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The Amazon rainforest will be a key point of discussion at today's summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.Jeffrey Hoelle, an Associate Professor of Anthropology at UC-Santa Barbara, and Valério Gomes, a Professor at the Amazon Institute of Smallholder Agriculture at the Federal University of…

Already have Rappler+? to listen to groundbreaking journalism. FILE PHOTO: Piles of legal wood are seen in a wood company warehouse in the Amazon rainforest, inside Jamari National Forest Park in the County of Itapua do Oeste, Rondonia state, Brazil, September 28, 2021. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo In mid-January, Brazilian environmental agents…

Despite the hope embodied in Brazil’s new president, the protection of Indigenous peoples and reducing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon still face an uphill struggle.“To ensure continued protection for Brazil’s environment and Indigenous communities, Lula and his government institutions need to go beyond merely undoing Bolsonaro’s previous policies. They must…

Brave Combat Federation welterweight Luiz Cado is in the minority. A declared left-wing mixed martial artist, ‘Golden Boy’ is one of the most vocal athletes to oppose former far-right Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro. Being a fighter and hailing from the South of Brazil, the region with the most Bolsonaro voters…

Jair Bolsonaro after a press conference in in Brasília on Nov. 1 after being defeated by Lula da Silva in the Brazilian presidential runoff. Photo: Andressa Anholete/Getty Images Brazil's Supreme Court late Friday said it will investigate whether former President Jair Bolsonaro incited last Sunday's attack on Congress and other…

LIVE BLOG Economic Times | 14 Jan, 2023 | 08:44PM IST Excise Policy case News Live : One dead and nine others were injured after a stampede occurred during the Makar Mela rush on the Gopinathpur-Badamba T-bridge over River Mahanadi in Athagarh of the Cuttack district, an official said on…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday authorized including former president Jair Bolsonaro in its investigation of who incited the Jan. 8 riot in the nation’s capital, as part of a broader crackdown to hold responsible parties to account. According to the text of his…

The morning after protesters attacked government buildings in Brazil’s capital, Mongabay spoke with Indigenous Congresswoman Célia Xakriabá, who compared the act of vandalism to forest destruction: “This is this scenario of war when you deforest.”* Célia Xakriabá had just returned from seeing the damage to the National Congress building: “When…

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Global lens Lula faces “an uphill battle” in his pledge to reverse and eventually end deforestation in the Amazon The Amazon is far and away the world’s most important rainforest, said Karl Mathiesen on Politico (Brussels). A huge carbon sink, it is key to tackling climate change. Yet this was of scant concern to…