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An aerial view shows logs that were illegally cut from the Amazon rainforest in Anapu, Para state, Brazil, September 2, 2019. Picture taken with a drone September 2, 2019. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
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Brazil's Amazon deforestation hits April record, nearly double previous peak

The Amazon rainforest is home to one in 10 known species on Earth. Photo: Getty Images via BBC
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Facebook to clamp down illegal sale of Amazon rainforest

A cow is seen in a deforested pasture in Brazil's Amazon rainforest near the Transamazonica national highway in Humaita, Amazonas state, Brazil, September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly
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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls for second month, remains high

Smoke billows from a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, September 10, 2019. Photo: REUTERS
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Brazil’s military fails in key mission: defending the Amazon

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows the Amazon rainforest near the city of Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil, September 24, 2013. Picture taken September 24, 2013. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo
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France's BNP to stop financing firms farming deforested land in the Amazon

Veterinarian Carine Hanna takes care of Xita, a Rondon's marmoset, who was rescued by the state environmental police after giving birth, at the Clinidog veterinary clinic, in Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, August 24, 2020. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
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Amazon animal rescue brings hope from blazes great and small

A tract of the Amazon jungle is seen burning as it is cleared by loggers and farmers near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil August 26, 2020/ Reuters
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Exclusive: Brazil Amazon fires likely worst in 10 years, August data incomplete, government researcher says

Brazil vice president invites DiCaprio to see reality of Amazon rainforest
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Brazil vice president invites DiCaprio to see reality of Amazon rainforest

Miraceli de Oliveira reacts as the fire approaches their house in an area of the Amazon rainforest, near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil August 16, 2020/ Reuters
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Amazon blazes burn forest, farmland and threaten homes

A Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) fire brigade member holds a dead anteater while attempting to control hot points in a tract of the Amazon jungle near Apui, Amazonas State, Brazil, August 11, 2020/ Reuters
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Brazil's Bolsonaro calls surging Amazon fires a 'lie'

A fire burns a tract of the Amazon jungle in Agua Boa, Mato Grosso state, Brazil September 4, 2019/ Reuters
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Brazilian Amazon fires surge in July

Brazil's indigenous chief Raoni Metuktire speaks with journalists after meeting with the parliamentary front in defense of the rights of indigenous peoples at the chamber of deputies in Brasilia, Brazil February 18, 2020/ Reuters
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Brazil's Amazon chief Raoni is hospitalised