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Amazon Forest Has Lost Area The Size Of Germany, France To Deforestation
- Monday September 23, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The world's biggest rainforest, the Amazon, has lost an area about the size of Germany and France combined to deforestation in four decades, a study showed Monday.
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Brazil's Lula Calls Signs $58.7 Million Deal To Combat Amazon Deforestation
- Tuesday June 18, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called for flexibility and speed in combatting criminal organizations that are deforesting the Amazon, as he signed a measure Monday to expand security in the region.
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Deforestation In Amazon Rainforest Fell By Over 66% Last Month: Brazil
- Wednesday September 6, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 66 percent in August versus the same month last year, the government said Tuesday, while also announcing the demarcation of two new Indigenous reserves.
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NASA Offers Brazil Satellite Imaging To Help Stop Amazon Deforestation
- Wednesday July 26, 2023
- World News | Reuters
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visited Brazilian space research center INPE on Wednesday and proposed extending satellite partnerships with the United States to help monitor and prevent destruction of the Amazon rainforest.
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Tropical Forest Size Of Football Pitch, Lost Every 5 Second: Report
- Tuesday June 27, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Earth lost an area of carbon-absorbing rainforest larger than Switzerland or the Netherlands in 2022, most of it destroyed to make way for cattle and commodity crops, an analysis of satellite data released on Tuesday revealed.
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Brazil's Lula Government Launches 1st Anti-Deforestation Raids To Protect Amazon
- Saturday January 21, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Brazil this week began the first operations against Amazon deforestation since veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office, the Ibama environmental agency said Friday.
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Amazon Deforestation Hits New Record In 2022, Area 5 Times Size Of New York Destroyed
- Monday July 11, 2022
- World News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
In the last few decades, the existence of the rainforest has come under intense threat as the land is cleared and converted, largely for cattle ranching and farming.
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Brazil Amazon Rainforest Lost Land The Size Of 1,400 Football Fields In April
- Friday May 6, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon last month shattered the record for April, destroying more than 1,000 square kilometers of the world's biggest rainforest, nearly double the previous high, according to official figures published Friday.
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Brazil's Amazon Rainforest's Deforestation Worst In At Least 6 Years
- Saturday April 9, 2022
- World News | Reuters
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest fell 15% in March from a year earlier, preliminary government data showed on Friday, but even with that dip it was enough to drive the most destruction during the first quarter in at least six years.
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Amazon Rainforest Close To Tipping Point, Damage Could Trigger "Dieback": Study
- Tuesday March 8, 2022
- Environment | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
In recent years, widespread deforestation and burning of agriculture has taken its toll on the Amazon rainforest.
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Record Deforestation In World's Biggest Rainforest "Not A Good Sign"
- Thursday February 3, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon set a new record for January just three weeks into the year, according to data released Wednesday, a worrying sign of the surging destruction of the world's biggest rainforest.
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Brazil, Elon Musk Discuss Using SpaceX Satellites to Monitor Amazon Rainforest, Connectivity Projects
- Friday November 19, 2021
- Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk
Brazil has initiated discussions with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk to have SpaceX satellites monitor wildfires and deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.
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Elon Musk In Talks With Brazil For SpaceX Satellite Internet In Amazon Rainforest
- Wednesday November 17, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is in talks with Brazilian officials on a potential deal for the company to provide satellite internet in the Amazon rainforest and help detect illegal deforestation, Brazil said Wednesday.
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Amazon Deforestation Hits Monthly Record In Brazil
- Saturday November 13, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest hit a new record in October, a Brazilian government agency said Friday, just days after President Jair Bolsonaro announced ambitious environmental goals at the COP26 climate summit.
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Smartphones, Satellite Data Helped Indigenous Peruvians Save Amazon Rainforest: Study
- Tuesday July 13, 2021
- Agence France-Presse
Indigenous peoples patrolling the Peruvian Amazon equipped with smartphones and satellite data were able to drastically reduce illegal deforestation, according to the results of an experiment.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Amazon Forest Has Lost Area The Size Of Germany, France To Deforestation
- Monday September 23, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The world's biggest rainforest, the Amazon, has lost an area about the size of Germany and France combined to deforestation in four decades, a study showed Monday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Brazil's Lula Calls Signs $58.7 Million Deal To Combat Amazon Deforestation
- Tuesday June 18, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called for flexibility and speed in combatting criminal organizations that are deforesting the Amazon, as he signed a measure Monday to expand security in the region.
