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Scientists Discover New Species Of Tiny Pumpkin Toadlet In Brazil's Cloud Forests
This species is deaf to its own advertising calls, relying on visual cues like vocal sac inflation, mouth gaping, and arm waving for communication.
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Brazil's Planned Railway To Amazon Draws Fire On Margins Of COP30
Indigenous protesters at UN climate talks in Brazil have zeroed in on a major grievance: A planned railway that would stretch almost the distance from London to Berlin and cut through the Amazon rainforest.
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COP30: World Leaders Launch Fund To Save Forests, Get First $5 Billion
World leaders attending a climate summit in Brazil launched a fund Thursday to save the world's forests, quickly raking in over $5 billion in pledges to reward tropical countries for not chopping down trees.
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Why A Chef Refused To Cook Vegan Dinner For Prince William In Amazon Forest
Saulo Jennings, 47-year-old chef is ready to impress heads of state at the COP30 meeting in the Amazon this week with an immersive dinner showcasing both plant and animal ingredients from the world's largest rainforest.
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Emissions, Climate Finance, Forests: COP30 Agenda In Focus
At COP30, the hosts will launch a new, innovative global fund that proposes rewarding countries with high tropical forest cover that keep trees standing instead of chopping them down.
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Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav On Brazil's New Proposal To Protect Trees
Brazil has tabled a proposal for the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, a "pay-for-performance" fund that could become the planet's largest multilateral mechanism for tropical forest conservation, said Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav.
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Brazil's Amazon Rainforest Lost Area The Size Of Spain In 40 Years: Study
The Amazon was approaching a "point of no return" of 20 to 25 percent vegetation loss at which it "ceases to sustain itself as a rainforest," said Bruno Ferreira, a researcher at the MapBiomas monitoring platform.
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Brazil Records 62% Rise In Forest Fires, Amazon Hit The Hardest
Historic forest fires in Brazil last year scorched through an area larger than the size of Italy, recording a burned area some 60 percent higher than average of the last four decades
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Brazil's 'Bill Of Devastation' Pushes Amazon Forest Towards Tipping Point
A bill essentially abolishing Brazils environmental licensing system is just days away from likely passage by the countrys National Congress.
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Brazil Is Losing Surface Water To Climate Change, Land Conversion
Brazil is home to 12 per cent of Earth's freshwater reserves, much of it in the Amazon, but is losing natural surface water as climate change and land conversion from forest to farming take their toll, a report said Friday.
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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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Pics: A Continent Ablaze - South America Surpasses Record For Forest Fires
South America is being ravaged by fire from Brazil's Amazon rainforest through the world's largest wetlands to dry forests in Bolivia, breaking a previous record for the number of blazes seen in a year up to September 11.
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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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Protecting Amazon Rainforest Would Bring Brazil Billions Of Dollars: Study
By expanding sustainable industries and transitioning to low-carbon agriculture, the Amazon region could lead the way in turning Brazil into a green-economy powerhouse, adding 40 billion reais ($8.4 billion) a year to the national economy by 2050.
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Apple Doubles Its Investment in Carbon Removal Fund, Will Inject Further $200 Million
Apple said on Tuesday it doubled its financial commitment to a fund it had established two years ago to invest in projects that remove carbon from the atmosphere. The iPhone-maker said it will invest up to an additional $200 million (roughly Rs. 1,641 crore) in its Restore Fund, which was created in 2021 with an initial $200 million commitment.
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Scientists Discover New Species Of Tiny Pumpkin Toadlet In Brazil's Cloud Forests
This species is deaf to its own advertising calls, relying on visual cues like vocal sac inflation, mouth gaping, and arm waving for communication.
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Brazil's Planned Railway To Amazon Draws Fire On Margins Of COP30
Indigenous protesters at UN climate talks in Brazil have zeroed in on a major grievance: A planned railway that would stretch almost the distance from London to Berlin and cut through the Amazon rainforest.
-
COP30: World Leaders Launch Fund To Save Forests, Get First $5 Billion
World leaders attending a climate summit in Brazil launched a fund Thursday to save the world's forests, quickly raking in over $5 billion in pledges to reward tropical countries for not chopping down trees.
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Why A Chef Refused To Cook Vegan Dinner For Prince William In Amazon Forest
Saulo Jennings, 47-year-old chef is ready to impress heads of state at the COP30 meeting in the Amazon this week with an immersive dinner showcasing both plant and animal ingredients from the world's largest rainforest.
-
Emissions, Climate Finance, Forests: COP30 Agenda In Focus
At COP30, the hosts will launch a new, innovative global fund that proposes rewarding countries with high tropical forest cover that keep trees standing instead of chopping them down.
-
Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav On Brazil's New Proposal To Protect Trees
Brazil has tabled a proposal for the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, a "pay-for-performance" fund that could become the planet's largest multilateral mechanism for tropical forest conservation, said Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav.
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Brazil's Amazon Rainforest Lost Area The Size Of Spain In 40 Years: Study
The Amazon was approaching a "point of no return" of 20 to 25 percent vegetation loss at which it "ceases to sustain itself as a rainforest," said Bruno Ferreira, a researcher at the MapBiomas monitoring platform.
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Brazil Records 62% Rise In Forest Fires, Amazon Hit The Hardest
Historic forest fires in Brazil last year scorched through an area larger than the size of Italy, recording a burned area some 60 percent higher than average of the last four decades
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Brazil's 'Bill Of Devastation' Pushes Amazon Forest Towards Tipping Point
A bill essentially abolishing Brazils environmental licensing system is just days away from likely passage by the countrys National Congress.
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Brazil Is Losing Surface Water To Climate Change, Land Conversion
Brazil is home to 12 per cent of Earth's freshwater reserves, much of it in the Amazon, but is losing natural surface water as climate change and land conversion from forest to farming take their toll, a report said Friday.
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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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Pics: A Continent Ablaze - South America Surpasses Record For Forest Fires
South America is being ravaged by fire from Brazil's Amazon rainforest through the world's largest wetlands to dry forests in Bolivia, breaking a previous record for the number of blazes seen in a year up to September 11.
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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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Protecting Amazon Rainforest Would Bring Brazil Billions Of Dollars: Study
By expanding sustainable industries and transitioning to low-carbon agriculture, the Amazon region could lead the way in turning Brazil into a green-economy powerhouse, adding 40 billion reais ($8.4 billion) a year to the national economy by 2050.
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Apple Doubles Its Investment in Carbon Removal Fund, Will Inject Further $200 Million
Apple said on Tuesday it doubled its financial commitment to a fund it had established two years ago to invest in projects that remove carbon from the atmosphere. The iPhone-maker said it will invest up to an additional $200 million (roughly Rs. 1,641 crore) in its Restore Fund, which was created in 2021 with an initial $200 million commitment.
