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Brazil evicts gold miners from Amazon rainforest

Brazil evicts gold miners from Amazon rainforest

Brazil’s new government is clamping down on illegal gold mining in the Amazon rainforest, using satellite imagery to find and destroy mining camps

During his inauguration, Lula da Silva mentioned climate action in his first speech as president

Lula revives $1 billion Amazon Fund and environmental protections

On his first day in office as Brazil’s president, Lula da Silva signed a package of seven executive orders to protect the environment

Lula da Silva with a hand raised to greet onlookers

Lula charms UN climate summit, bringing hope for rainforests

Brazil’s president-elect got a hero’s welcome at Cop27, where he met with climate envoys from the US and China

Vitao looks at Amazon fires

Brazil election: Lula victory raises hope for Amazon rainforest

Lula has vowed to halt deforestation but analysts warn that a right-wing dominated Congress and political inertia will make it challenging

Brazil election: Lula challenges Bolsonaro's deforestation record, backs oil development

Brazil election: Lula challenges Bolsonaro’s deforestation record, backs oil development

Climate is emerging as a major issue in Brazil’s presidential contest, with both leading candidates promising to protect the Amazon rainforest

Amazon indigenous community restores giant freshwater fish and thrives

Amazon indigenous community restores giant freshwater fish and thrives

Through control of their territory, the Deni people sustainably manage stocks of pirarucu, boosting their numbers 425% in 11 years

Conservationists back indigenous peoples' call to protect 80% of the Amazon by 2025

Conservationists back indigenous peoples’ call to protect 80% of the Amazon by 2025

Members of the IUCN Congress overwhelmingly backed the motion but Brazilian experts warn the verdict will likely be ignored by Bolsonaro’s government

On a mission: Evangelicals flock to the Amazon home of isolated tribes

On a mission: Evangelicals flock to the Amazon home of isolated tribes

On Brazil’s border with Peru, evangelical churches are multiplying, in a threat to uncontacted indigenous groups

Months after criminal probes launched, Brazilian environment minister quits

Months after criminal probes launched, Brazilian environment minister quits

Ricardo Salles is the subject of two police investigations into collusion with loggers illegally cutting down the Amazon rainforest

In Amazon protection talks, US demands action from Bolsonaro

In Amazon protection talks, US demands action from Bolsonaro

Joe Biden promised to mobilise $20 billion to protect the Amazon rainforest, but negotiations with Jair Bolsonaro’s government are fraught

Brazil must reverse deforestation trends before EU finalises Mercosur trade deal

Brazil must reverse deforestation trends before EU finalises Mercosur trade deal

Imazon study finds indigenous people’s territories at greatest risk from forest clearance as a result of growing agricultural activity under the agreement

Bolsonaro's attack on the Amazon breaches Brazil's constitution, climate lawyers argue

Bolsonaro’s attack on the Amazon breaches Brazil’s constitution, climate lawyers argue

Brazilian campaigners are fighting in the Supreme Court to reinstate anti-deforestation policies and resources slashed by the Bolsonaro administration

Brazil's military operations are not halting deforestation in the Amazon

Brazil’s military operations are not halting deforestation in the Amazon

Jair Bolsonaro has transferred the command of anti-deforestation operations in the Amazon to the military. But the army presence is making little difference

Encouraged by Bolsonaro, land grabbers advance on Amazon indigenous territory

Encouraged by Bolsonaro, land grabbers advance on Amazon indigenous territory

Illegal settlements are springing up on indigenous territories in the Brazilian Amazon, driving deforestation

Amazon land grabbers are destroying brazil nut groves for cattle pasture

Amazon land grabbers are destroying brazil nut groves for cattle pasture

Emboldened by a promised amnesty on land seizures, cattle ranchers are felling brazil nut trees, edging out families who have harvested them for generations

The Amazon home of Bolsonaro's mineral fantasy

The Amazon home of Bolsonaro’s mineral fantasy

Indigenous inhabitants of the region with the largest deposits of niobium in the world claim the right to decide what is done with the metal

Amazon faces 'perfect storm' of forest clearance, coronavirus and wildfire

Amazon faces ‘perfect storm’ of forest clearance, coronavirus and wildfire

President Jair Bolsonaro’s opening up of the Brazilian rainforest to logging and mining makes its people vulnerable to the Covid-19 pandemic, experts warn

The second death of Chico Mendes

The second death of Chico Mendes

Rubber tappers burn an Amazon forest reserve in Brazil to clear land to raise cattle – deforestation has increased under President Jair Bolsonaro

Indigenous lands, protected areas limit Amazon's carbon emissions

Indigenous lands, protected areas limit Amazon’s carbon emissions

Greater international support for indigenous land rights and livelihoods is a cost-effective way to limit climate change, PNAS study

Brazil says South American countries will meet over Amazon wildfires

Brazil says South American countries will meet over Amazon wildfires

President Jair Bolsonaro made the announcement after meeting with his Chilean counterpart on Wednesday

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