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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon hits October record ahead of govt change

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest reached a record for October, data showed on Friday, with land-clearing in the region speeding up as the country undergoes a transition to a more conservation-friendly government.

Reuters

As Lula takes office, it’s time for Brazil to create an ‘economy of standing forests’

The incoming Lula administration bears the largest responsibility for preserving the Amazon. Doing so would uplift Brazil's economy–and help the planet.

Fortune

Jair Bolsonaro lost in Brazil, but his threat to democracy remains

The days leading up to the recent Brazilian election were tense, violent and desperate.

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Climate Migration: Açai growers flee salty Amazon water

The Amazon river discharges one-fifth of all the world’s water that runs off the land surface

The Independent UK

Views from COP27: How the climate conference could confront colonialism by centring Indigenous rights

The Huni Kui Indigenous people are an integral part of the Amazon Rainforest. They don’t differentiate between humans and nature. For them, there is only “nature” and humans are part of it.

The Conversation

Cop27: Lula brings Brazil back into climate fold with pledge to save Amazon

Expectations are high for Brazil’s newly elected president to reverse years of climate damage

The Independent UK

What impact will the election defeat of Jair Bolsonaro have on Brazil?

IT’S been a week since Brazil announced that its former president Luiz a Lula da Silva won the election over his rival Jair Bolsonaro. Da Silva…

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Lula vows to halt deforestation

The president-elect faces deep political division, and Bolsonaro still has two more months in power

Salon

Brazil, Indonesia and DRC in talks to form ‘Opec of rainforests’

Spurred by Lula’s election, the three countries, home to half of all tropical forests, will pledge stronger conservation efforts

The Guardian - UK

Last year's deforestation pledge is off to a slow start

One year after more than 140 countries pledged to halt all deforestation by 2030, little has been done to finance protections or pass new conservation laws, experts say.

Reuters

Why 250 tourists were held captive by an indigenous group in Peru’s Amazon rainforest

Indigenous leaders have denounced the dire situation in their communities after oil spills have affected their access to clean water and food

The Independent UK

Amazon tourists and Peruvians held on boat released by Indigenous protesters

Group of more than 100 including British and American travellers were detained in protest over government response to oil spill

The Guardian - US

Brit held hostage by Peru tribe with machetes says food and water were running out

Charlotte Wiltshire spoke to the Mirror from the boat in the Amazon rainforest where she, her partner Ken, her son Luke and over 100 others were taken hostage by a group of indigenous protesters

Daily Mirror

Tourist group including Brits held hostage on boat in Amazon freed by Peru tribe

Dozens of people, including three British nationals, had been taken hostage this week by a group attempting to gain attention to a number of recent oil spills in the region

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Brazil's supreme court rules to reactivate fund to protect Amazon rainforest

Environmental activists in Brazil and the governments of Norway and Germany on Friday welcomed a supreme court ruling that clears the path for Brazil's new government to relaunch a multibillion euro international programme aimed at protecting the Amazon rainforest.

The Independent UK

Post-Brexit trade deal with Brazil unlikely amid strained ties between Lula and Tory government

Exclusive: Conservative ministers accused of ‘cosying up’ to defeated hardliner Bolsonaro

Daily Mirror

Brits among 70 tourists held hostage in Peru by tribe on boat in Amazon rainforest

The detained tourists in the Amazon rainforest in Peru include citizens from the United States, Spain, France, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, and include women and children

The Independent UK

Giant, sustainable rainforest fish is now fashion in America

Until recently, the skin of the pirarucu, the largest fish in the Amazon, had no commercial value

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Cartooning for Peace: Lula's return to power in Brazil provides hope for the Amazon

After a particularly tense campaign, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva won the Brazilian presidential election on October 30 against the far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

The Conversation

Zero deforestation in the Amazon is now possible – here's what needs to happen

Jair Bolsonaro has been defeated in the Brazilian election against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (“Lula”) to the rejoicing of scientists, environmentalists, and human rights activists in Brazil and beyond. What happens in South America’s largest country is globally significant since, among other reasons, the country contains most of the…

The Guardian - AU

Brazil supreme court ruling to reactivate Amazon Fund gives hope in fight to save rainforest

Fund was paralysed when far-right president Jair Bolsonaro wound up two committees in 2019

The Independent UK

In the Amazon, a giant fish helps save the rainforest

Along the Jurua River, a tributary of the Amazon, riverine settlers and Indigenous villages are working together to promote the sustainable fishing of near magic fish called pirarucu

The Conversation

Lula's victory in Brazil comes just in time to save the Amazon – can he do it?

Brazil’s presidential election result is crucial for the future of the world’s forests. On Sunday, former president and Workers Party candidate Lula da Silva narrowly beat the incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro. Deforestation rates had surged under Bolsonaro.

Reuters

Venezuela and Colombian presidents discuss trade, human rights

The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela held their first bilateral meeting in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, on Tuesday, where they discussed topics including trade, human rights and protecting the Amazon rainforest.

The Independent UK

New president's bid to protect the Amazon will face hurdles

Brazil’s president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva promises to reverse the surge in deforestation in the Amazon rainforest

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