Amazon, Brazil

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, ...
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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%.
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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 ...
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 ...
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Biden To Become First US President To Visit Amazon Region
US President Joe Biden will make an unprecedented visit to Manaus in the state of Amazonas before he heads to the G20 summit ...
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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 ...