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Brazil’s Lula takes heat on oil plans at UN climate talks, a turnaround after hero status last year
1 year ago

Brazil’s Lula takes heat on oil plans at UN climate talks, a turnaround after hero status last year

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Fresh off election victory, a year ago Brazilian President-elect Inacio Lula da Silva was the star of the annual U.N. climate talks. Natalie Unterstell, president of Talanoa, a Brazilian think tank focused on climate, said Lula’s approach to the environment was focused on curbing deforestation, Brazil’s largest source of carbon emissions, which his administration has …

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The secret to Colombia’s drop in deforestation? Armed groups
1 year, 4 months ago

The secret to Colombia’s drop in deforestation? Armed groups

Al Jazeera  

The Estado Mayor Central, a group of FARC dissidents, has announced sanctions for deforestation in its territory. Bram Ebus, an environmental crime researcher at the nonprofit International Crisis Group, said the efforts are aimed in part at facilitating talks with Petro’s government, which hopes to achieve “paz total” or “total peace” in Colombia. “We saw that they started using deforestation …

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Leaders from South American Nations Challenge Developed Countries to Stop Amazon Destruction at Belem Summit
1 year, 4 months ago

Leaders from South American Nations Challenge Developed Countries to Stop Amazon Destruction at Belem Summit

The Hindu  

Leaders from South American nations that are home to the Amazon challenged developed countries on August 8 to do more to stop the massive destruction of the world’s largest rainforest, a task they said can’t fall to just a few when the crisis has been caused by so many. The calls from the Presidents of nations including Brazil, Colombia and …

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Four indigenous siblings found alive after surviving Amazon plane crash and 40 days alone in jungle
1 year, 6 months ago

Four indigenous siblings found alive after surviving Amazon plane crash and 40 days alone in jungle

The Hindu  

Four Indigenous children survived an Amazon plane crash that killed three adults and then wandered on their own in the jungle for 40 days before being found alive by Colombian soldiers. During the search, in an area where visibility is greatly limited by mist and thick folliage, soldiers on helicopters dropped boxes of food into the jungle, hoping that it …

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4 children, including a baby, survived a plane crash and 40 days alone in the Amazon jungle
1 year, 6 months ago

4 children, including a baby, survived a plane crash and 40 days alone in the Amazon jungle

LA Times  

Soldiers and Indigenous men on Friday tend to the four children who were rescued in the Colombian jungle 40 days after a plane they were on crashed. Four Indigenous children survived an Amazon plane crash that killed three adults and then braved the jungle for 40 days before being found alive by Colombian soldiers, bringing a happy ending to a …

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Colombia says four kids found alive in Amazon after plane crash
1 year, 7 months ago

Colombia says four kids found alive in Amazon after plane crash

The Hindu  

Four Indigenous children, including an 11-month-old baby, have been found alive in the dense Colombian Amazon after a plane crash more than two weeks ago, President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday, declaring "joy for the country." Mr. Petro said on Twitter the children were found after "arduous search efforts" by the military, which has yet to confirm the rescue. However, the …

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Four kids, including baby, found alive in Amazon Forest 17 days after plane crash
1 year, 7 months ago

Four kids, including baby, found alive in Amazon Forest 17 days after plane crash

Firstpost  

Four children have miraculously been found alive in the dense Colombian Amazon after 17 days after a plane crash, President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday. The siblings, boys aged eleven months, four and nine and their 13-year-old sister, were left at the mercy of wild animals and survived by eating jungle fruits before their rescue yesterday, daily mail reported. Earlier Wednesday, …

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New Colombian president pledges to protect rainforest
2 years, 5 months ago

New Colombian president pledges to protect rainforest

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first elected leftist president, will take office in August with ambitious proposals to halt the record-high rates of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. As the returning population increasingly used the natural resources, it contributed to deforestation and increases in forest fires, especially in the Amazon and the Andes-Amazon transition regions,” according to a …

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