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India among top 3 countries in forest area gains between 2010-2020: FAO report
India gained 2,66,000 hectares of forest area annually from 2010 to 2020, securing the third spot a…
PTI
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Brazil's Mato Grosso declares environmental emergency after wildfire destroyed 1.4 million hectares of vegetation
Brazil's southern state of Mato Grosso do Sul has declared a state of environmental emergency after…
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Amazon wildfires will cost Brazil trillions of dollars— damage from Australia's bushfires maybe 5 times greater
The Australian blaze in three states — New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria — burned over five …
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This map shows how carbon monoxide from the Amazon wildfires is affecting the world
The 3-day time series captured by NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) is measuring …
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Wildfires have killed an estimated 600 jaguars in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands. Vets are using stem cells to treat injured cats.
Wildfires have destroyed more than one-fifth of the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, in Brazi…
Jacqueline Baylon,Claire Moll…
Wildfires have killed an estimated 600 jaguars in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands. Vets are using stem cells to treat injured cats.
In Brazil, wildfires have destroyed more than one-fifth of the Pantanal, the world's largest wetlan…
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Coffee prices surge to 6-year high as extreme cold threatens Brazil's crops
Futures for arabica beans jumped to $2.08 a pound Tuesday, the highest level in New York since 2014…
Emily Graffeo
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Brazil's environment minister just said that the solution to wildfires - and possible climate catastrophe - is to 'monetize' the Amazon
São Paulo, Brazil's financial capital and the largest city in the Western Hemisphere, went dark mid…
Drake Baer
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'Every year we have wildfires': Brazil's president insists fires in the Amazon are no worse than normal, as he sends the army in to fight the blazes
Bolsonaro has faced sharp criticism from leaders around the world for his previous inaction in tack…
Will Martin
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Amazon rainforest is losing more trees than ever with record number of fires raging in June
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest has hit a monthly record of 1,034.4 square kilomet…
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Wildfires are burning from the the Amazon to the Arctic — Here's why you should be worried
The Amazon rainforest has been dubbed the ‘lungs of the planet’ since its innate vastness …
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Four times Leonardo DiCaprio urged people to fight climate change
The 44-year-old Hollywood actor starred in iconic movies like Titanic (1997), The Wolf of Wall S…
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24 photos show the Amazon rainforest before and after the devastating wildfires
While Brazil's government has called warnings about the fires "sensationalist" and "hysterical," ph…
James Pasley,James Pasley
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Brazil is the world's largest beef exporter - here's why eating meat is linked to the Amazon fires
Handech Wakana Mura: Over the years we have resisted here, when there was no access by road, when e…
Barbara Corbellini Duarte,Nis…
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Facebook is battling a tidal wave of fake news and misinformation on WhatsApp in Brazil
Reached for comment, a WhatsApp spokesperson pointed towards a recent column by the app's boss, Chr…
Rob Price
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Amazon fires created a smoke eclipse in the skies above Brazil's largest city, 2,000 miles away
This isn't the first time the Amazon has experienced thousands of fires simultaneously. Typically, …
Aylin Woodward
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Trump volunteers US to 'help' with fires in the Amazon after conversation with Brazil President Bolsonaro, who has been slow to fight them
The recent fires, which join the uptick of almost twice as many Amazon fires as recorded last year,…
Kat Tenbarge
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Brazil has angrily attacked offers to help it put out the huge fires in the Amazon - here is why it is pushing back against global outrage
He said "there are people, especially among the 20 million people who live in the Amazon, who think…
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
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Brazil has seen 100,000 fire alerts in 10 days, but it's not just the Amazon - one map shows how much of South America is burning
As the world's largest rainforest, the Amazon plays a crucial role in keeping our planet's carbon-d…