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Children play in a flooded area of Leticia, Colombia, Feb. 14, 2017, located by the Amazon River, on the border with Brazil and Peru.

Brazil’s neighbors wary of environmental impact of a Bolsonaro victory

Environment

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has promised to continue facilitating mining and agro industry in Brazil’s portion of the Amazon if he wins another four-year term. But destruction of the Amazon affects the air quality and jeopardizes the water supply in neighboring countries.

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Brazilians mourn deaths of journalist and anthropologist whose remains were recovered in the Amazon 

Justice
The Belo Monte hydroelectric dam stands in the Xingu River in Altamira, Para state, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. 

Plan to divert water to Brazil’s Belo Monte dam threatens Indigenous peoples and wildlife

Environment
A fire burns at night in the jungle.

Amazon fires: 8 ways you can help stop the rainforest burning

Environment
A muddy river runs through a green landscape. On one side are trees and a dense forest; the other is bare.

Brazil’s new president targets Amazon rainforest, Indigenous peoples

Environment
A dry brown patch of land is dotted with trees

A ‘Third Way’ to save the Amazon: make the standing forest itself more valuable

The Amazon's carbon tipping point

Brazil’s leading climatologist wants to change the way businesses view the Amazon. If standing trees become more valuable than cleared land, the forest can recover and continue to absorb greenhouse gases.

The World

Amazon Deforestation on the Rise

After more than 6 years of steady declines the deforestation rate in the Brazilian Amazon has more than doubled in the last six months. Many observers blame recent changes to Brazil’s Forest Code for the dramatic rise.

The World

Damming the Amazon River

Brazil plans to build dozens of hydroelectric dams in the Amazon basin to prevent power outages when hosting the World Cup and the Olympics. But dams can disrupt sensitive ecosystems like those in the Amazon rainforest, and environmentalists and some indi

The World

Carrots and Sticks: Saving the Amazon and Stalling Climate Change

In Brazil they’re using carrots and sticks to prevent deforestation in the Amazon. Federal agents are stepping up law enforcement and farmers are experimenting with a new way to profit from a standing forest.

Brazilian Drought

Officials in Brazil have declared a state of emergency due to severe drought in the Amazon. Scientists believe the drought is caused by deforestation and global warming.