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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

Amazon rainforest

An area of forest on fire near a logging area in the Transamazonica highway region, in the municipality of Humaita, Amazonas state, Brazil, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, file)
January 31, 2023, 10:00 am
One-third of Amazon rainforest damaged by human activity and drought, study finds 
Researchers say the damage done to the forest, which spans nine countries, is significantly greater than previously known and spiraling out of control
By AFP
Highway BR-163 stretches between the Tapajos National Forest, left, and a soy field in Belterra, Para state, Brazil, November 25, 2019. (Leo Correa/AP)
November 2, 2021, 7:41 am
COP26 leaders to pledge 2030 target for end to deforestation
UK Prime Minister Johnson to warn forests are essential for survival, but campaigners want action sooner to save the planet’s lungs
By Jitendra Joshi and Patrick Galey
This November 22, 2019, aerial photo shows trees at the Renascer Reserve in the Amazon rainforest in Prainha, Para state, Brazil (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
November 30, 2020, 9:14 am
‘Sistine Chapel of the ancients’ rock art found in Amazon forest
Paintings thought to have been made up to 12,500 years ago, found stretched across 8 miles of cliff face in Colombia
By ToI Staff
Smokes rises from forest fires in Altamira, Para state, Brazil, in the Amazon basin, on August 27, 2019. (Joao Laet / AFP)
September 3, 2019, 11:21 pm
Israel sends group to help Brazil battle Amazon fires
Eleven-member team of firefighters and rescuers to assist local authorities with search-and-rescue operations as Bolsonaro feuds with Europe on environmental issues
By ToI Staff and Agencies
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and US President Donald Trump speak during a bilateral meeting on the third day of the annual G7 Summit in Biarritz, south-west France, August 26, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP)
August 26, 2019, 5:12 pm
At G7 summit Merkel hails ‘big step forward’ in Iran talks
Trump says there is ‘unity’ among leading industrial nations group on preventing Iranians from obtaining nuclear weapons, reassures he is not seeking regime change in Tehran
By AFP
Neri dos Santos Silva, center, watches an encroaching fire threat after digging trenches to keep the flames from spreading to the farm he works on, in the Nova Santa Helena municipality, in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
August 26, 2019, 1:35 am
Netanyahu offers Brazil help in fighting devastating Amazon fires
Israel to send aircraft, flame-retardant materials; PM joins global leaders expressing concern over massive blazes in ‘the lungs of the world’
By ToI Staff and AP
Fire consumes an area near Jaci Parana, state of Rondonia, Brazil, August 24, 2019. (Eraldo Peres/AP)
August 25, 2019, 5:30 pm
Brazilian troops begin deploying to fight Amazon fires
Some 44,000 soldiers to tackle blazes in six states as President Jair Bolsonaro tries to temper global concerns over fate of rainforest
By MARCELO SILVA de SOUSA
In this photo released by Brazil Ministry of Defense, a C-130 Hercules aircraft dumps water to fight fires burning in the Amazon rainforest, in Brazil on August 24, 2019. (Brazil Ministry of Defense via AP)
August 25, 2019, 4:36 pm
Pope, urging prayers, says Amazon forest vital for Earth
French president says world leaders nearing agreement on how to help battle blazes and repair damage, though it’s unclear whether Brazil will accept offer
By AP
Aerial picture showing smoke from a two-kilometer-long stretch of fire billowing from the Amazon rainforest about 65 km from Porto Velho, in the state of Rondonia, in northern Brazil, on August 23, 2019. (Carl DE SOUZA / AFP)
August 24, 2019, 12:21 pm
As the Amazon burns, realpolitik demands that Netanyahu speak up
The prime minister’s bromance with Brazil’s president must take a back seat to the task of salvaging the climate for generations to come
By Sue Surkes
A felled tree lies surrounded by charred tree fragments on a field left scorched by wildfires near Porto Velho, Brazil, Aug. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
August 24, 2019, 4:44 am
Bolsonaro to send army to fight huge fires in the Amazon
Brazilian president authorizes military to fight wildfires as international pressure mounts and protesters take to Brazil’s streets
By VICTOR CAIVANO
In this August 20, 2019 drone photo released by the Corpo de Bombeiros de Mato Grosso, brush fires burn in Guaranta do Norte municipality, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. (Corpo de Bombeiros de Mato Grosso via AP)
August 22, 2019, 11:39 pm
As Amazon burns, wildfires spark fight over who is to blame
As experts count record number of blazes, Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro lashes media critics who say he’s not doing enough to stop deforestation
By MARCELO SILVA de SOUSA
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