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Colombian defence minister blames former FARC members for Amazon forest fi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], February 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Colombian Defense Minister Diego Molano claimed that former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) set fire to the country's Amazon rainforests to clear areas for extensive stockbreeding and coca production.
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UK to call for end to global deforestation at COP 26: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK will urge world leaders at the upcoming 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) to pledge their commitment to stopping and reversing deforestation, a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, sources told the Guardian newspaper.
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Brazil's environment minister steps down amid probe into illegal logging i
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], June 24 (ANI): Brazilian Environment Minister Ricardo Salles resigned Wednesday, weeks after he was targeted by federal police as part of an investigation into alleged illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest.
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Amazon forest regrowth much slower than previously thought: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 22 (ANI): According to a recent study, the regrowth of Amazonian forests following deforestation can happen much slower than previously thought.
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Brazil President accuses Leonardo DiCaprio for setting Amazon on fire
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Dec 01 (ANI): Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has accused actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio of funding the Amazon fire.
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Climate change is real; nine climate tipping points now 'active'
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 29 (ANI): While there has been a lot of hue and cry over climate crisis, there still are people who don't believe that the change is real. But science believes so with not just one but nine evident proofs!
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Brazil: Rate of deforestation in Amazon rainforest at highest level in 11
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Nov 20 (ANI): According to the Brazilian government data released on Monday, the rate of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest has risen to the highest level in 11 years.
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Music transfers enthnobiological knowledge, finds study
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 27 (ANI): The soothing and calming effect of music is known to many but less is known about how it has the power to bolster communication with non-human life forms.
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H&M stops import of Brazilian leather following Amazon fires
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 6 (ANI): Following the devastating fires in the Amazon rainforest, H&M, the second-biggest fashion retailer has stopped importing leather from the South American country, Brazil.
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Siliguri raises voice for Amazon fires
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Sep 4 ANI: Organisations dealing with issues related to science, nature, environment conservation hit the Siliguri streets on Tuesday evening to express deep concern over the fires engulfing the world's largest rainforest, Amazon.
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Major industrialised nations close to agreement on tackling Amazon forest
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Biarritz [France], Aug 26 (ANI): World leaders gathered at the G7 summit are nearing an agreement on how to help fight fires in the Amazon rainforest and try to repair the devastation, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday.
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Leonardo DiCaprio's environmental fund pledges $5 million towards Amazon p
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
California [USA], Aug 26 (ANI): Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio's new environmental fund with Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth has pledged USD 5 million towards the preservation of the Amazon rainforest as wildfires continue to ravage "the planet's lungs".
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