Environment
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Ecuadorian tribe wins legal battle over the Province of the Amazon
The decision ends the years-long legal battle over the land
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Making waves: Female round-the-world crew to fight ocean plastic
The two-year all-female voyage will collect samples from some of the planet's most important and diverse marine environments to build…
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Drip irrigation, sun and solar do ‘God’s work’ and a Colombian desert blooms
The project is part of U.N. efforts to support communities in Colombia which, beyond the entrenched poverty, are hosting and…
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Brazil court convicts miner Vale for damages caused by deadly dam rupture
The 11 billion reais ($2.89 billion dollars) in Vale assets already frozen by courts will remain blocked
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Civil disobedience rings climate-change alarm bell ‘a little louder’
Lawyer Farhana Yamin glued herself to the door of oil company Shell's headquarters in London as a protest
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Pope says Amazon suffers with blind and destructive mentality
According to the pontiff, "man cannot remain an indifferent spectator in the face of this destruction, nor should the Church…
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Stop soil erosion now or face starvation soon, scientists warn
The world's food production is in jeopardy because the fertile layer of soil that people depend on to plant crops…
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Major donor Norway frets over Brazil deforestation
The Nordic country has made the lion's share of contributions to Brazil's Amazon Fund
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Scientists urge climate protesters to save planet by planting trees
Environmentalists say looking after existing forests and restoring damaged ones prevents flooding, stores carbon, limits climate change and protects biodiversity
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Brazil deforestation exceeds 88% in the last year
Brazil is home to 60% of the Amazon, which is the world's largest tropical rainforest and is seen as vital…
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