Thursday, November 21, 2024

Tag: Amazon fires

Norvergence reveals the real culprit of Amazon deforestation and wildfires

Looking at the current relationship and scenario, the future of the Amazon rainforest seems to be in danger until some international organizations or the UN addresses the issue.

While the Amazon burns, Brazil’s indigenous peoples rise up

A record outbreak of fires is incinerating the Amazon, the largest remaining tropical rainforest in the world, which is home to at least one in...

Activists follow the money fueling Amazon fires

While the world watches in horror as fires rage on in the Amazon, activists are shining a light on the big businesses...

Indigenous organization demand action to halt the destruction of the Amazon

Devastating wild fires have destroyed nearly 1 million hectares in Bolivia.

It’s not just Brazil’s Amazon rainforest that’s ablaze – Bolivian fires...

Up to 800,000 hectares of the unique Chiquitano forest were burned to the ground in Bolivia between August 18 and August 23. That’s more...

We are facing a global emergency in the Amazon. Here’s what...

Called "the lungs of the Earth", the Amazon rainforest and its lush trees make roughly 20% of the oxygen on Earth. Yet, right...

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