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Eight countries that have Amazonian territory on their borders met in Brazil to discuss environmental protection policies.

Experts and researchers have mixed reviews. On a rating scale from 1 to 5, the reviews lean positive but with room for improvement.

The ancient Greek myth of Cadmus battling a snake could be an allegory for the discovery of the Amazon River, said Dr. Enrico Mattievich, a retired professor of physics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in Brazil. Mattievich wrote a book titled “Journey to the Mythological Inferno” in 2011, exploring connections between Greek myths and South American geographical and historical sites.

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Environmental organizations lament the lack of consensus over zero-deforestation targets among the nations and criticize the failure to mention fossil fuel exploration in the declaration.

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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday unveiled a plan to spend 1 trillion reais (nearly $200 billion) on infrastructure, energy and transportation over the next four years, part of a larger effort to boost economic growth and employment in Latin America’s largest nation. The Growth Acceleration Program, known under its Portuguese acronym PAC, has been met with skepticism from analysts and investors, who say previous, similarly ambitious programs have included proje...

Belem, Brazil, Aug 9 (EFE).- The countries that make up the Amazon River basin called here Wednesday on developed nations to provide the funding needed to keep the rainforest intact while promoting sustainable development. That message was expressed at the close of the fourth meeting of heads of state and government of member countries of …

Leaders and ministers from eight Amazon nations signed a declaration Tuesday that laid out plans to drive economic development in their countries while preventing the Amazon’s ongoing demise ‘from reaching a point of no return’

Deforestation has dropped, but researchers who spoke to Nature say that he needs to take a stronger stance on fossil fuels. Deforestation has dropped, but researchers who spoke to Nature say that he needs to take a stronger stance on fossil fuels.