Brazil’s Lula recognises six new indigenous reserves
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has decreed six new indigenous reserves, banning mining and restricting commercial farming there.…
Family of British journalist missing in Amazon urges action
By Alys Davies and Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News The family of veteran British journalist Dom Phillips is urging more action…
Facebook to act on illegal sale of Amazon rainforest
By Joao Fellet and Charlotte Pamment BBC Brasil Climate change Facebook says it will begin clamping down on the…
Record number of environmental activists murdered
By Claire Marshall BBC Environment & Rural Affairs Correspondent Amazon fires A record number of activists working to protect the…