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An aerial view shows a deforested area during an operation to combat deforestation at the Cachoeira Seca indigenous reserve, in Uruara, Para State, Brazil January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo
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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls 57% in September

FILE PHOTO: Smoke from a fire rises into the air as trees burn amongst vegetation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas state, Brazil, August 3, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo Benassatto/File Photo
Global Economy

Switzerland, US donate $8 million to Brazil's fund to fight Amazon deforestation

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Environment

Brazil's Amazon rainforest faces a severe drought that may affect around 500,000 people

FILE PHOTO: A view of a deforested area in the middle of the Amazon forest, near the BR-230 highway, known as Transamazonica, in the municipality of Uruara, Para, Brazil, July 14, 2021. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo
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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls 66% in August

FILE PHOTO Brazilian indigenous peoples gather as the Supreme Court on weighing the constitutionality of laws to limit the ability of Indigenous peoples to win protected status for ancestral lands, in Brasilia, Brazil August 30, 2023. REUTERSAdriano MachadoFile Photo
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Brazil's Lula legalizes more Indigenous reservations in Amazon

A tractor unloads a truck at a wood company warehouse in the Amazon rainforest, inside Jamari National Forest Park in the County of Itapua do Oeste, Rondonia state, Brazil September 28, 2021. Picture taken September 28, 2021. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo
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Amazon Indigenous chief Raoni warns of disaster if deforestation not stopped

An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon rainforest in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Bruno Kell/File Photo
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Lula says 'world must help' Brazil save the Amazon

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Brazil's new president works to reverse Amazon deforestation

An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon rainforest in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Bruno Kell/File Photo
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Brazil and rainforest nations join forces to save jungle

Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) fire brigade members attempt to control hot points during a fire at the the Brazil's Amazon rainforest, in Apui, Amazonas state, Brazil, September 5, 2021. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly
Europe

Brazil's Amazon sees worst August fires in over a decade

An aerial view shows logs that were illegally cut from the Amazon rainforest in Anapu, Para state, Brazil, September 2, 2019. Picture taken with a drone September 2, 2019. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
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Brazil's Amazon deforestation hits April record, nearly double previous peak

The Amazon rainforest is home to one in 10 known species on Earth. Photo: Getty Images via BBC
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Facebook to clamp down illegal sale of Amazon rainforest

A cow is seen in a deforested pasture in Brazil's Amazon rainforest near the Transamazonica national highway in Humaita, Amazonas state, Brazil, September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly
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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls for second month, remains high