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Deforestation wiped out 8% of Amazon in 18 years: study

Paula Ramon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 09 05:28 AM

SAO PAULO - Deforestation in the Amazon destroyed an area bigger than Spain from 2000 to 2018, wiping out eight percent of the world's largest rainforest, according to a study released Tuesday. Read more »

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 »

Indonesian forest fires putting 10 million children at risk: UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 25 11:58 PM

Air pollution from Indonesian forest fires is putting nearly 10 million children at risk, the United Nations warned Tuesday, as scientists said the blazes were releasing vast amounts of greenhouse gases. 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 »

'This is earth not Mars': Blood red skies unsettle Indonesians

Reuters
Posted at Sep 24 05:45 PM

While smoke from forest fires in Indonesia often simply obscures visibility with a choking haze, parts of Sumatra island recently witnessed blood-red skies due to the interaction of sunlight on particles from smoke in the air. Read more »

Brazil's Amazon chief Raoni nominated for 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

Reuters
Posted at Sep 15 02:24 AM

A group of Brazilian anthropologists and environmentalists has put forward Chief Raoni Metuktire of the Kayapó tribe as a candidate for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for a lifetime of work protecting the Amazon rainforest. Read more »

Singapore smog worst in 3 years, as forest fires rage in Indonesia

Reuters
Posted at Sep 14 08:42 PM

Singapore's air quality deteriorated to "unhealthy" levels on Saturday for the first time in three years, data from the National Environment Agency (NEA) showed, threatening to deepen a regional dispute over forest fires. Read more »

Indonesians choked by forest fire haze pray for rain

Dessy Sagita, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 13 08:58 PM

Hundreds held a mass prayer for rain in a smoke-filled Indonesian city on Friday, desperately hoping that downpours will extinguish forest fires and wash away toxic haze covering wide swathes of the country that has forced mass school closures. Read more »

Indonesia forest fires surge, stoke global warming fears

Dessy Sagita, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 12 05:38 PM

The number of blazes in Indonesia's rainforests has jumped sharply, satellite data showed Thursday, spreading smog across Southeast Asia and adding to concerns about the impact of increasing wildfire outbreaks worldwide on global warming. Read more »