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Indigenous-managed forests in Brazil's Amazon absorb thousands of dangerous pollutants from wildfires

Indigenous-managed forests in Brazil's Amazon absorb thousands of dangerous pollutants from wildfires

Debbie Banks April 08, 2023

Currently, there are 383 recognized Indigenous territories in the Brazilian Legal Amazon, covering more than 1,160,000 square km.

Amazon mammals threatened by climate change

Amazon mammals threatened by climate change

Hannah Steiner February 21, 2023

Study reveals impacts of Savannization on Brazilian Amazon land animals.

Human activity has degraded more than a third of the remaining Amazon rainforest, scientists find

Human activity has degraded more than a third of the remaining Amazon rainforest, scientists find

Hannah Steiner January 28, 2023

Preventing the advance of deforestation remains vital, and could also allow more attention to be directed to other drivers of....

Amazon rainforest deforestation is influencing weather in Tibet

Amazon rainforest deforestation is influencing weather in Tibet

Hannah Steiner January 09, 2023

The Amazon rainforest is considered to represent one of the world's tipping points, where small, gradual changes can eventually lead....

For firms, climate and deforestation becoming part of bigger ‘nature’ issue

For firms, climate and deforestation becoming part of bigger ‘nature’ issue

Hannah Steiner December 25, 2022

Loss of tropical forests remained “stubbornly high” in 2021 with 11.1 million hectares of tree cover lost, almost half the....

Human Activity is Pushing Vital Species Towards Extinction, U.N. Warns in Call for Sustainability

Human Activity is Pushing Vital Species Towards Extinction, U.N. Warns in Call for Sustainability

Liang Lan July 27, 2022

Every day billions of people depend on wild flora and fauna to obtain food, medicine, and energy. But a new....

Amazon deforestation threatens newly discovered fish species in Brazil

Amazon deforestation threatens newly discovered fish species in Brazil

Liang Lan May 17, 2022

Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History researcher Murilo Pastana and his colleagues have discovered and described two new species of....

Oil spill pollutes nature reserve in Ecuadoran Amazon

Oil spill pollutes nature reserve in Ecuadoran Amazon

George Scott February 01, 2022

An oil spill in eastern Ecuador has reached a nature reserve and polluted a river that supplies water to indigenous....