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The people of Ecuador are heading to the polls – but they’re voting for more than just a new president. For the first time in history, the people will decide the fate of oil extraction in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

The footage from a camera trap in Yasuní Biosphere Reserve in eastern Ecuador appears to be the first time a fight between a sloth and an ocelot has been caught on film.

Pakyi and Tamandua are the final known isolated members of the Piripkura people. They are posing a tricky challenge for Brazil.

Bear Grylls needs little introduction. For many, he is synonymous with survival. With Man vs. Wild. With a daring confrontation of the elements, a frail(ish) human body pitted against the might of Mother Nature.

In a significant stride towards combating climate change, Brazil has unveiled a groundbreaking plan to implement a cap on carbon dioxide emissions.

Brazil will create a cap on carbon dioxide emissions for large polluting companies as part of a broader green transition initiative meant to help the country reach CO2 neutrality by 2050, according to one of the plan’s architects.

Reviewers were skeptical of the book, titled Fire and Fury, which was published just two days after the fires began to spread.

Voters decide on Sunday whether the country will ban oil operations in a section of the Amazon that’s one of the most biodiverse places on Earth.

The regulated carbon market will affect around 5,000 companies that annually emit more than 25,000 tons of CO2 equivalent into the atmosphere.

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