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Big Win For Amazon Tribes Over Carbon Credits In Colombia

July 11, 2024 admin

Carbon credits are bought by corporations to offset their greenhouse gas emissions. (File) Bogota: Colombia’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday annulled a controversial carbon credit deal in the Amazon rainforest, which six local tribes said had been signed without their consent. Indigenous communities living in the remote area of Pira Parana had accused US-based Ruby Canyon…

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Along the world’s most voluminous river people queuing for water

October 26, 2023 admin

The Negro river, a tributary of the Amazon river, is facing the worst dry season in decades in the Amazon rainforest. | Photo Credit: AFP As the Amazon drought rages on, public authorities in Brazil are scrambling to deliver food and water to thousands of isolated communities throughout a vast and roadless territory, where boats…

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In Brazil’s Amazon, rivers fall to record low levels during drought

October 17, 2023 admin

A little boy walks across a dry, cracked area of the Negro River near his houseboat during a drought in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, on October 16, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP The Negro River, the Amazon’s second largest tributary, on Monday reached its lowest level since official measurements began near Manaus 121 years ago….

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Deforestation In Amazon Rainforest Fell By Over 66% Last Month: Brazil

September 6, 2023 admin

Amazon’s carbon-absorbing trees are a vital buffer against global warming. Brasilia, Brazil: Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 66 percent in August versus the same month last year, the government said Tuesday, while also announcing the demarcation of two new Indigenous reserves. “In August, we had a reduction of 66.11 percent in deforestation” in…

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