MANAUS (AP) – Communities dependent on the Amazon rainforest’s waterways are stranded without supply of fuel, food or filtered water. Dozens of river dolphins perished and washed up on shore. And thousands of lifeless fish float on the water’s surface. These are just the first grim visions of extreme drought sweeping across Brazil’s Amazon. The […]
The Amazon is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. Spanning eight countries, it has been called the “lungs of the planet” for its vital service
The lower house of Brazil s Congress passed a bill that allows the paving of highway BR319, which crosses the heart of the Amazon basin and which scientists and environmentalists claim threatens the future of the world s largest tropical rainforest. The bill still has to be approved by the Senate.
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Brazil lawsuits allege direct relationship between meatpackers, deforesters on protected land Cattle walk along an illegally deforested area in an extractive reserve near Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) BY FABIANO MAISONNAVE, ASSOCIATED PRESS AND RUBENS VALENTE, AGENCIA PUBLICAU pdated 6:42 AM GMT+7, December 20, 2023 AP JACI-PARANA, Brazil (AP) Meat processing giant…