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Amazon rainforest fires 2022: Facts, causes, and climate impacts
The Amazon rainforest is shrinking. The fires in the Amazon are growing. And the impacts of this destruction are a risk to the entire planet.
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Illegal fires in the Brazilian Amazon reach highest number since 2010
Despite an official ban on fires by the federal government, the number of fires in August was 18% higher than the prior year.
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The Amazon We Need expedition
The Amazon is an ancient forest, home to incredible animals and unknown species. Indigenous Peoples, traditional communities, and environmental activists are among those who are working to protect it amid…
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Call for investigation into disappearance in the Amazon
Greenpeace Brazil is calling on the Brazilian Government to mobilize all the necessary efforts to investigate the disappearance of Dom Philipps and Bruno Araújo Pereira.
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Thousands of Indigenous People call for an end to Amazon destruction and violence
The collective voice of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil can be heard loudly and clearly: Stop the Amazon destruction and violence against the Guardians of the Forest.
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This is what illegal mining in the Amazon looks like
Hundreds of mining rafts show the extent of the illegal activity in the Amazon region and the lack of action from the government and from law enforcement.
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Numbers don’t lie: Amazon deforestation increased despite Brazil’s greenwashing attempt at COP26
No amount of greenwashing by the Brazilian government can obscure the truth: The Amazon is being destroyed at a historic rate.
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Amazon Deforestation rate highest since 2006
Record-breaking numbers show the extent of the destruction Bolsonaro’s government is enabling, despite the government’s greenwashing attempts at COP26.
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