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Greenpeace Brazil flyover documents Amazon deforestation and fires hotspot increases
Dramatic increases to deforestation and fire hotspots in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest were measured in July.
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Banks must stop funding illegal Amazon deforestation, Prosecutor says after Greenpeace Brazil report
The landmark decision follows a Greenpeace Brazil’s report which found that national and international banks had been using Brazil's rural credit system to finance thousands of rural properties that are driving illegal deforestation, invasion of Indigenous territories, and other destructive activities.
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Financial institutions are funding deforestation in the Amazon
Greenpeace Brazil’s new report exposes how banks are granting credit to farmers implicated in deforestation and other irregular activities in the Amazon.
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New research reveals impacts of an oil spill off Amazon Coast
Greenpeace Brazil’s Protect the Amazon Coast Expedition launched GPS drifters at different points in the mouth of the Amazon Basin to monitor marine currents in the region and show where oil could end up in case of a spill.
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Drought in the Amazon is threatening people and biodiversity
A historic drought in the Amazon - aggravated by extreme heat, fires, deforestation and El Niño - is putting the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and biodiversity in the region at risk.
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Caring for the Amazon Rainforest in the age of fire
The world is witnessing in horror historic record high temperatures. The planet is on fire in nature's response to our inaction against climate change. But in the Amazon, the fires have a slightly different cause - greed.
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Carbon markets are a threat to the Amazon
Carbon offsets and carbon markets are false solutions to the climate crisis. Instead of falling into this farce, Amazonian countries must focus on protecting the existing forest.
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From the Arctic to the Amazon, peaceful protests will continue
Peaceful activism is vital when governments fail to respond to catastrophic climate change and nature destruction. Disproportionate responses are purely to intimidate people who stand up to companies and countries that are causing serious harm to our wellbeing, planet and future.
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How illegal gold mining threatens biodiversity in the Amazon
From illegal hunting to the destruction of rivers that serve as nurseries for fish species, illegal gold mining leaves a long trail of destruction in the forest.