Amazon Basin
The Amazon basin, the region of South America drained by the Amazon River, represents the largest area of tropical rain forest in the world. Extending across nine different countries an...
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President Evo Morales on Wednesday officially declared months of deadly flooding a national disaster, committing some $50 million to the crisis that killed 35 people and affected some 72,000 famili...
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Belem, Brazil (dpa) - A state governor Monday declared the
protection of a huge Amazon preserve in northern Brazil despite a
legal injunction last week against the measure. ...
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Belem, Brazil (dpa) - A Brazilian state governor Monday declared
the protection of a group of new Amazon preserves in northern Brazil
larger in total area than England, desp...
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Twice a day, Elena Quispe draws water from a spigot on the dusty fringe of this city, fills three grimy plastic containers and pushes them in a rickety wheelbarrow to the adobe home she shares with...
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Washington/Brussels (dpa) - Much of the lower 1,100 kilometres of
the Amazon River's ecosystem face replacement by savanna by mid-
century at the current rate of global warm...
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OSLO, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Forests in the European Union are
expanding surprisingly fast and could be enlisted to help the EU
achieve goals for fighting climate change, researchers said on
Thursday....
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OSLO, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Forests in the European Union are
expanding surprisingly fast and could be enlisted to help the EU
achieve goals for fighting climate change, researchers said on
Thursday....
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The impact of climate change plus deforestation could wipe out or severely damage nearly 60 percent of the Amazon forest by 2030 — making it impossible to keep global temperatures from reachi...
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The impact of climate change plus deforestation could wipe out or severely damage nearly 60 percent of the Amazon forest by 2030 — making it impossible to keep global temperatures from reachi...
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JAKARTA, Dec 15 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon said on Saturday that visiting Antarctica and the Amazon
had brought home to him personally the critical need to tackle
climate chang...
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Amazon Basin
Bolivia declares El Nino flood disaster
