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• South American monsoon heading towards ‘tipping point’ likely to cause Amazon dieback

  04-10-2023 20:00
  
  ‘Shocking’ study finds Amazon rainforest will be unable to sustain itself and transport moisture once ‘regime shift’ occursThe South American monsoon, which determines the climate of much of the continent, is being pushed towards a “critical destabilisation point”, according to a study that links regional rainfall to Amazon deforestation and global heating.The authors of the report said they found their results “shocking” and urged policymakers to
  
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• Women behind the lens: the female beekeepers who hold ‘the keys to a better world’

  04-10-2023 08:00
  
  Photographer Gabriela Portilho found inspiration in a trailblazing group of women who improved their own lives while caring for the environmentThis group of women are the first female beekeepers in their town. Their work began in 2018 after they arrived at the Ximenes settlement, in the municipality of Barreiros in Pernambuco state in north-eastern Brazil. They had been displaced from their homes because of the expansion of the Suape port area farther north.The new settlement provided by the gov
  
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• Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira’s alleged murderers to face jury trial

  04-10-2023 03:34
  
  Judge makes ruling as trio remain in custody over Amazon killing of indigenous expert Pereira and journalist Phillips, a Guardian contributorA federal judge in Brazil has ruled that the alleged murderers of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira will face trial by jury.Three fishermen stand accused of murdering the British journalist and the Brazilian Indigenous expert, who were ambushed near the entrance of the Javari valley in the western Amazon in June 2022. Continue reading...
  
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