Amazon Rainforest
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Missionaries using tech to contact Amazon's Indigenous peopleUnder the radar Wealthy US-backed evangelical groups are sending drones to reach remote and uncontacted tribes, despite legal prohibitions
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A beginner's guide to exploring the AmazonThe Week Recommends Trek carefully — and respectfully — in the world's largest rainforest
By Catherine Garcia, The Week US Published
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Biden visits Amazon, says climate legacy irreversibleSpeed Read Nobody can reverse America's 'clean energy revolution,' said the president, despite the incoming Trump administration's promises to dismantle climate policies
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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The Week Unwrapped: How the internet has changed the AmazonPodcast Plus, anonymity for sex-crime suspects, and a bad day for French pride
By The Week Staff Published
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The drying Amazon rainforest: a drought that affects the worldUnder the radar The Amazon is suffering a drought of historic severity and it’s pushing its inhabitants to their limit
By The Week UK Published
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Deforestation and the state of the world’s rainforestsfeature Rate of tropical tree loss sped up in 2022, mostly in the Amazon, despite Cop26 commitments
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Saving the rainforest: the pledge of Brazil’s new presidentfeature Lula faces “an uphill battle” in his pledge to reverse and eventually end deforestation in the Amazon
By The Week Staff Published
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The climate crisis in 2023feature New legislation, activism and business paths could change the picture this year
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Can Brazil become a global leader in fighting climate change?feature Environmentalists hope election of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as Brazilian president will mark ‘turning point’
By The Week Staff Published
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The battlegrounds in Brazil’s presidential electionsfeature Analysts fear democracy is under threat as violence erupts in run-up to ‘most polarised race in decades’
By Julia O'Driscoll, The Week UK Published
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What happened to Dom Phillips?In Depth British journalist feared dead after fisherman suspect led police to the remains of two men
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Coronavirus reaches remote Amazon tribe left devastated by flu deaths following first contactSpeed Read Six Covid cases recorded after activists warn of risk of repeating previous pandemics of viruses brought by outsiders
By Joe Evans Last updated
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Brazil’s president says G7 treats his country ‘like colony’Speed Read Jair Bolsonaro lashes out as new evidence emerges of complicity in fires
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Catholic Church to consider ordaining married menSpeed Read Ending centuries of orthodoxy, radical plan aimed to address clergy shortage could lead to conservative backlash
By The Week Staff Last updated
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