Deforestation
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Burger King animal feed sourced from deforested lands in Brazil and BoliviaCampaign group Mighty Earth says aerial drones, satellite imaging and field research show farmers carried out forest-burning for fast food giant’s soy suppliers
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Amazon rainforest's final frontier under threat from oil and soyaIn Brazil’s least developed state, Amapá, locals fear that government plans to increase soya and oil production will destroy the area – and their livelihoods
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Brazil's forgotten state: oil and agribusiness threaten Amapá forests – in picturesPristine Amazon rainforest and conservation areas are being rapidly opened up to dams, gold mining and soya plantations in Brazil’s least developed state
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Samba troupe's political plan for Rio carnival ignites firestorm with farm lobbyA samba school’s decision to focus on indigenous people and deforestation at this year’s carnival has caused anger among agribusinesses in Brazil
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Beauty and destruction: the Amazon rainforest – in picturesFor a decade local photographer Rodrigo Baleia has documented the beauty and destruction of the Amazon basin from above
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This Amazon tribe lived without the outside world. They may be the lastRicardo Stuckert’s astounding images reminded me of my experiences meeting isolated indigenous people. With living space diminishing, their future is in peril
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Why land rights for indigenous peoples could be the answer to climate changePreventing deforestation is central to curbing carbon emissions – and a case study on the Amazon shows the most cost-effective way of doing it
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Protected forests in Europe felled to meet EU renewable targets – reportEurope’s bioenergy plants are burning trees felled from protected conservation areas rather than using forest waste, new report shows
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Leaked map reveals chronic mercury epidemic in PeruDavid Hill: People living upriver from gold-mining in the Amazon are the most contaminated, according to US-based scientists
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'The Pantanal is national heritage': protecting the world's largest wetlandsSpanning Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia and home to 4,700 species, the Pantanal wetlands are under threat from deforestation and agriculture. But local people are taking on the challenge to protect this unique region
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World on track to lose two-thirds of wild animals by 2020, major report warnsLiving Planet Index shows vertebrate populations are set to decline by 67% on 1970 levels unless urgent action is taken to reduce humanity’s impact
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Africa the new palm frontier: can we avoid the mistakes of the past? – eventJoin us for a seminar on 23 November 2016, 6pm-8.30pm (GMT), to discuss the future of Africa’s palm oil industry
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Furniture that destroys forests: crackdown on 'rampant' trade in rosewoodCites summit moves to protect the world’s most trafficked wild product by placing all 300 species of the tree under trade restrictions
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Meet Didik: shot and orphaned baby orangutan highlights crisisAbandoned with a bullet wound in a local shop, an orphaned orangutan named Didik is just one of thousands of victims of the ecological destruction of Borneo
Business and the sustainable development goals Illegal logging in Malawi: can clean cooking stoves save its forests?