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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon drops by nearly 31% compared to previous year
According to official monitoring, Amazon rainforest loss in Brazil dropped by one-third compared to the previous year, according to official monitoring.
Amazon deforestation in Brazil plunges 31% to lowest level in 9 years
By Rhett A. Butler Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped by 30.6% over the past year, reaching the lowest level of destruction in nine years, according to data from the country’s national space research institute,
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Brazil's Amazon posts lowest deforestation in nine years: govt
The Brazilian Amazon experienced its smallest amount of yearly deforestation in nearly a decade, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government reported Wednesday, in line with its promise to combat forest loss.
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon drops by nearly 31% compared to previous year
AGUA CLARA, Brazil — Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 30.6% compared to the previous year, officials said Wednesday, the lowest level of destruction in nine years. In a 12-month span ...
Focus shifts to the Amazon for Brazil’s rainforest climate talks
The city of Belém is striving to be ready for next year’s UN climate conference and bring delegates closer to nature
The 900km Amazon highway that's dividing a nation
The BR-319 is famed as one of South America's most challenging drives, but those who attempt it are rewarded with an ...
Severe droughts threaten the sustainable catch of the Amazon’s giant fish
Two years of record-breaking drought have dealt a heavy blow to what is arguably the Amazon’s most successful sustainable ...
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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon falls to lowest level in nine years
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon dropped to its lowest level in nearly a decade over the past year, officials said ...
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Brazil’s president promised to protect the Amazon. This year, deforestation fell 31%.
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...
Brazil prepares to remove illegal Amazon gold miners from Munduruku land
Brazilian authorities are preparing to remove illegal gold miners from an Indigenous reservation in the Amazon rainforest ...
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The calm before the storm: The first half of the 20th century in the Pan Amazon
The period between the end of the rubber boom and the onset of the colonisation frenzy that began in the 1960s was a time of ...
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Brazil Senate advances bill for regulated carbon market
The carbon market is also part of Brazil’s plan to halt deforestation in the Amazon and become carbon neutral by 2050. The vast amounts of deforested land in Brazil where tropical trees can grow ...
Brazil's Tocantins state to offer $430 million in carbon credits
A Brazilian state that straddles the frontier of the Amazon jungle is pursuing the sale of more than 2.5 billion reais ($430.16 million) in carbon credits related to forest conservation through 2030, ...