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Brazil to pay farmers to protect nature26 Mar 21 - Brazil's lawmakers have cleared the way for the creation of a national system to pay farmers, local communities and others to protect natural habitats that provide key environmental services such as water and carbon storage. |
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Meat giant vows net-zero by 2040 amid record profits26 Mar 21 - Brazilian company JBS, the world’s biggest meat processor, has announced record profits a day after it pledged to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 – the first global meat and poultry company to do so. |
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Brazil sets ‘indicative’ goal of carbon neutrality by 206010 Dec 20 - Brazil has announced it will aim for carbon neutrality by 2060, sparking anger among campaigners who say the pledge is meaningless and a deliberate distraction from president Jair Bolsonaro’s destruction of the Amazon rainforest. |
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Brazilian spies intimidated government’s own delegates at climate talks15 Oct 20 - Brazil’s spy agency has been accused of trying to intimidate its own government’s negotiators and Brazilian environmentalists at the COP25 climate talks in Madrid last year. |
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Chinese fishing vessels sound alarm off Galapagos29 Jul 20 - Ecuador has sounded the alarm after its navy discovered a huge fishing fleet of mostly Chinese-flagged vessels 200 miles from the Galápagos Islands. |
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New Brazilian map unmasks illegal foresters23 Jul 20 - Shoppers should have a bone to pick with Brazil. A new map shows just how much of the country's beef and animal feed exports are tainted by the illegal destruction of rainforest and savannah. |
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Supermarket chains threaten Brazil boycott21 May 20 - British supermarkets have warned Brazil they might have to boycott its products if lawmakers there pass a contentious bill that could enable faster destruction of the Amazon rainforest. |
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Bolsonaro sends in his soldiers13 May 20 - Brazil has deployed thousands of soldiers to protect the Amazon rainforest as the government mounts a response to surging deforestation ahead of the high season for forest fires. |
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Chile sets new target of peak emissions by 202514 Apr 20 - Chile has committed to peaking its greenhouse gas emissions by 2025, in an updated national plan presented virtually to the UN. |
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Big Money firms back Amazon oil boom17 Mar 20 - Five large financial firms from the US and UK are bankrolling an oil boom in the western Amazon, says a new report. |
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Military man takes command of the Amazon3 Feb 20 - President Jair Bolsonaro has caused widespread dismay by appointing an ex-military colleague to oversee protection of the Amazon. |
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Amazon fires are melting Andes glaciers2 Dec 19 - Black carbon from Amazon rainforest fires is settling on Andes glaciers and making them melt faster, according to new research. |
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Bolsosnaro accuses DiCaprio: You're burning the Amazon2 Dec 19 - Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro has accused actor Leonardo DiCaprio of bankrolling the deliberate incineration of the Amazon rainforest. |
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Amazon deforestation soars to 11-year high20 Nov 19 - Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest this year rose to its highest in over a decade. |
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Casualties mount in Bolivia's battle for white gold20 Nov 19 - The overthrow of Bolivian president Evo Morales shows how the politics of environmentalism and social justice intersect in a silvery-white metal. |
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Argentina changes waste rule and opens doors to plastics4 Nov 19 - Argentina has changed its definition of waste in a move that could allow it to import millions of tonnes of plastic waste discarded in the US. |
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Catholic church denounces Amazon policies1 Nov 19 - The Catholic church in the Amazon has denounced attacks on the environment and the life of indigenous people — setting out on a collision course with Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro. |
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JUNGLE BUNGLE: Brazil pushes Amazon to 2021 tipping point25 Oct 19 - The destructive policies of Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro could push the Amazon rainforest to an irreversible tipping point within two years. |
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