Brazil's president Bolsonaro plans to open the rainforest to roads, ranching, farming and mining. This threatens indigenous populations and impacts climate change. We talked with […]
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Communities struggle to battle Amazon rainforest fires
Indigenous communities that call Brazil's Amazon rainforests home are struggling to battle the fires that have been raging through the area. CNN's Nic Paton Walsh […]
Continue readingTheir way of life in the Amazon rainforest may become extinct
The Waiapi tribe's way of life is under threat as the Amazon Rainforest burns and the government attempts to take over indigenous lands. CNN's Isa […]
Continue readingFlying above the Amazon fires: ‘All you can see is death’
France and the UK have pledged emergency funds to help countries affected by the fires in the Amazon rainforest. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh flew over […]
Continue readingFrench President Emmanuel Macron slams Brazil’s president over Amazon fires
Ahead of the G7 summit in France, world leaders are sounding off on the fires raging through the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. A spokesperson for […]
Continue readingAmazon tribe fights to protect rainforests
The Waorani tribe in Ecuador is fighting to protect the Amazon rainforest, one on the most biological diverse places on the planet that is a […]
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