Brazil’s indigenous communities fear mining threat over war in Ukraine

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Maurício Ye’kwana worries about the future. He comes from the community of Auaris, in northern Brazil, close to the border with Venezuela. The area, part of the Yanomami Indigenous Territory, is rich in gold, diamonds and minerals – and illegal … Read More

Up in smoke: Brazil’s Pantanal region engulfed by flames

Last year, record-breaking fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest sparked international outrage. But the fallout from this year’s fire season, which lasts until October, could be even worse. This time around, the Pantanal region, in the west of the country, is being engulfed … Read More

As global leaders meet, the Amazon rainforest burns

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Firefighters in the Brazilian Amazon basin state of Mato Grosso battle a forest blaze in the municipality of Sorriso The fires that burned through the Amazon rainforest last month sparked international outcry and offers of help, but as world leaders … Read More