Three sisters in the dense Amazon forest in Brazil saved an entire indigenous tribe from extinction. Despite a traditio, these women have been leading a tribe in that area for more than a decade.

Indigenous women bring tribe back from brink of extinction

Deforestation of Brazil's Amazon rainforest was worse than previously reported in 2019, revised government data showed on Tuesday, during the first year of President Jair Bolsonaro, who is keen to develop the forest crucial to curbing global warming.

Brazil deforested 10,000 square km of Amazon rainforest in 2019, up 34% on year

Brazil doesn't have the funding to hire more permanent environmental enforcement agents in the wake of surging Amazon fires but will contract local environmental police on a short-term basis, Environment Minister Ricardo Salles told Reuters on Friday.

Brazil to hire short-term environmental enforcers following Amazon fires

Deforestation in Brazil's portion of the Amazon rainforest soared more than 88% in June compared with the same month a year ago, the second consecutive month of rising forest destruction under new right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro.

Tropical rainforest destruction accelerating under Brazilian government

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Indigenous women bring tribe back from brink of extinction

Brazil deforested 10,000 square km of Amazon rainforest in 2019, up 34% on year

Brazil to hire short-term environmental enforcers following Amazon fires

Tropical rainforest destruction accelerating under Brazilian government