Amazon rainforest
‘Banzeiro Òkòtó: The Amazon as the Center of the World’: A review essay
February 5, 2025It took me more than a month to get through this book. I sometimes felt I was picking my way through a mosquito- and snake-infested forest guided by an impetuous Amazon warrior who opened her breast...
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Amazon rainforest’s role as carbon sink now in danger, new study warns
August 14, 2024The Amazon rainforest stores the equivalent of almost two years of global carbon emissions, but its role as a carbon sink is under threat, according to a new study.
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Venezuela fights record wildfires during climate-fueled drought in Amazon
April 3, 2024“Everything is indicating we’re going to see other events of catastrophic fires — megafires that are huge in size and height."
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Yanomami leader repeats demand: Illegal gold miners, leave our indigenous territory!
March 15, 2024This year, Salgueiro brought a samba to the avenue that celebrates the battle of the Yanomami people in dealing with a humanitarian crisis caused by illegal mining.
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Se celebró una cumbre para salvar las selvas tropicales antes de que desaparezcan
November 4, 2023En un momento en que los bosques tropicales de todo el mundo pueden estar enfrentando su último momento, se ha convocado una cumbre para protegerlos. Celebrada del 26 al 28 de octubre en Brazzaville, República del...
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