Inspecting a thriving green field, Brazilian farmer Adriano Cruvinel is beaming: Using a fraction of the chemical products he used to, he is growing...

Açaí Boom Threatens Amazon Biodiversity Through Monocropping

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Under the oppressive heat of the Amazon summer, Brazilian Jose Diogo climbs a palm tree nimbly and cuts a cluster of black fruits: the...

Amazon Nations Pledge Alliance to Save Rainforest

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Eight South American countries agreed Tuesday to launch an alliance to fight deforestation in the Amazon, vowing at a summit in Brazil to stop...

Guardians of the Amazon: Indigenous Warriors Defend Their Land

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In a remote pocket of the Brazilian Amazon under siege from illegal fishermen, poachers, loggers and drug traffickers, Indigenous people have taken it upon...

Exploring the Impact of Rising CO2 Levels on the Amazon Rainforest

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Deep in the Amazon, an experiment unfolds that may allow a peek into the future to see what will happen to the world's largest...

Threat to Endangered Macaws in Brazilian Wind Farm

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A wind farm in northeastern Brazil sounds like a welcome climate-friendly energy solution, but it is causing controversy over another kind of environmental worry:...

Illegal Mining in the Brazilian Amazon: Life on the edge

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Working under an improvised shed hidden in the rainforest, Webson Nunes hears a shout and flips on his winch, hauling a colleague up from...

Amazon Indigenous lands prevent disease, save billions: study

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Protected Indigenous reservations in the Amazon rainforest absorb thousands of tones of airborne pollution each year, saving around $2 billion annually in healthcare costs...