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Brazilian justice orders government to seize lands with proven illegal deforestation
A justice on Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered the federal government to seize private properties when owners are found ...
Tragic story of the 'loneliest man in the world' who spent 26 years alone in the Amazon rainforest
The unnamed tribesman learned how to fend for himself and survive in the rainforest after his entire tribe was wiped out.
Area23a Sets Release Date For ‘We Are Guardians,’ Film About Amazon Rainforest Protectors From Producer Fisher Stevens, E.P. Leonardo DiCaprio
The Leonardo DiCaprio, Fisher Stevens-produced doc 'We Are Guardians,' about efforts to save the Brazilian Rainforest, has ...
Brazil reforestation startup Mombak raises $30 million in USV-led round
Brazilian reforestation firm Mombak has secured $30 million in a funding round led by venture capital firm Union Square ...
Brazil's Supreme Court deals blow to Amazon 'Soy Moratorium'
Brazil's Supreme Court will allow the country's biggest farming state to withdraw tax incentives from signatories of the so-called "Soy Moratorium," a voluntary ban by grain traders on soybean ...
Human threats outweigh natural factors in shaping deer populations across Atlantic Rainforest
A group of Brazilian researchers has, for the first time in the entire Atlantic Rainforest, estimated the population density ...
Pupy the elephant arrives at a Brazil sanctuary after 30 years in Argentine zoo
The Buenos Aires mayor’s office said in a statement that the last elephant living in the Argentine city’s “Ecopark” arrived ...
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Brazil prosecutors dispute $175m Amazon Rainforest carbon credit deal
Brazilian prosecutors are calling for the cancellation of the largest carbon credit deal in the Amazon Rainforest, saying it breaks national law and risks harming Indigenous communities.