An ancient Indigenous civilization endures beneath an Amazon urban soy hub
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Sep 15, 2025, 9:39 pm By
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Sep 15, 2025, 5:15 pm By
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Sep 15, 2025, 5:11 pm By
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Sep 15, 2025, 5:05 pm By
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Sep 15, 2025, 3:00 pm By
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Sep 15, 2025, 2:51 pm By
Nearly 200 shipping companies said Monday they want the world’s largest maritime nations to adopt…Brazil weighs new measures to manage shark trade, fishing
Sep 15, 2025, 1:39 pm By
The Brazilian government is reviewing its legal framework for the trade in sharks. Measures now…The Great Insect Crisis
Sep 15, 2025, 12:47 pm By
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Sep 15, 2025, 12:24 pm By
The Peruvian government is planning to expand the country’s prison system to address overcrowding…Rare earth rush endangers rural communities and conservation areas in Brazil
Sep 15, 2025, 11:30 am By
Brazil ranks among the countries with the largest reserves of rare earth elements. But scaling up…Satellite data show burst of deforestation in Myanmar rare earth mining hotspots
Sep 15, 2025, 10:53 am By
Myanmar’s Kachin state, near the border with China, is a global hub for rare earth minerals. But…Madagascar’s dry forests need attention, and Verreaux’s sifakas could help
Sep 15, 2025, 10:35 am By
ANTANANARIVO — Which tropical habitats are worthy of conservation? Humid forests, with their…More deforestation leads to a drier dry season, Amazon study finds
Sep 15, 2025, 8:05 am By
In Brazil’s southern Amazonian region, where the notorious “arc of deforestation” has been…Australia approves the world’s first chlamydia vaccine for koalas
Sep 15, 2025, 5:42 am By
Australia’s veterinary medicine regulator has approved a vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia,…Hyped reports of soaring Sri Lanka elephant deaths don’t match data
Sep 15, 2025, 4:39 am By
Claims of a spike in elephant deaths in Sri Lanka this year — amplified by social media and public…How to smuggle a wild Galápagos iguana? Pretend it was bred in Africa
Sep 15, 2025, 3:56 am By
At least 60 wild iguanas have been captured, sold and exported from the Galápagos Islands in…Overcrowding threatens sustainability of jaguar ecotourism in Brazil’s Pantanal
Sep 15, 2025, 3:49 am By
The Brazilian Pantanal is the world’s largest wetland and home to the highest density of jaguars…The carbon market paradox: Steve Zwick on why financing forests is more complicated than it looks
Sep 14, 2025, 11:02 pm By
Carbon markets sit at the awkward junction of science, finance, and politics, where the appetite for…
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