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Brazilian Amazon at risk of being taken over by mafia, ex-police chief warns
Alexandre Saraiva gives alert on organised crime in region ahead of anniversary of killings of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira.
With Lula back, can Brazil turn the tide on Amazon destruction
With his return as Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is promising to reverse the alarming rate of deforestation in the Amazon. But as he heads to key UN climate talks, his ambitious plans to achieve “zero deforestation” will need to find international support.
Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira's deaths show the Amazon's destruction
Journalist Dom Phillips was following Indigenous rights activist Bruno Pereira when both men disappeared along a remote river.
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In the Amazon, Bolsonaro’s far right may retain power even if Lula wins
While polls show former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ahead in the upcoming elections, far-right ideology persists in the Amazon region.
Was a British journalist the latest victim of Bolsonaro's war on the Amazon?
The disappearance of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, and the Brazilian government’s inadequate response, are part and parcel of President Jair Bolsonaro’s unwillingness to confront the catastrophic environmental damage underway in the Amazon.
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Foreign capital powers Brazil's meatpackers and helps deforest the Amazon
Foreign investors, including asset management companies and pension funds, now own large stakes, which means that ordinary citizens in the United States and elsewhere are helping fund Amazon deforestation through their investments.
‘Rampant forest destruction’ wracks reserve as cattle ranching advances in Brazilian Amazon
The lush rainforest stretches for miles across the Terra do Meio Ecological Station, in Brazil’s northern state of Pará. Near the edge of the vast protected reserve, a makeshift road slices through the thick emerald canopy. Flanking it are swaths of freshly cleared land, spanning hundreds of hectares. Further south, forest is being replaced by […]
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