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Brazil's soy farmers raze Amazon despite deforestation pact with global traders
SANTAREM, Brazil (Reuters) -Brazilian soy farmers are pushing further into the Amazon rainforest to plant more of their crops ...
California to examine its Amazon oil ties following pleas from Indigenous leaders from Ecuador
The California Senate has introduced a landmark resolution to have the state examine its crude imports from the Amazon, ...
Soy farmers raze Amazon despite deforestation pact with global traders
SANTAREM, Brazil (Reuters) -Brazilian soy farmers are pushing further into the Amazon rainforest to plant more of their crops ...
Mercury poisoning in Peru's Amazon found in nearly 80 per cent of villagers in recent study
Indigenous and riverine communities in the Loreto region of the Peruvian Amazon have "chronic exposure" to mercury, according ...
A corporate deal that protected the Amazon from soy farming starts to show cracks
Brazilian soy farmers are pushing further into the Amazon rainforest to plant more of their crops, putting pressure on a ...
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US steps out, Brazil steps in
Given recent developments on the international stage, Brazil is emerging as a potential leader on environmental issues, says the UN ...