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The latest calamity is another addition to the long list of causes that are accelerating the destruction of the Amazon.

A wave of new interest in the artist of Indigenous descent known as Chico shines a light on his dreamlike paintings of animals and the issues of authorship and autonomy that affected his life.

Manaus, Brazil's largest city, has been blanketed in a hazardous cloud of smoke from forest fires, leaving it with poor air quality. Read more here.

A professor at the University of Florida, Michael Heckenberger has been visiting and studying Indigenous peoples at the Upper Xingu River for decades and says the Amazon is already facing its tipping point: “It’s a tipping event.”

Likely made worse by global warming and deforestation, the drought has fuelled large wildfires that have made the air hazardous for millions of people, including Indigenous communities, while also drying out major rivers at a record pace.

A Somerset photographer has been shortlisted for an award.

NOVA XAVANTINA, Brazil — This past July, 15 Indigenous women made the thousand-mile journey from their home of Rolim de Moura, in the Brazilian Amazonian state of Rondônia, east to Nova Xavantina, in the state of Mato Grosso. They went as representatives of the 146 seed collectors from Reseba, the Amazonian Bioeconomic Seed Network, an […]

The latest calamity is another addition to the long list of causes that are accelerating the destruction of the Amazon.

The Amazon River has reached its lowest level in over a century, as a record drought has affected the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and destroyed the jungle environment. Read more here.

Cargo ships are unable to pass at a major river port in Brazil's Amazon rainforest as drought has dropped water levels to a 121-year low, stranding ships and cutting off supplies to remote villages in the state of Amazonas.