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New clearing of forest in protected area in Brazil linked to mining

New clearing of forest in protected area in Brazil linked to mining
by Liz Kimbrough on 27 May 2021
An expansive clearing of primary forest has been detected in Tapajós Environmental Protection Area in the Brazilian Amazon, possibly driven by illegal mining activities.
Satellite imagery from Planet confirms that the deforestation, which covers around 1,250 hectares (3,090 acres), or an area the size of a large international airport, occurred between January and February of this year.
Mining activity is the suspected driver of this forest loss, as the cleared area surrounds a long-standing feature resembling an airstrip and partially overlaps a proposed gold mining concession. ....

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One-of-a-kind dinosaur removed from Brazil sparks backlash, investigation

One-of-a-kind dinosaur removed from Brazil sparks backlash, investigation
Michael Greshko
The dinosaur
Ubirajara jubatus is the first known non-avian dinosaur with unusually prominent shoulder feathers. The fossil also has sparked controversy amid concern that the fossil s 1995 export from Brazil may have been illegal.
In 1995, a museum in southwestern Germany acquired an unusual fossil from the cream-colored limestone of northeastern Brazil: a 120-million-year-old dinosaur covered in an odd material that one scientist thought might be algae.
Now, 25 years later, scientists have confirmed the predator is one of a kind, the first feathered, non-avian dinosaur found in the Southern Hemisphere and Brazilian scientists are calling for the fossil to be returned from Germany. Since the dinosaur, named ....

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