Brazil Rainforest
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Brazil to redeploy military to Amazon in effort to curb increased deforestationThis will mark the third time that President Jair Bolsonaro has dispatched troops to the Amazon, following two "Operation Green Brazil" deployments that ended in April.EnvironmentJun 29, 2021
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Mapping environmental crime in the Amazon rainforest key preserving it, study suggestsTo track the regional and national networks that drive environmental crime across the Amazon, researchers have teamed up with Interpol, InSight Crime and several other partners,Aug 30, 2020
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Brazil deploys military to protect Amazon rainforestThe armed forces, alongside environmental officials, police and other government agencies, began with an operation in a national forest in Rondonia state, near the Bolivian border.WorldMay 11, 2020
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Brazil bans legal land-clearing fires in Amazon rainforest for 60 daysThe period of the new ban coincides with the dry season, when most fires are usually set.WorldAug 29, 2019
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The deforestation of Brazil’s Amazon jumped by 88% last month: research agencyBrazil President Jair Bolsonaro has called for development of the Amazon rainforest region.EnvironmentJul 4, 2019
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Brazil’s new president makes it harder to define indigenous landsBrazil's new president, Jair Bolsonaro, has given his agriculture ministry power to decide on lands claimed by indigenous peoples.WorldJan 2, 2019
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