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Leonardo DiCaprio refutes Brazilian president's claim that he funded Amazo
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 1 (ANI): Leonard DiCaprio has refuted the accusations made by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that the Hollywood actor funded nonprofit organisations who are behind the Amazon forest fires.
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Amazon fires: Macron has to withdraw insults for Brazil to accept anything
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Aug 28 (ANI): Brazil may reject the USD 20 million offer from G7 nations to combat the Amazon fires if French President Emmanuel Macron fails to withdraw his "insults", the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday.
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Brazil rejects G7 aid to tackle Amazon wildfires
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Aug 27 (ANI): Brazil government on Monday rejected the aid by G7 members to fight wildfires in the Amazon and asked French President Emmanuel Macron to focus on "France and its colonies".
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G7 countries pledge $20m to tackle Amazon wildfires
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Biarritz [France], Aug 27 (ANI): World leaders at the G7 summit in France on Monday pledged to spend a total amount of USD 22 million to fight the raging wildfires in the Amazon in South America that are threatening the world's biggest rainforest.
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Leonardo DiCaprio's environmental fund pledges $5 million towards Amazon p
Updated : 6 years, 11 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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Carbon emission from Amazon wildfires 4 times worse than thought
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 8 (ANI): According to a recent research, carbon emissions from Amazonian forest fires could be up to four times worse than feared.
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