President Jair Bolsonaro

Fires spike in Brazil’s Amazon, scientists say

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — The number of forest fires in Brazil's Amazon increased sharply in September, figures released…

6 years ago

BRASILÍA, Brazil (AFP) — An unprecedented coalition of 230 environmental groups and Brazilian agrobusiness companies have sent an open letter…

6 years ago

RIO DE JANERIO, Brazil (AFP) — Last month was the second-worst August on record for deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon,…

6 years ago

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — The number of fires in the Brazilian Amazon last month was the second-highest in a…

6 years ago

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Rampant fires in the Amazon are "poisoning the air" of the world's biggest rainforest,…

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by Joshua Howat Berger Agence France-Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — The number of forest fires in the Brazilian…

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PIARACU, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's pledge to open up the Amazon to mining companies was tantamount to…

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