambition at COP but struggles over its own climate policy

New Canadian-backed potash mine under fire from Amazon Indigenous groups

Brazil researchers boost timber traceability with new chemical analysis

JBS broke its own rules while buying cattle from deforested areas in Pantanal

Deforestation plunges but environmental threats remain as Colombia hosts COP16

Extreme drought wrecks rivers and daily life in Amazon’s most burnt Indigenous land

Amazon voters elect environmental offenders and climate denialists in Brazil

‘World’s largest’ carbon credit deal in the Amazon faces bumpy road ahead

New conservation model calls for protecting Amazon for its archaeological riches

Brazil dredges Amazon rivers to ease drought isolation, raising environmental concerns

‘We need white men on our side to save the Amazon from destruction,’ 92-year-old Indigenous Chief Raoni says

Report exposes meatpackers’ role in recent chemical deforestation in Brazil

How the Brazilian military sabotaged protection of Indigenous people in the Amazon

Wildcat miners: will cyanide displace mercury?

Extreme drought pushes Amazon’s main rivers to lowest-ever levels

Resilient and resourceful, Brazil’s illegal gold capital resists government crackdown

Drought forces Amazon Indigenous communities to drink mercury-tainted water

Nearly all Brazilian gold imported by EU is likely illegal, report says

Brazil launches ‘war’ on widespread fire outbreaks & criminal arsonists

Study shows most Amazon beef & soy demand comes from Brazil — not exports

As Amazonian rivers recede under drought, manatees are left exposed to poaching

Acre’s communities face drinking water shortage amid Amazon drought

Deal ends environmental agents’ strike in Brazil, but grievances fester

Petroperú’s financial troubles could mean no oil spill remediation, communities fear

The Andes are a key supplier of gold for the Amazon Basin

Forest degradation releases 5 times more Amazon carbon than deforestation: Study

Amazon Fraud 101: How timber credits mask illegal logging in Brazil

No plans, no progress make Peru’s energy transition uncertain

Hydropower plants disrupt fishers’ lives in Amazon’s most biodiverse river basin

Are the Amazon’s biggest trees dying? Forest coroners investigate

The Amazon’s most fertile forests are also most vulnerable to drought: Study

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