- www.ndtv.com
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Deforestation In Amazon Rainforest Fell By Over 66% Last Month: Brazil
- Wednesday September 6, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 66 percent in August versus the same month last year, the government said Tuesday, while also announcing the demarcation of two new Indigenous reserves.
- www.ndtv.com
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NASA Offers Brazil Satellite Imaging To Help Stop Amazon Deforestation
- Wednesday July 26, 2023
- World News | Reuters
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visited Brazilian space research center INPE on Wednesday and proposed extending satellite partnerships with the United States to help monitor and prevent destruction of the Amazon rainforest.
- www.ndtv.com
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Tropical Forest Size Of Football Pitch, Lost Every 5 Second: Report
- Tuesday June 27, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Earth lost an area of carbon-absorbing rainforest larger than Switzerland or the Netherlands in 2022, most of it destroyed to make way for cattle and commodity crops, an analysis of satellite data released on Tuesday revealed.
- www.ndtv.com
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Brazil's Lula Government Launches 1st Anti-Deforestation Raids To Protect Amazon
- Saturday January 21, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Brazil this week began the first operations against Amazon deforestation since veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office, the Ibama environmental agency said Friday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Amazon Deforestation Hits New Record In 2022, Area 5 Times Size Of New York Destroyed
- Monday July 11, 2022
- World News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
In the last few decades, the existence of the rainforest has come under intense threat as the land is cleared and converted, largely for cattle ranching and farming.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Brazil Amazon Rainforest Lost Land The Size Of 1,400 Football Fields In April
- Friday May 6, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon last month shattered the record for April, destroying more than 1,000 square kilometers of the world's biggest rainforest, nearly double the previous high, according to official figures published Friday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Brazil's Amazon Rainforest's Deforestation Worst In At Least 6 Years
- Saturday April 9, 2022
- World News | Reuters
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest fell 15% in March from a year earlier, preliminary government data showed on Friday, but even with that dip it was enough to drive the most destruction during the first quarter in at least six years.
- www.ndtv.com
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Amazon Rainforest Close To Tipping Point, Damage Could Trigger "Dieback": Study
- Tuesday March 8, 2022
- Environment | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
In recent years, widespread deforestation and burning of agriculture has taken its toll on the Amazon rainforest.
- www.ndtv.com
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Record Deforestation In World's Biggest Rainforest "Not A Good Sign"
- Thursday February 3, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon set a new record for January just three weeks into the year, according to data released Wednesday, a worrying sign of the surging destruction of the world's biggest rainforest.
- www.ndtv.com
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Brazil, Elon Musk Discuss Using SpaceX Satellites to Monitor Amazon Rainforest, Connectivity Projects
- Friday November 19, 2021
- Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk
Brazil has initiated discussions with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk to have SpaceX satellites monitor wildfires and deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Elon Musk In Talks With Brazil For SpaceX Satellite Internet In Amazon Rainforest
- Wednesday November 17, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is in talks with Brazilian officials on a potential deal for the company to provide satellite internet in the Amazon rainforest and help detect illegal deforestation, Brazil said Wednesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Amazon Deforestation Hits Monthly Record In Brazil
- Saturday November 13, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest hit a new record in October, a Brazilian government agency said Friday, just days after President Jair Bolsonaro announced ambitious environmental goals at the COP26 climate summit.
- www.ndtv.com
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Smartphones, Satellite Data Helped Indigenous Peruvians Save Amazon Rainforest: Study
- Tuesday July 13, 2021
- Agence France-Presse
Indigenous peoples patrolling the Peruvian Amazon equipped with smartphones and satellite data were able to drastically reduce illegal deforestation, according to the results of an experiment.
- www.gadgets360.com