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Industrial soy drives deforestation spike in southeastern Brazil, satellite images show

A new report from NGO Amazon Conservation analyzed satellite data from the University of Maryland and the World Resource Institute’s Global Forest Watch platform. It found that deforestation is rising in the southeastern state of Mato Grosso, due in large part to industrial soy production.

Causes

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An Indigenous village works to save a Brazilian forest, seed by seed

During harvest journeys, a small village collects the native seeds being used to replant one of the world’s most biologically rich areas.

Solutions

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Biden contemplates a climate deal with the ‘Trump of the tropics’

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is a climate-scoffing populist whose allies are hacking away at the Amazon, the rainforest that sucks up vast amounts of the world's carbon pollution.

Impacts

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Volunteers coming to rescue jaguars, other animals injured during Brazil's wildfires

The destruction of the world's largest tropical wetland may endanger biodiversity and cut off vital resources for wildlife and people.

Solutions

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Paulinho Paiakan, Indigenous defender of rainforest, dies at 67

Mr. Paiakan became celebrated internationally for his campaigns in Brazil, even appearing once with Sting. He died of Covid-19.

Politics

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Amazon watch: What happens when the forest disappears?

Brazilian and American scientists are keeping watch for a critical tipping point – the time when the Amazon ceases to be a carbon sink and turns into a source of carbon emissions.

Causes

Arsonists are torching the Amazon. This elite team of firefighters stands in their way

In one corner of the rainforest, the Alliance Brigade is attacking the flames and teaching ranchers how to help.

ORIGINAL REPORTING

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Industrial soy drives deforestation spike in southeastern Brazil, satellite images show

An Indigenous village works to save a Brazilian forest, seed by seed

Biden contemplates a climate deal with the ‘Trump of the tropics’

Volunteers coming to rescue jaguars, other animals injured during Brazil's wildfires

Paulinho Paiakan, Indigenous defender of rainforest, dies at 67

Amazon watch: What happens when the forest disappears?

Arsonists are torching the Amazon. This elite team of firefighters stands in their way

Insurers leave Maui wildfire survivors in unsafe homes, families say

Seafood testing project aims to safeguard Indigenous food traditions

Texas debates over new oil and gas waste rule heat up

Op-ed: “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you” — disabling environments in Cancer Alley and the Ohio River Valley

Op-ed: We mobilized to defend the EPA in Trump's first term. This time the stakes are even higher.

Scientists warn that 2023's extreme ocean heat may signal a major climate shift

Trump plans to dismantle climate funding from key law if elected

Australia weighs delay on 2035 climate goals amid US election uncertainty