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‘Guardian of the Forest’ ambushed and murdered in Brazilian Amazon
An indigenous Guajajara leader was reported murdered by loggers Friday, adding to rising violence occurring against forest protectors under the Jair Bolsonaro government.
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Glenn Scherer: Facing a possible climate apocalypse - how should we live?
As a torrent of demoralizing disasters and doomsday climate studies pour forth, how do we resist despair, where can we find hope - and most important of all - how should we live?
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The great insect dying: Vanishing act in Europe and North America
The insects of the EU and US are the best studied in the world, and it is here that a strengthening case can be made for an alarming insect abundance decline.
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Video: Cerrado farmer shot amid escalating conflict with agribusiness
Long simmering land disputes between traditional communities and large-scale agribusiness in Brazil's Cerrado savanna biome appear to be intensifying.
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David Hill: 10 reasons U.S. must hold Peru to trade deal and protect Amazon
Peru's placing of its independent forest inspection agency in the Ministry of Environment – likely a U.S. trade agreement violation – is a serious setback in Amazon illegal logging fight.
Amazon at risk: Brazil plans rapid road and rail infrastructure expansion
Newly appointed Minister of Infrastructure Tarcísio Freitas is resolved to build new Amazon roads and railroads, but expresses limited patience for environmental or indigenous concerns.
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Saving the Amazon has come at the cost of Cerrado deforestation: Study
The benefits of zero-deforestation agreements in the Amazon are being offset by the spillover of deforestation and native vegetation loss into other biomes.
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