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The rainforest is referred to as the "lungs of the earth".

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Raffaello Nava, a student activist, fled his home during COVID19 after receiving threats from companies that invaded his ancestral lands in the Amazon.

“My son was covered in burns, poor boy – he just died,” says María Grefa, a Kichwa from Sinchiurco, a community in the northern Ecuadorian Amazon. The tragedy took place in the 1990s, when the eight-year-old was playing with other children. They decided to climb the Guanta 1 oil platform transformer while his parents were […]

Lima, Dec 2 (EFE).- The Amazon rainforest lost 9.7 percent of its native vegetation between 1985 and 2021, a period in which tropical glaciers retreated by 46 percent and mining activity increased by more than 1,100 percent in the planet’s green lung, according to figures from the MapBiomas Amazonia initiative. Around 50 million hectares (193,000 …

A major study by scientists and Indigenous organisations has claimed that parts of Amazon forests may not be able to recover ever again.

A new study from scientists and Indigenous organizations finds that many parts of the Amazon Rainforest are already at their tipping point.

Swathes of rainforest have reached tipping point, research by scientists and Indigenous organisations concludes

When feeling threatened, the Indigenous Achuar people of Peru perform a ritual war dance. Back in February, this dance came to light. Men and women gathered in the community of Yankuntich, located in the northern Loreto region,to march and hold hands while women sang about the strength of their ancestors. The dance was meant to […]