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Priest tends to flock deep in Peru's Amazon ahead of Pope visit
Below an umbrella of trees deep in the Peruvian Amazon, drunken miners carry on their shoulders the casket of a man whose search for gold ended with a bullet in his stomach.
"In my heart there is no peace," the Reverend...
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International organisation urges Colombia to investigate crimes against Amazon
An international organization that fights against deforestation has filed a criminal complaint with the Colombian Attorney General's Office, calling for the investigation of "environmental criminal charges against the Amazon."
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International organisation urges Colombia to investigate crimes against Amazon
An international organization that fights against deforestation has filed a criminal complaint with the Colombian Attorney General's Office, calling for the investigation of "environmental criminal charges against the Amazon."
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Peru’s military tries to curb illegal gold mining
Illegal gold mining has decimated the Amazon leaving behind dead trees and toxic pools. Peru's government has tried unsuccessfully to chase away the illegal miners from the rainforest.
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Peru’s military tries to curb illegal gold mining
By day, Peruvian police and soldiers search for and destroy equipment used by illegal gold miners in a part of the Amazon rainforest where mining has transformed once-dense foliage into a desert pocked with dead trees and toxic pools.
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Amazon protest outside Brazil embassy in Brussels
Dozens of protesters gathered in front of the Brazilian embassy in Brussels on Monday expressing their concerns over the fires in the Amazon rainforest.
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High-level Brazil delegation at WH talking US aid
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's son and the country's foreign minister are in the United States to discuss possible U.S. aid amid devastating fires in the Amazon region.
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Aerials from Para; analysis of indigenous plight
Brazil on Thursday banned most legal fires for land-clearing for 60 days in an attempt to stop the burning that has devastated parts of the Amazon region.
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Firefighters struggle to contain Amazon fire
Firefighters in the Brazilian state of Rondonia struggled to contain a fast-moving fire near a national forest reserve on Monday.
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Fire ban complicates life for Brazilian farmers
Speeding through dirt roads in the Amazon rainforest, shotgun-wielding members of one of Brazil's brigades of jungle infantry, firefighters and agents of the country's environmental enforcement agency arrived to a wooden shack...
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Protesters march in Rio de Janeiro on Amazon Day
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Indigenous leader in Brazil's Amazon tries to thwart loggers
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Arrows and smartphones: daily life of Amazon Tembe tribe
They hunt with bows and arrows, fish for piranhas and gather wild plants, while some watch soap operas on TV or check the internet on phones inside thatch-roof huts.
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Amazonian leaders highlight various violations
Brazilian indigenous leaders visited Rome on Monday as part of a campaign which will see them visit 12 European countries to protest against their government's approach to climate change.
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Amazonian leaders try to enlist EU support
A delegation of Brazilian indigenous leaders is trying to recruit political support from the European Union (EU) against incursions by loggers and cattle ranchers in the Amazon and the destruction of tropical rainforest.
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At Rainforest benefit, Sting says foundation has won battles, but may be losing war to save the planet
AT RAINFOREST BENEFIT, STING SAYS FOUNDATION HAS WON BATTLES, BUT MAY BE LOSING WAR TO SAVE THE PLANET
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Rio bringing green to a concrete jungle
Providencia, Rio de Janeiro's first favela, is one of dozens of places where people are starting projects to create a greener version of a tree-starved urban landscape that contrasts with the verdant rain forest looming over the city.