Carbon and the fate of the Amazon
This publication shows that carbon prices exceeding US$ 20 per ton of CO2 captured by the natural regeneration of deforested areas in the Amazon would be truly transformative for the region’s landscape.
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Amazon rainforest grew after climate change 2,000 years ago: study
(Reuters) - Swathes of the Amazon may have been grassland until a natural shift to a wetter climate about 2,000 years ago let the rainforests form, according to a study that challenges common belief that
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Ecuadorean Indigenous People March to Protest Water Law
A protest march of indigenous people from Ecuador's Amazon region and the Andean highlands reached the country's capital here Tuesday after an eleven-day walk from the Amazon. The protesters marched
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Kukamas abandon hunger strike over Peruvian Amazon oil pollution
Indigenous people call off action following meeting with ministers over their ‘failure’ to aid to contaminated communities Peruvian ministers have met with representatives of hundreds of indigenous
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Rate of deforestation in Indonesia overtakes Brazil, says study
Indonesia lost 840,000 hectares of forest in 2012 compared to 460,000 hectares in Brazil, despite its forest being a quarter the size of the Amazon rainforest Indonesia has greatly under-reported how
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Occurrence and persistence of future atmospheric stagnation events
Poor air quality causes an estimated 2.6–4.4 million premature deaths per year. Hazardous conditions form when meteorological components allow the accumulation of pollutants in the near-surface atmosphere.
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Prosecutor Fights Beef Industry in War on Amazon Deforestation
The morning after I landed in the Brazilian state of Pará, I joined a pair of state government officials heading to an event in a municipality of Terra Alta, located 70 miles inland from the capital of
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Intact Amazon forests show possible signs of global warming impact
Climate change may be taking a hidden toll on intact rainforests in the heart of the Amazon, finds a new study based on 35 years of observations. The research, published in the journal Ecology, focused
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Donors commit $215 million for Amazon conservation in Brazil
Brazil’s government, the World Wildlife Fund and various partners are expected to unveil an agreement on Wednesday that would establish a $215 million fund for conservation of protected jungle in the Amazon
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Chevron deceived court in Ecuador pollution case: Correa
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa on Tuesday accused U.S oil company Chevron of deceiving the country's justice system in a decades-long trial over pollution in the Amazon by seeking to avoid inspections
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Brazil laundering illegal timber on a 'massive and growing scale'
Illegally logged timber in Brazil is being laundered on a massive and growing scale and then sold on to unwitting buyers in the UK, US, Europe and China, Greenpeace claimed on Thursday. After a two-year