Amazon rainforest

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Amazon rainforest could collapse in 50 years

Another major ecosystem, Caribbean coral reefs, could die off in only 15 years were it to pass its own point-of-no-return

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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon up 85 percent in 2019

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Amazon at a ‘tipping point’, scientists warn

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Preservation or development? Brazil's Amazon at a crossroads

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Deforestation or development? Brazil's Amazon at a crossroad

Brazil Amazon deforestation soars to 11-year high under Bolsonaro
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Brazil Amazon deforestation soars to 11-year high under Bolsonaro

File Photo: An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, September 17, 2019. Reuters/Bruno Kelly
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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest surges through September

Brazilian climate strikers take aim at Bolsonaro for Amazon fires
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Brazilian climate strikers take aim at Bolsonaro for Amazon fires

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales, Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra, Colombia’s President Ivan Duque, Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno and Suriname's Vice President Michael Ashwin Adhin sign a pact for the Amazon during the Presidential Summit for the Amazon, in Leticia, Colombia September 6, 2019/ Reuters
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Seven nations pledge to protect Amazon

A fire burns a tract of the Amazon jungle in Agua Boa, Mato Grosso state, Brazil September 4, 2019/ Reuters
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Brazil deforestation rises in August, adding to Amazon fire worries

Firefighters extinguish a fire in Amazon jungle in Porto Velho, Brazil August 25, 2019/ Reuters
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Brazil claims success in controlling Amazon fires

A fire burns a tract of Amazon jungle as it is cleared by loggers and farmers near Altamira, Brazil, August 27, 2019/ Reuters
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Brazil says open to aid for Amazon fires, but will decide how it's used

An aerial view of forest fire of the Amazon taken with a drone is seen from an Indigenous territory in the state of Mato Grosso, in Brazil, August 23, 2019, obtained by Reuters on August 25, 2019/ Reuters
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Warplanes dump water on Amazon as Brazil military begins fighting fires