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Rainforest destruction soared in 2022 despite global pledges to halt deforestation, new report finds
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Rainforest destruction soared in 2022 despite global pledges to halt deforestation, new report finds

CNN  —  The destruction of the world’s rainforests ramped up last year, despite global pledges to end deforestation by 2030,…
Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has already reached a new deforestation record this year
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Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has already reached a new deforestation record this year

(CNN) – The portion of Amazon rainforest impacted by deforestation in the first three months of 2022 was the highest…
Amazon near tipping point of shifting from rainforest to savannah, study suggests
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Amazon near tipping point of shifting from rainforest to savannah, study suggests

CNN – The Amazon rainforest may be nearing a critical tipping point that could see the biologically rich and diverse…
Indigenous leaders push new target to protect Amazon from deforestation
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Indigenous leaders push new target to protect Amazon from deforestation

MARSEILLE, France, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Indigenous groups urged world leaders on Sunday to back a new target to protect…
Two-thirds of tropical rainforest destroyed or degraded globally, NGO says
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Two-thirds of tropical rainforest destroyed or degraded globally, NGO says

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world’s original tropical rainforest cover, new data reveals…
Respiratory ailments rise in Brazil as Amazon fires rage
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Respiratory ailments rise in Brazil as Amazon fires rage

PORTO VELHO, Brazil (AP) — Lingering smoke in the Amazon is reportedly causing increased respiratory problems — particularly among children…
Brazilian Amazon deforestation surges, embattled institute says
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Brazilian Amazon deforestation surges, embattled institute says

Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon increased 278 percent year-over-year in July, according to official data released Tuesday by a government…
Brazil president may smother rainforest, scientists warn
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Brazil president may smother rainforest, scientists warn

SAO PAULO (AP) — Scientists warn that Brazil’s president-elect could push the Amazon rainforest past its tipping point — with…
Radical plans, risks in foreign policy of Brazil’s Bolsonaro
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Radical plans, risks in foreign policy of Brazil’s Bolsonaro

  SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro has often expressed admiration for Donald Trump and appears poised to…
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