Amazon rainforest News
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For many of us the Amazon basin is a long way off and even once you get there on an expensive flight you will have to contend with stifling humidity and several insects.
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An odd alliance of governments, film stars, Japanese businesses, Russian institutions, and soft drink companies have come forward to help protect the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador from exploitation by oil companies.
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A chemical weapon from the Vietnam War-era that has been linked to deaths, injuries, and birth defects is now being used by Brazilian ranchers to clear the Amazonian rain forest to make way for farm land.
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The Brazilian rainforest has ceded one of its secrets to the modern world; a new sub-species of monkey heretofore never seen. The monkey boasts a super long tail and it weighs barely a pound.
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Amazon rainforest Headlines
How the war against deforestation is being won
Tropical forests in Africa may be more resilient to future climate change than the Amazon and other regions, say scientists.
Hundreds of indigenous Bolivians are on a second long march in protest at government plans to build a road through the Amazon rainforest.
Hundreds of Bolivian protesters arrive in La Paz to demand the government resume work on a controversial road through Amazon rainforest.
Booming Brazilian city spreads into Amazon habitats
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Map courtesy USDA/FAS
Brazil's Amazon region.
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