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Madagascar's eastern rainforests might disappear by 2070: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [USA], Jan 3 (ANI): The island country of Madagascar is a safe haven to thousands of endemic plant and animal species, but going by latest scientific predictions, all this could potentially change in the near future.
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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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G7 countries pledge $20m to tackle Amazon wildfires
Updated : 6 years, 6 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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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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Trump calls Brazil President, offers assistance in tackling Amazon rainfor
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 24 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump called Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday (local time) and offered assistance, if needed, to tackle the raging wildfires in the Amazon rainforest.
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