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Biden touts climate legacy in landmark Amazon visit

An area of Amazon rainforest deforested by illegal fire in the municipality of Labrea, Amazonas State, Brazil, Aug 20, 2024. The Amazon lost in less than four decades an area of forest almost as large as Colombia, according to a study by the RAISG monitoring network.
ESG

Fires taking Amazon forest closer to ‘point of no return’: expert

An area of Amazon rainforest deforested by illegal fire in the municipality of Labrea, Amazonas State, Brazil, August 20, 2024.
ESG

Amazon forest loses area the size of Germany and France, fueling fires

An area of 666 sq km was destroyed in the Amazon last month, up 33 per cent from the 500 sq km lost in July 2023.
ESG

Amazon deforestation rises for the first time in 15 months

Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado, known in particular for his work in the Amazon, insists there is still a need to “raise awareness” about the deforestation of the planet.
Lifestyle

Photography is ‘mirror on society’: Sebastiao Salgado

According to preliminary satellite data from space research agency INPE, 5,153 square km of the Amazon are cleared in 2023, a 49.9 per cent drop from 2022.
ESG

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon down by 50% to five-year low in 2023

An aerial view of deforestation of the native Cerrado savanna in Sao Desiderio, west Bahia state, Brazil, Sept 25, 2023. Splashed across the middle of Brazil, the Cerrado may be the most important place most people have never heard of, a vast tropical savanna experts say is crucial to the planet's health but quickly disappearing.
ESG

World far off track on pledges to end deforestation by 2030: report

The sensors look like small Internet modems but are in fact wireless and can relay data up to one kilometre via satellite to others in a network.
Lifestyle

Tree-hugging AI to the rescue of Brazilian Amazon

Colombian soldiers attending to the four children found alive in the Amazon jungle on June 9, 40 days after the small plane in which they were travelling crashed, killing the three adults, including their mother.
Lifestyle
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