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Brazil election: Lula win hailed as victory for the Amazon

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who campaigned to protect the rainforest, narrowly beat Jair Bolsonaro in the Brazilian presidential election

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Soy plantation

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Intensive farming of cleared land could save rest of Amazon rainforest

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2JT9956 SAO PAULO, SP - 28.08.2022: DEBATE COM CANDIDATOS A PRESIDENTE NA BAND - People follow the presidential debate at the Band headquarters, with candidates Lula and Bolsonaro, this Sunday (28) in Sao Paulo, SP. (Photo: Bruno Fernandes/Fotoarena)

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Brazilian election will determine the future of the Amazon rainforest

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Yanomami man standing in river holding fish

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Half of fish tested in an Amazon river have unsafe levels of mercury

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Rhinella unapensis was first identified on a campus of the National University of the Peruvian Amazon

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New-to-science toad species discovered on university campus in Peru

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The recently described Poecilocharax callipterus Average fish size ~3 centimeters

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Two newly described Amazon fish species are on the brink of extinction

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Recent deforestation in the municipality of Apui, in the Brazilian state of Amazonas

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Amazon deforestation in April was the worst in modern records

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NEAR ALTAMIRA, BRAZIL - JUNE 15: Construction continues at the Belo Monte dam complex in the Amazon basin on June 15, 2012 near Altamira, Brazil. Belo Monte will be the world???s third-largest hydroelectric project and will displace up to 20,000 people while diverting the Xingu River and flooding as much as 230 square miles of rainforest. The controversial project is one of around 60 hydroelectric projects Brazil has planned in the Amazon to generate electricity for its rapidly expanding economy. While environmentalists and indigenous groups oppose the dam, many Brazilians support the project. The Brazilian Amazon, home to 60 percent of the world???s largest forest and 20 percent of the Earth???s oxygen, remains threatened by the rapid development of the country. The area is currently populated by over 20 million people and is challenged by deforestation, agriculture, mining, a governmental dam building spree, illegal land speculation including the occupation of forest reserves and indigenous land and other issues. Over 100 heads of state and tens of thousands of participants and protesters will descend on Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, later this month for the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development or ???Earth Summit???. Host Brazil is caught up in its own dilemma between accelerated growth and environmental preservation. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Early warning system for Amazon forest losses seen in climate models

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The Amazon has descended into lawlessness in Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil

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2CWY69N A motorcyclist rides in an area deforested for informal gold mining, along the Interoceanic highway section linking Peru and Brazil in the Amazon region of Madre de Dios, August 20, 2010. Parts of land along the highway have undergone deforestation for agriculture purposes and the advancement of informal mining. At least 18,000 hectares of forest, including indigenous land, have been transformed into desert in this region, according to Peru's Environment Minister Antonio Brack. Picture taken August 20, 2010. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY AGRICULTURE)

Environment

Amazon rainforest nears tipping point that may see it become savannah

More than three-quarters of the world's largest rainforest has become less resilient to drought since the early 2000s, with areas near humans and with lower rainfall being the worst hit

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The Amazon is turning into savannah – we have 5 years to save it

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