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Here's The Path To Conserving Protected Areas In The Amazon
Despite serving as crucial guardians of biodiversity, traditional communities continue to be systematically excluded from developing and managing protected areas.
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5 Survive Bolivian Alligator-Filled Swamp For 36 Hours After Plane's Emergency Landing
Five people survived for 36 hours in a swamp filled with alligators after an emergency landing in the Bolivian Amazon.
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Isolated Indigenous Man Leaves Amazon Forest, Returns In 24 Hours
Locals believe the young man was seeking fire, as a video showed one resident attempting - unsuccessfully - to teach him how to use a lighter.
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Climate Change Could Reduce Amazon's Methane Absorbtion By 70%: Study
Extreme temperatures and humidity driven by climate change could reduce the Amazon rainforest's capacity to absorb the greenhouse gas methane by 70 per cent, a study has found.
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Amazon Forest Has Lost Area The Size Of Germany, France To Deforestation
The world's biggest rainforest, the Amazon, has lost an area about the size of Germany and France combined to deforestation in four decades, a study showed Monday.
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Brazilians "Struggle To Breathe" As Amazon Forest Burns In Wildfire
Residents of Porto Velho in the Brazilian Amazon have barely seen sunlight in days as a thick cloud of smoke from forest fires envelops their city.
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Man Describes How It Was Like To Be 'Eaten Alive' By Anaconda: "Ribs Exploded"
Anacondas are a group of large boas that are found in tropical South America. They are known to kill their prey by constricting them.
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In Amazon, Butterflies Play Key Role In Combating Climate Change
Biologists on a trail in the Ecuadoran Amazon hold their breath as they distribute a foul-smelling delicacy to lure butterflies, critical pollinators increasingly threatened by climate change.
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New Species Of Giant Green Anaconda Discovered In Ecuador's Rainforest
Researchers in the Amazon have discovered the world's largest snake species - an enormous green anaconda - in Ecuador's rainforest that split off from its closest relatives 10 million years ago though they still nearly look identical to this day.
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Destruction Of Amazon Rainforest Declined Over 55% This Year, Says Study
Destruction across the Amazon rainforest so far this year has slowed dramatically, down 55.8% from the same period a year ago in a major turnaround for the region vital to curbing climate change, according to an analysis provided to Reuters.
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Colombia Awards Medals To Rescuers Who Found Missing Children After 40 Days In Amazon
The children remain hospitalised but the government has said they are recovering satisfactorily.
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Tropical Forest Size Of Football Pitch, Lost Every 5 Second: Report
Earth lost an area of carbon-absorbing rainforest larger than Switzerland or the Netherlands in 2022, most of it destroyed to make way for cattle and commodity crops, an analysis of satellite data released on Tuesday revealed.
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Rescue Dog That Helped Save Lost Colombian Children Now Missing
Six-year-old tracker dog Wilson, who went missing during the ultimately successful, weeks-long search for four missing Indigenous children in the Colombian Amazon, is now the target of a rescue mission himself.
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Eldest Of Rescued Colombian Children Pulled Sister From Plane Wreckage
The eldest of the four Indigenous children who were missing for more than five weeks in Colombia's southern jungle after a plane crash pulled her youngest sibling from the wreckage,
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Colombian Children, Who Survived In Forest For 40 Days, Reach Bogota
Four children, who survived a plane crash and were found alive after 40 days in the Colombian jungle, were flown back to the capital Bogota early Saturday, AFP reported.
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Here's The Path To Conserving Protected Areas In The Amazon
Despite serving as crucial guardians of biodiversity, traditional communities continue to be systematically excluded from developing and managing protected areas.
-
5 Survive Bolivian Alligator-Filled Swamp For 36 Hours After Plane's Emergency Landing
Five people survived for 36 hours in a swamp filled with alligators after an emergency landing in the Bolivian Amazon.
-
Isolated Indigenous Man Leaves Amazon Forest, Returns In 24 Hours
Locals believe the young man was seeking fire, as a video showed one resident attempting - unsuccessfully - to teach him how to use a lighter.
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Climate Change Could Reduce Amazon's Methane Absorbtion By 70%: Study
Extreme temperatures and humidity driven by climate change could reduce the Amazon rainforest's capacity to absorb the greenhouse gas methane by 70 per cent, a study has found.
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Amazon Forest Has Lost Area The Size Of Germany, France To Deforestation
The world's biggest rainforest, the Amazon, has lost an area about the size of Germany and France combined to deforestation in four decades, a study showed Monday.
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Brazilians "Struggle To Breathe" As Amazon Forest Burns In Wildfire
Residents of Porto Velho in the Brazilian Amazon have barely seen sunlight in days as a thick cloud of smoke from forest fires envelops their city.
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Man Describes How It Was Like To Be 'Eaten Alive' By Anaconda: "Ribs Exploded"
Anacondas are a group of large boas that are found in tropical South America. They are known to kill their prey by constricting them.
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In Amazon, Butterflies Play Key Role In Combating Climate Change
Biologists on a trail in the Ecuadoran Amazon hold their breath as they distribute a foul-smelling delicacy to lure butterflies, critical pollinators increasingly threatened by climate change.
-
New Species Of Giant Green Anaconda Discovered In Ecuador's Rainforest
Researchers in the Amazon have discovered the world's largest snake species - an enormous green anaconda - in Ecuador's rainforest that split off from its closest relatives 10 million years ago though they still nearly look identical to this day.
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Destruction Of Amazon Rainforest Declined Over 55% This Year, Says Study
Destruction across the Amazon rainforest so far this year has slowed dramatically, down 55.8% from the same period a year ago in a major turnaround for the region vital to curbing climate change, according to an analysis provided to Reuters.
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Colombia Awards Medals To Rescuers Who Found Missing Children After 40 Days In Amazon
The children remain hospitalised but the government has said they are recovering satisfactorily.
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Tropical Forest Size Of Football Pitch, Lost Every 5 Second: Report
Earth lost an area of carbon-absorbing rainforest larger than Switzerland or the Netherlands in 2022, most of it destroyed to make way for cattle and commodity crops, an analysis of satellite data released on Tuesday revealed.
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Rescue Dog That Helped Save Lost Colombian Children Now Missing
Six-year-old tracker dog Wilson, who went missing during the ultimately successful, weeks-long search for four missing Indigenous children in the Colombian Amazon, is now the target of a rescue mission himself.
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Eldest Of Rescued Colombian Children Pulled Sister From Plane Wreckage
The eldest of the four Indigenous children who were missing for more than five weeks in Colombia's southern jungle after a plane crash pulled her youngest sibling from the wreckage,
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Colombian Children, Who Survived In Forest For 40 Days, Reach Bogota
Four children, who survived a plane crash and were found alive after 40 days in the Colombian jungle, were flown back to the capital Bogota early Saturday, AFP reported.
