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The "Yes" vote to cease exploitation of an oil block in Yasuni National Park, a highly diverse biosphere, garnered 59 percent approval, with 98 percent counted - Click the link for more details.

‘I want to be like Marta’: How Brazil’s all-time record goalscorer became the greatest of all time and an ‘icon’ in her country

By Raphael Alves and Carlos Meneses Manaus, Brazil, Aug 1 (EFE).- The critically endangered pied tamarin is coming under increasing pressure as the expansion of Manaus, the largest city in Amazonia, encroaches on the habitat of this primate known in Portuguese as sauim-de-coleira. The vast South American nation is home to the world’s largest diversity …

Indigenous territories with secure land rights not only reduce deforestation inside their lands in the Brazilian Amazon, but also lead to higher secondary forest growth on previously deforested areas, says a new study. This new report, published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is off the back of multiple studies in recent years […]

“[…] It gets baking hot in Qatar, folks. Deal with it. The next tournament will be jointly hosted by the US, Mexico and Canada. Have you ever been to New York in July?“We have to put the ‘

“[…] It gets baking hot in Qatar, folks. Deal with it. The next tournament will be jointly hosted by the US, Mexico and Canada. Have you ever been to New York in July?“We have to put the ‘

Photographer Raphael Alves documented how socioeconomic issues worsen the COVID-19 pandemic in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

Photographer Raphael Alves documented how socioeconomic issues worsen the COVID-19 pandemic in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

Brazilian photographer Raphael Alves has been covering the COVID-19 pandemic in his home state of Amazonas since their first lockdown in March 2020.

Photographer Raphael Alves documented how socioeconomic issues worsen the COVID-19 pandemic in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.