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Caitlin Halligan represented the oil giant in its vindictive legal campaign against the environmentalist lawyer Steven Donziger.

Farmer and agronomist Roberto Rodríguez first taught the farmers of Lejanías they weren’t poor. Once they learned this critical lesson, they relied on themselves, their neighbors and nature to thrive sustainably.

SÃO PAULO—A new study published in Nature estimates that forests in Indigenous lands in Brazil’s Amazon have the potential to absorb over 7,000 tons of noxious fumes from forest fires every year, preventing about 15 million cases of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases annually, which would otherwise cost $2 billion to Brazil’s public health system. The […]

Protected Indigenous reservations in the Amazon rainforest absorb thousands of tons of airborne pollution each year, saving around $2 billion annually in healthcare costs for treating respiratory and cardiovascular diseases

Decade-long study analysed the health impacts of forest fires in the area and found the region’s people prevented thousands of cases of deadly disease.

Indigenous reservations in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest absorb thousands of tons of airborne pollution each year, saving around $2B annually.

Protected Indigenous reservations in the Amazon rainforest absorb thousands of tonnes of airborne pollution each year, saving around $2 billion annually in healthcare costs for treating respiratory and…

RIO DE JANEIRO: Protected Indigenous reservations in the Amazon rainforest absorb thousands of tonnes of airborne pollution each year, saving around US$2 billion annually in healthcare costs for treating respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, according to a study published on Thursday (Apr 6). The decade

The much-hyped president has made promising early moves but some have worried environmentalists

The much-hyped President Lula has made some promising environmental moves early on, but others have worried environmentalists