amazon rainforest
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Amazon Can’t Just Change Its Rules to Squash Activism, NLRB Finding Suggests
The laundry list of fired organisers at Amazon has grown suspiciously lengthy, and the U.S. National Labour Relations Board has noticed.
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Some Tropical Forests in Brazil Are Already Releasing More Carbon Than They Absorb
For years, climate scientists have been sounding the alarm about the increasing likelihood that the Amazon rainforest, now one of the biggest absorbers of carbon in the world, could actually become a source of carbon within just 15 years. New research shows that for some other kinds of tropical forests nearby, that’s already happening.
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Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is Soaring
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is up. Way up.
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‘A New Pandemic’: Coronavirus Threatens Indigenous People In The Amazon As Fire Season Nears
When the Amazon Rainforest burns, illegal loggers and miners are typically to blame. In the past, indigenous communities would patrol their lands every week or fortnight to find criminals looking to loot the forest. These patrols”usually made up of two to six men”deterred illegal land-grabbers from deforesting indigenous territories, which may cover as much as…