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Disputed territory: How one river highlights South Africa’s land inequality

Construction workers on the River Club Development where Amazon’s Africa headquarters will be found in Cape Town, South Africa, on 7th September, 2023.

From Indigenous rights to environmental protection, Cape Town’s Liesbeek River has become a symbol of land justice in South Africa. KIM HARRISBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…

Amazon River tributary falls to lowest in over a century amid Brazil drought

A man carries a bottle of water in a dry area of the Igarape do Taruma stream which flows into the Rio Negro river, as the water level at a major river port in Brazil's Amazon rainforest hit its lowest point in at least 121 years on Monday, in Manaus, Brazil, on 16th October, 2023

Manaus, Brazil Reuters A major tributary of the Amazon River fell to its lowest level in over a century on Monday at the heart of the Brazilian rainforest as a record drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and damages the jungle ecosystem. Rapidly drying tributaries to the mighty Amazon have left […]

Brazil tells landowners to stop setting fires in Amazon “climate emergency”

Smoke from wildfires in the Amazon is seen in the port of Manaus, Brazil, on 12th October, 2023

Sao Paulo, BrazilReuters Brazil’s government told ranchers and farmers on Friday to stop setting fire to the Amazon rainforest as clouds of dense gray smoke make the air increasingly unbreathable in the northern city of Manaus, threatening sanctions if they do burn areas of land. “Fire is not natural in the Amazon, it comes from […]

Wildfires in dry Amazon rainforest choke Manaus city

Journalist Indiara Bessa looks out from her apartment as smoke from wildfires in the Amazon is seen in Manaus, Brazil, on 12th October, 2023

Manaus, BrazilReuters Clouds of dense gray smoke from dozens of wildfires in the Brazilian Amazon, many of them illegally started, have hung over the region’s capital city Manaus, making the air increasingly unbreathable. Residents complain of stinging noses and throats. Journalist Indiara Bessa looks out from her apartment as smoke from wildfires in the Amazon […]

Death of dolphins in Amazon linked to severe drought, heat

Researchers of the Mamiraua Institute for Sustainable Development retrieve a dead dolphin at the Tefe lake affluent of the Solimoes river that has been affected by the high teperatures and drought in Tefe, Amazonas state, Brazil, on 1st October, 2023

Manaus Reuters The carcasses of 120 river dolphins have been found floating in a tributary of the Amazon River over the last week in circumstances that experts suspect were caused by severe drought and heat. Low river levels during a severe drought have heated water in stretches to temperatures that are intolerable for the dolphins, […]

Brazil’s Lula legalises more Indigenous reservations in Amazon

Brazil's Environment Minister Marina Silva meets Davi Kopenawa, chief of the Yanomami, after a ceremony to commemorate Amazon Day, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on 5th September, 2023.

Brasilia, Brazil Reuters Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday officially recognised two Indigenous territories, granting them legal protection as reservations to defend against invasions by illegal loggers, gold miners and cattle ranchers. The announcement came on the day Brazil celebrates its Amazon region, home to the world’s largest tropical rainforest, the preservation […]

Rainforest countries form pact to demand conservation cash from rich nations

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva addresses the audience at the summit of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, in Belem, Brazil, on 8th August, 2023.

Belem, BrazilReuters A dozen rainforest countries formed a pact on Wednesday at a summit in Brazil to demand developed countries pay to help poorer nations combat climate change and preserve biodiversity. The joint statement, titled “United for Our Forests,” was issued by Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Guyana, Indonesia, Peru, the […]

Amazon nations fail to agree on deforestation goal at summit

Ecuador's Foreign Minister Gustavo Manrique, Guyana's Prime Minister Mark Phillips, Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Bolivia's President Luis Arce, Peru's President Dina Boluarte, Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodriguez and Suriname's Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin pose for a family photo at the summit of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, in Belem, Brazil, on 8th August, 2023.

Belem, Brazil Reuters Eight Amazon nations agreed to a list of unified policies and measures to bolster regional cooperation at a major rainforest summit in Brazil on Tuesday, but failed to agree on a common goal for ending deforestation. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has staked his international reputation on improving Brazil’s […]

Brazil police shoot dead four illegal gold miners on Yanomami reservation

A helicopter burned by the Brazilian Environmental Agency is seen during an operation against illegal mining near the Yanomami indigenous land, Roraima state, Brazil, on 11th February, 2023.

Brasilia, BrazilReuters Brazilian police and environmental protection agents were ambushed by illegal gold miners on the Yanomami Indigenous reservation in the Amazon on Monday and four miners were shot dead in the exchange of gunfire, a government statement said. The Environment Ministry said their team was attacked when they moved in to dismantle a wildcat […]

Indigenous woman wins prize for campaign against mining firms in Amazon

Alessandra Korap Munduruku, 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize winner for Brazil, paddles in a canoe in an undisclosed area in the Amazon, Brazil, on 15th January, 2023.

Brasilia, BrazilReuters Alessandra Korap Munduruku, who headed a campaign that led mining corporations to respect her people’s Indigenous territory in the Amazon rainforest, has been awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize. She is among six 2023 winners from different parts of the globe to win the prize for achievements and leadership of grassroots environmental activists awarded […]

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