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New initiative is paying farmers to combat Amazon deforestation
January 15, 2021January 22, 2021

New initiative is paying farmers to combat Amazon deforestation

Landowners in the program receive between $37-$74 per year for each hectare of native vegetation that they preserve.

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Amazon tribes to use drones to detect illegal deforestation in Brazilian rainforest
October 23, 2020November 17, 2020

Amazon tribes to use drones to detect illegal deforestation in Brazilian rainforest

Indigenous rights’ groups and WWF International are beginning to train Andean tribes people deep within the Amazon rainforest in the use of drones so that they, as forest-dwelling specialists, can help protect wildlife, and identify, compile evidence for, and report on, illegal logging activities.

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Valentina Sampaio becomes first openly trans model in Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
July 14, 2020November 17, 2020

Valentina Sampaio becomes first openly trans model in Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue

The model Valentina Sampaio has made history by becoming the first openly transgender model to be featured in Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue. The 23-year-old Brazilian has been selected as a model for the issue that will be released on 21 July.

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Brazil deploys thousands of troops to protect Amazon’s trees
May 14, 2020November 17, 2020

Brazil deploys thousands of troops to protect Amazon’s trees

Brazil has deployed thousands of soldiers to protect the Amazon as the government mounts an early response to surging deforestation in the run-up to the high season for forest fires.

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Indigenous group in Brazil wins decades-long battle over illegal logging
April 29, 2020November 17, 2020

Indigenous group in Brazil wins decades-long battle over illegal logging

The Ashaninka indigenous community will receive $3 million in compensation and an official apology from companies. Experts said the case could serve as a legal precedent in other indigenous and environmental lawsuits in Brazil.

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A wild tapir gave birth in Brazil for the first time in more than a century
March 20, 2020November 17, 2020

A wild tapir gave birth in Brazil for the first time in more than a century

Scientists said video clips of the baby tapir proved the initial success of a re-introduction strategy for the threatened mammal, which is often described as “a forest gardener” because it plays a vital role in the dispersal of seeds.

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Humpback whales in the South Atlantic have recovered from near-extinction
November 21, 2019November 17, 2020

Humpback whales in the South Atlantic have recovered from near-extinction

A new count shows the population off Brazil went from about 450 in the 1950s to 25,000 now

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Brazil’s top court votes to make homophobia and transphobia crimes
May 28, 2019November 17, 2020

Brazil’s top court votes to make homophobia and transphobia crimes

Six out of 11 judges voted to consider discrimination against gays and transgender people equivalent to racism.

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Brazilian couple plant 4 million trees in 20 years to restore a destroyed forest
April 25, 2019November 17, 2020

Brazilian couple plant 4 million trees in 20 years to restore a destroyed forest

Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado and his wife Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado founded Instituto Terra, a small organization that has since planted 4 million saplings and has brought the forest back from the dead.

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Investor coalition joins manifesto to halt deforestation in the Cerrado region of Brazil
September 24, 2018November 17, 2020

Investor coalition joins manifesto to halt deforestation in the Cerrado region of Brazil

A coalition of investors managing over US$5.6 trillion in assets joined a coalition of more than 70 large food companies in calling for zero deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado region.

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