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April 18, 2023 12:33 PM
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Protected Indigenous reservations in the Amazon rainforest absorb thousands of tons of airborne pollution each year, saving around $2 billion annually in healthcare costs for treating respiratory and cardiovascular diseases...
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April 11, 2023 4:00 PM
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Verra’s rainforest carbon credit methodologies, which Guardian investigation found were flawed, will be phased out by mid-2025...
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March 17, 2023 1:49 PM
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March 17, 2023 1:46 PM
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March 17, 2023 1:44 PM
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Trees set ablaze in Brazil's Amazon rainforest could contribute to melting glaciers in the Himalayas and Antarctica because distant ecosystems that...
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March 15, 2023 4:37 PM
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Warmer temperatures could significantly diminish the ability of tropical forests to siphon carbon from the atmosphere by intensifying dry seasons, according to a recent study. The tropics pack away an enormous amount of organic matter, or biomass, in the trees and other organisms inhabiting these ecosystems. Locked up in that biomass is more than half […]
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March 9, 2023 2:54 PM
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“Everything is happening at the wrong time,” says Myrian Pereira Vasques. “The trees are blossoming at the wrong time, the soil isn’t the same, the weather is too hot and the fish are dying in the dry season. People who fish for a living are feeling it.” Myrian lives in the Amazonian village of Filadélfia, […]
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March 9, 2023 2:45 PM
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Viewed from high above, the Amazon in South America is a lush emerald quilt, home to millions of animals and the planet’s largest river by volume. It is also key to protecting our planet from the detrimental effects of climate change.
But why? And what could happen to the global climate if we lost it?
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March 9, 2023 11:00 AM
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Far upriver in the rainforest, the lure of rare pink river dolphins is creating jobs and promoting conservation and reconciliation after a 50-year war...
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March 7, 2023 10:41 AM
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A new study led by a researcher of the Oranim Campus of the University of Haifa, published in the journal Nature, has found that in conditions of high soil humidity the chances of survival of young tree seedlings growing at high densities are reduced.
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March 7, 2023 10:40 AM
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With Lula in power "there is hope now, but our paper shows it is not enough to resolve deforestation," said one co-author."There is much more work to be done."...
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March 7, 2023 10:39 AM
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Study adds to fears Amazon is approaching tipping point after which it will not be able to generate its own rainfall...
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February 21, 2023 5:07 PM
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The electoral defeat of Jair Bolsonaro by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is good news for world’s largest rainforest, but the situation remains perilous
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April 18, 2023 12:30 PM
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March 20, 2023 12:51 PM
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Will forests grow faster, or more efficiently, as atmospheric carbon dioxide increases? Will trees face higher mortality rates as storms and droughts become more common?
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March 17, 2023 1:49 PM
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March 17, 2023 1:45 PM
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Tropical forests are crucial for sucking up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But they're also subject to intense storms that can cause "windthrow"—the uprooting or breaking of trees. These downed trees decompose, potentially turning a forest from a carbon sink into a carbon source.
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March 16, 2023 2:39 PM
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As deforestation continues to threaten primary forest across the Amazon, key land use designations are one of the best hopes for the long-term conservation of critical remaining intact forests. Her…
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March 15, 2023 4:36 PM
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Warmer temperatures could significantly diminish the ability of tropical forests to siphon carbon from the atmosphere by intensifying dry seasons, according to a recent study. The tropics pack away an enormous amount of organic matter, or biomass, in the trees and other organisms inhabiting these ecosystems. Locked up in that biomass is more than half […]
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March 9, 2023 2:49 PM
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From jaguars and ocelots to anteaters and capybara, most land-based mammals living in the Brazilian Amazon are threatened by climate change and the projected savannization of the region.
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March 9, 2023 2:41 PM
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It is increasingly reported that the largest rainforest in the world, the Amazon, is rapidly approaching a tipping point. As repeatedly highlighted by the late Tom Lovejoy (see Acknowledgements), t…
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March 7, 2023 5:23 PM
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Tropical forests play a critical role in supporting human well-being, food security, and the maintenance of biodiversity.
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March 7, 2023 10:40 AM
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The Amazon rainforest has been degraded by a much greater extent than scientists previously believed with more than a third of remaining forest affected by humans, according to a new study published on January 27 in the journal Science.
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March 7, 2023 10:40 AM
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Watching the first few minutes of “The Territory,” a new documentary set in the Amazon rainforest, is like listening to a symphony of deforestation. The film opens with the sound of an engine revving, the camera lingering on a boot pressed down on a dusty gas pedal.
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March 7, 2023 10:39 AM
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Investigation finds cases of the wellness product, hailed for its anti-ageing benefits, being derived from cattle raised on farms damaging tropical forest...
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