‘Extinct’ parrots make a flying comeback in Brazil
The Spix macaw, a bird that had once vanished in the wild, is now thriving in its South American homeland after a successful breeding programme...
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Wild species support half of world’s population, report finds
Sustainability is key to survival of billions of people, says UN study, which notes income from wild species incentivises conservation • Patrick Vallance: ‘We need...
Brazil: Boris Johnson’s fall met with hope and humour by foes of Bolsonaro
UK prime minister’s fellow populist is facing a tough re-election fight in October against former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Tremors from the political...
Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster to get day in UK courts
Court of appeal judgment allows £5bn lawsuit against mining giant BHP by more than 200,000 victims of 2015 Mariana dam disaster More than 200,000 victims...
Man linked to killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira arrested over fake ID
Rubens Villar Coelho ‘produced a fake Brazilian ID’ to investigating officer and had other aliases in Peru and Colombia Police have arrested a man linked...
Bolsonaro’s ‘surrender of Amazon to crooks played role in murders of Phillips and Pereira’
Brazilian president’s dismantling of environmental safeguards partly to blame, says politician leading inquiry Jair Bolsonaro’s demolition of Brazil’s Indigenous and environmental protection services and “surrender...
Brazil: at least 21 people killed during police raid in Rio favela
Death toll puts the incident among Rio’s deadliest police operations in recent history At least 21 people have been shot dead and seven wounded during...
France and Spain swelter as Cyclone Yakecan wreaks havoc in South America
Analysis: Another week of extremes with peaks pushing 40C in Spain and a rare subtropical cyclone in Uruguay and Brazil Unseasonably high temperatures have been...
Lula launches campaign to reclaim Brazilian presidency from Bolsonaro
Leftwinger tells rally that public must unite against far-right incumbent’s ‘incompetence and authoritarianism’ Brazil’s former leader Luiz Inació Lula da Silva has kickstarted what he...
‘Record after record’: Brazil’s Amazon deforestation hits April high, nearly double previous peak
Climate analysts are astounded by such a high reading during the rainy season, and is the third monthly record this year Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon...
