Lodging prices skyrocket before COP30 in Brazil
Nine months ahead of this year's annual U.N. climate summit, known as COP30, lodging prices in the Brazilian host city of ...
USAID is going away, and along with it cocaine-fighting efforts and Amazon rainforest protection
Colombia has long been the largest recipient of U.S. foreign assistance in South America. Recent USAID money has supported ...
USAID is going away. Here's what it's been doing in South America
The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development will deliver a major blow to efforts including humanitarian ...
From the Amazon Rainforest to Rio Carnival: Why travellers fall in love with Brazil
Brazil captivates visitors with its vibrant culture, stunning beaches, the vast Amazon rainforest, the iconic Christ the ...
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Mongabay series on illegal timber and cattle wins honorable mention in Brazil journalism prize
By Mongabay.com Blood Timber, a Mongabay series on illegal logging and cattle ranching in the eastern Brazilian Amazon, has ...
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Handcrafted woodwork helps save an Amazonian reserve, one tree at a time
A community in the Brazilian Amazon is transforming fallen trunks and dead trees into everyday items and art pieces.
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Stories of Resistance: How Indigenous peoples in Brazil fought COVID-19
Historic Indigenous leaders still fell. Chief Aritana Yawalapiti, who led his Xingu people for five decades. Paulinho Paiakan, of the Kayapó. Artist and healer Vovó Bernaldina… from the Macuxi tribe ...
The best actress winner could be hiding in plain sight
Fernanda Torres, up for an Oscar, embodies the courage required to stare down an oppressive dictatorship in "I'm Not There." ...
Amazon's advocates fear Trump's return means little US help to protect rainforest
Besides Trump's withdrawal already from the Paris climate agreement, advocates fear he'll cut U.S. funding for policing that ...
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The Pan Amazon as a hotspot of cultural diversity
The Amazon is renowned for its cultural diversity, particularly the ethnic diversity of its Indigenous nations, but also the ...
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USAID is going away. Here’s what it’s been doing across the globe
The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development will deliver a major blow to efforts including humanitarian ...
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Rainforest Foundation US NGO plans strategic Bitcoin reserve
The Rainforest Foundation US “Treasury for the Trees” initiative aims to raise 100 BTC for a strategic Bitcoin reserve. RFUS executive director Suzanne Pelletier explains why. Strategic ...