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Next pandemic? Amazon deforestation could spark new diseases

Fabio Zuker, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 16 02:56 AM

As farms expand into the Amazon rainforest, felled trees and expanding pastures may open the way for new Brazilian exports beyond beef and soybeans, researchers say: pandemic diseases. Read more »

Fires in Brazil's Amazon the worst in a decade, data shows

Jake Spring, Reuters
Posted at Oct 02 02:27 AM

BRASILIA - Fires in Brazil's Amazon increased 13 percent in the first nine months of the year compared with a year ago, as the rainforest region experiences its worst rash of fires in a decade, data from space research agency Inpe showed on Thursday. Read more »

Brazil victim of 'brutal disinformation' on Amazon: Bolsonaro

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 23 01:38 AM

UNITED NATIONS - President Jair Bolsonaro downplayed the destruction of the Amazon rainforest in his address to the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, claiming Brazil was the target of a "brutal" and "shady" international campaign to discredit it. Read more »

Bolsonaro faces growing pressure to green Brazil economy

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 22 04:02 PM

As the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and Pantanal wetlands bruise Brazil's international image, bankers, business executives and even agribusiness firms are calling for a greener economy, adding to pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro.   Read more »

New worry over August deforestation in Brazilian Amazon

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 14 01:01 AM

Last month was the second-worst August on record for deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, according to official figures released Friday, sparking new criticism of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's environmental policies. Read more »

Fires 'poisoning air' in Amazon: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 27 06:27 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO - Rampant fires in the Amazon are "poisoning the air" of the world's biggest rainforest, causing a sharp rise in respiratory emergencies in a region already hit hard by Covid-19, said a study published Wednesday. Read more »

Amazon fires a 'lie' says Brazil's Bolsonaro

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 13 05:10 AM

"Tropical rainforest doesn't catch fire. So this story that the Amazon is burning is a lie, and we have to fight it with real numbers," he said Tuesday. Read more »

Amazon indigenous leaders accuse Brazil of 'genocide' policy

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 06:17 PM

At least eight indigenous leaders were killed last year. Read more »

Brazil's president accuses Leonardo DiCaprio of financing Amazon fires

Marcelo Teixeira and Eduardo Simões, Reuters
Posted at Nov 30 11:49 AM

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed on Friday that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio financed fires being set in the Amazon rainforest, without presenting any evidence, the right-wing leader's latest broadside in casting blame over forest fires that have generated international concern. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 7, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 12:07 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Pope Francis at Amazon synod

Andrew Medichini, AP
Posted at Oct 07 06:26 PM

Pope Francis walks in procession on the occasion of the opening of the Amazon synod, at the Vatican on Monday.  Read more »

'Media is lying' about Amazon devastation, says Brazil's Bolsonaro

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 25 11:07 AM

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday it was a lie that the Amazon was being devastated by fire and accused countries critical of him of having a "colonialist spirit."  Read more »

In remote Amazon, indigenous married Catholics spread gospel, pray for priesthood

Maria Cervantes, Reuters
Posted at Sep 24 06:24 PM

Whispering "Jesusan namanguinde," or "the body of Christ" in the tongue of the indigenous Achuar people, Yampik gives communion bread to villagers in a small chapel amid a loud chorus of birds and insects outside. Read more »

H&M suspends Brazil leather purchases over Amazon fires

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 06 05:12 AM

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Fashion giant H&M on Thursday announced it was suspending leather purchases from Brazil in response to the Amazon fires that have provoked a global outcry. Read more »

Brazil agents raid illegal miners in Amazon as environmental enforcement ratchets up

Pablo Garcia and Nacho Doce, Reuters
Posted at Aug 31 07:37 PM

ALTAMIRA, BRAZIL - Federal agents in Brazil exchanged gunfire with illegal miners in the Amazon state of Para on Friday, according to Reuters witnesses, in a dramatic example of how Brazil has stepped up environmental enforcement in the wake of rainforest fires. Read more »

WHO: Amazon fires pose health risks to children

Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Posted at Aug 30 10:20 PM

Fires raging in the Amazon pose a risk to health including from respiratory diseases, especially in children, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. Read more »

Brazil bans burning for 2 months to defuse Amazon crisis

Jordi Miro and Allison Jackson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 29 06:14 PM

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree Wednesday to ban burning throughout the country for 2 months. Read more »

Peru, Colombia propose emergency Amazon summit as fires blaze

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 28 07:54 AM

LIMA - Peru and Colombia proposed on Tuesday an emergency Amazon summit for countries in the region in order to coordinate a strategy to protect the vast rainforest currently blighted by numerous fires. Read more »

Global appetite for beef, soy fuels Amazon fires

Morgann Jezequel, Reuters
Posted at Aug 25 09:03 PM

Two of the industries involved in the infernos consuming the Amazon rainforest and drawing the attention of global powers gathered at the G7 meeting in France are familiar to diners worldwide: soy and beef.   Read more »

Hundreds of new fires in Brazil as Amazon outrage grows

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 24 11:51 PM

PORTO VELHO, BRAZIL - Hundreds of new fires are raging in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil, official data showed Saturday, amid growing international pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro to put out the worst blazes in years.   Read more »