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Korubo Contact: A Decade of Change in the Amazon
The Korubo, an Amazonian tribe, experienced first contact in multiple waves between 1996 and 2015, resulting in access to healthcare and goods but also exposing them to diseases, dependencies, and cultural shifts; four infants died in the past year due to illnesses.
Korubo Contact: A Decade of Change in the Amazon
The Korubo, an Amazonian tribe, experienced first contact in multiple waves between 1996 and 2015, resulting in access to healthcare and goods but also exposing them to diseases, dependencies, and cultural shifts; four infants died in the past year due to illnesses.
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60% Bias Score
Brazil Passes Bill Weakening Environmental Regulations
Brazil's lower house passed a bill weakening environmental regulations, streamlining project approvals and eliminating reviews for highway upgrades, potentially paving a 900km Amazonian highway; the bill now goes to President Lula who may veto it, and has drawn heavy criticism from environmental gro...
Brazil Passes Bill Weakening Environmental Regulations
Brazil's lower house passed a bill weakening environmental regulations, streamlining project approvals and eliminating reviews for highway upgrades, potentially paving a 900km Amazonian highway; the bill now goes to President Lula who may veto it, and has drawn heavy criticism from environmental gro...
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40% Bias Score
Colombian Activist Jani Silva Awarded Hessian Peace Prize
The Hessian Peace Prize will be awarded to Jani Silva, a Colombian environmental and peace activist, on September 16th for her 40+ years of work in the Putumayo Amazon region, facing constant death threats from armed militias.
Colombian Activist Jani Silva Awarded Hessian Peace Prize
The Hessian Peace Prize will be awarded to Jani Silva, a Colombian environmental and peace activist, on September 16th for her 40+ years of work in the Putumayo Amazon region, facing constant death threats from armed militias.
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44% Bias Score
Illegal Cattle Ranching Fuels Luxury Handbag Production: Amazon Deforestation Linked to Italian Tanneries
An Earthsight investigation reveals that illegal cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon, responsible for massive deforestation, including in the Apyterewa indigenous territory, is linked to two major Italian tanneries supplying leather to luxury brands like Fendi, Kering, and Chanel, highlighting t...
Illegal Cattle Ranching Fuels Luxury Handbag Production: Amazon Deforestation Linked to Italian Tanneries
An Earthsight investigation reveals that illegal cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon, responsible for massive deforestation, including in the Apyterewa indigenous territory, is linked to two major Italian tanneries supplying leather to luxury brands like Fendi, Kering, and Chanel, highlighting t...
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48% Bias Score
Ecuador's Gas Flares: Human Rights Violations and Climate Crisis
In Ecuador's Amazon, oil well gas flares—among the highest globally—persist despite a 2021 court ruling, violating human rights, harming health, and worsening climate change, impacting vulnerable communities for over 57 years.
Ecuador's Gas Flares: Human Rights Violations and Climate Crisis
In Ecuador's Amazon, oil well gas flares—among the highest globally—persist despite a 2021 court ruling, violating human rights, harming health, and worsening climate change, impacting vulnerable communities for over 57 years.
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56% Bias Score
Evu Expands Operations in Javari Valley Following Amazon Murders
Following the 2022 murders of journalist Dom Phillips and activist Bruno Pereira in Brazil's Javari Valley, the Indigenous patrol group Evu has expanded from 12 to nearly 120 members, establishing six mobile teams to combat illegal poaching, fishing, mining, and drug trafficking across the region's ...
Evu Expands Operations in Javari Valley Following Amazon Murders
Following the 2022 murders of journalist Dom Phillips and activist Bruno Pereira in Brazil's Javari Valley, the Indigenous patrol group Evu has expanded from 12 to nearly 120 members, establishing six mobile teams to combat illegal poaching, fishing, mining, and drug trafficking across the region's ...
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40% Bias Score
Ecuador Ordered to Protect Last Isolated Indigenous Groups
On March 13, 2024, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that Ecuador must protect the Tagaeri and Taromenane, Ecuador's last voluntarily isolated indigenous groups, from threats like oil extraction and illegal logging, following a 19-year legal battle.
Ecuador Ordered to Protect Last Isolated Indigenous Groups
On March 13, 2024, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that Ecuador must protect the Tagaeri and Taromenane, Ecuador's last voluntarily isolated indigenous groups, from threats like oil extraction and illegal logging, following a 19-year legal battle.
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24% Bias Score
Brazil Weakens Environmental Protections for Large Projects
The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies overwhelmingly approved a bill relaxing environmental regulations for large projects, potentially impacting at least 259 indigenous territories and 80% of Afro-Brazilian communities, despite Brazil's upcoming role hosting COP30 and its commitment to climate action.
Brazil Weakens Environmental Protections for Large Projects
The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies overwhelmingly approved a bill relaxing environmental regulations for large projects, potentially impacting at least 259 indigenous territories and 80% of Afro-Brazilian communities, despite Brazil's upcoming role hosting COP30 and its commitment to climate action.
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48% Bias Score
Record Amazon Fires in 2024: 156,000 Square Kilometers Burned
Intentional fires in the Brazilian Amazon in September 2024 burned 156,000 square kilometers of rainforest, a record high in 40 years, exceeding the size of Greece, due to land clearing for pasture exacerbated by drought and climate change.
Record Amazon Fires in 2024: 156,000 Square Kilometers Burned
Intentional fires in the Brazilian Amazon in September 2024 burned 156,000 square kilometers of rainforest, a record high in 40 years, exceeding the size of Greece, due to land clearing for pasture exacerbated by drought and climate change.
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40% Bias Score
El Niño's Impact on Peru and Brazil's Marañón Valley Biodiversity
An international team is studying El Niño's impact on the Marañón Valley's biodiversity, using soil and plant samples and climate models to predict future changes and foster cooperation between Latin America and Europe.
El Niño's Impact on Peru and Brazil's Marañón Valley Biodiversity
An international team is studying El Niño's impact on the Marañón Valley's biodiversity, using soil and plant samples and climate models to predict future changes and foster cooperation between Latin America and Europe.
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40% Bias Score
Colombia Sees 33% Drop in Deforestation in First Quarter of 2025
Colombia's deforestation dropped 33% in the first quarter of 2025 to 27,000 hectares, compared to 40,219 hectares in early 2024, due to stronger community coordination and a crackdown on environmental crime; however, illegal activities continue to threaten protected areas.
Colombia Sees 33% Drop in Deforestation in First Quarter of 2025
Colombia's deforestation dropped 33% in the first quarter of 2025 to 27,000 hectares, compared to 40,219 hectares in early 2024, due to stronger community coordination and a crackdown on environmental crime; however, illegal activities continue to threaten protected areas.
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40% Bias Score
How to Save the Amazon" Published Following Journalist's Murder
British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were murdered in the Amazon on June 5, 2022, while researching a book on protecting the rainforest; their deaths spurred the completion of Phillips's book, "How to Save the Amazon," published three years later, offering in...
How to Save the Amazon" Published Following Journalist's Murder
British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were murdered in the Amazon on June 5, 2022, while researching a book on protecting the rainforest; their deaths spurred the completion of Phillips's book, "How to Save the Amazon," published three years later, offering in...
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48% Bias Score
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