ISouth of the Amazon, just at the crossroads of two dirt roads, is a small bar a little set back from the highway. There’s no name above the door because it’s part of a house, really, but everyone calls it Guiga’s bar, after its owner. Like many bars dotted around the area, Guiga’s is run …
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According to an environmentalist, outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro hands over to his successor, Lula da Silva, “an Amazon in flames”. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has declined in the 12 months to July, according to new government data, as new President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva seeks to restore protection for the vital rainforest. National …
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According to an environmentalist, outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro hands over to his successor, Lula da Silva, “an Amazon in flames”. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has declined in the 12 months to July, according to new government data, as new President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva seeks to restore protection for the vital rainforest. National …
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon slowed slightly last year, a year after a 15-year high, according to closely watched figures released Wednesday. The data was released by the National Institute for Space Research. The agency’s Prodes monitoring system shows the rainforest lost an area roughly the size of Qatar, some …
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Amazon Web Services Inc. said today it is doubling down on genetics research with the launch of a new purpose-built service called Amazon Omics. Announced at AWS re:Invent, Amazon Omics is designed to help healthcare providers and life science organizations store, query, and analyze genomics, transcriptomics, and other types of “omics” data, and then generate …
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At noon, on the road to Grünland, a Mennonite colony in the Bolivian department of Beni, the only noise is that of a distant chainsaw. On either side, strips of deforested land stretch out into the distance. Underfoot, the ground is strewn with shards of ceramics and bone: remnants of the pre-Columbian peoples that this …
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Dr. Alon Ben-Meir is a retired professor of international relations at NYU’s Center for Global Affairs. He has taught courses on international negotiation and Middle Eastern studies for over 20 years. President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s victory over Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil represents a historic chance to begin to undo some of the great …
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The Amazon rainforest is one of the largest carbon sinks in the world and home to a tremendous diversity of animals, plants and fungi. The preservation of the Amazon should be considered one of the highest priorities of our generation, if we are to ward off the worst effects of climate change. A man has …
‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ World Premiere at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on August 30, 2022 in London, England. ( Amazon’s new hit show, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, took viewers back to the beautiful world of Middle-earth, once again filmed in New Zealand. But the country’s …
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