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Amazon fires: Indigenous tribes fear hard year ahead
TENHARIM TERRITORY: The vice-chief of the village of Pakyri knows that next year his people will face hard times, as the fires raging in the Amazon forest burn their food, medicine and livelihoods. Deusdimar Tenharim estimates that about 60,000 hectares
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Amazon fires: Indigenous tribes pray for divine help
FEIJO: As thousands of fires ravage the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest, some indigenous tribes are turning to prayer in a bid to halt the destruction and protect their environment for future generations. In the village of Feijo, in the
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Amazon fires: Bolsonaro wary of foreign aid due to military
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s furious reaction to foreign criticism of his handling of Amazon fires reflects the sacred place the vast region occupies in the minds of Brazil’s military, for whom the rainforest is almost a raison
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Bolsonaro weakens environment agency as Amazon burns
BRASILIA: As the world recoils at the sight of fires ravaging Brazil’s Amazon jungle, the nation’s far-right government is undermining the agency charged with protecting the rainforest, Reuters has learned from interviews with ten current and former employees, public records
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Bolsonaro lashes out at French president while Amazon burns
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said yesterday he wants French President Emmanuel Macron to withdraw the “insults” made against him before he considers accepting a US$20 million offer from the G7 nations to help fight forest fires in the Amazon. The
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Brazil tells ambassadors no time off due to Amazon fires
BRASILI: Brazil’s Foreign Ministry yesterday ordered its ambassadors in Europe and other G7 countries not to take vacation for the next two weeks in order to coordinate a diplomatic response to global concerns over the fires raging in the Amazon
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Amazon fire: Warplanes dump water on the forest fire
BRASILIA/PORTO VELHO: Brazilian warplanes are dumping water on the burning forest in the Amazon state of Rondonia, responding to a global outcry over the destruction of the world’s largest tropical rain forest. Yesterday, President Jair Bolsonaro had authorised military operations
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Brazil to send troops to fight Amazon fires after EU’s intervention
European leaders yesterday threatened to tear up a trade deal with South America, reflecting growing international anger at Brazil as a record number of fires in the Amazon rainforest intensified an unfolding environmental crisis. Amid a global chorus of concern
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Amazon on fire: Bolsonaro tells the world to quit being nosy
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO: Amid growing international criticism over the wildfires raging through the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro yesterday admitted farmers could be illegally setting the rainforest ablaze but told foreign powers not to interfere. French President Emmanuel Macron and United
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