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French firefighters mobilised to fight fires in Amazon rainforest

The EU is sending firefighters, drones and experts to help Bolivia fight forest fires

4 September 2019

World News

Is the Amazon forest really ‘the lungs of the planet’?

Many reports call the Amazon forest "the lungs of the planet" but is this exactly true?

2 September 2019

USA

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We have reached peak streaming saturation, and viewer fatigue is setting in. There is some amazing content being produced for sure, but there is simply too much out there to absorb.

2 September 2019

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Amazon wildfires spread, with 72,843 detected so far this year

Fires continue to consume the normally lush Amazon, killing animals and leading to respiratory illnesses according to the leader of an indigenous group in Rondonia state.

1 September 2019

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Brazil

Watch: Brazilian soldiers rescue animals from Amazon fires

The forest is home to 1,500 species of birds, 500 species of mammals and 550 of reptiles.

World News

Should we worry more about the wildfires in Africa or in the Amazon?

These past few weeks, the world’s eyes have been set on the fires ravaging the Amazon forest in Brazil and Bolivia.

The Cube

Should we compare Amazon forest fires to those in central Africa?

We spoke to an expert to find out whether we should be more concerned about the ecological impact in Africa than South America.

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Bolivia battles its own vast Amazon fires

On the burned ground, dead animals are found and the others are running after a wildfire raged in the area

World News

Peru and Colombia call for meeting to protect Amazon forest

Peru and Colombia want Amazonian countries to meet on September 6 and find a solution to the fires ravaging the forest.

Brazil

Brazil will accept aid money as long as it decides how it's used

Bolsonaro said Macron must apologise "before we talk or accept anything from France " but a spokesman later said Brazil would accept foreign aid.

World News

Satellite images show expanding fire at South American tri-border area

Satellite images show all the area consumed by wildfires at tri-border area between Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Brazil

How do you stop the Amazon wildfire? | Euronews Answers

How do you stop the Amazon wildfires?

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'Bol$onaro is burning our future', say protesters in Rio de Janeiro

Thousands took to the streets in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday to demand that more be done to battle the wildfires in Brazil that have swept through parts of the Amazon region.

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Firefighters tackle blaze in devastated Amazon rainforest

Tree trunk ashes are all that remain in this barren portion of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil's state of Rondonia.

France

G7 countries to provide $20 million to combat Amazon fires

Macron says that G7 leaders are close to a deal on tackling the Amazon fires

Brazil

Pope prays for rainforest

As wildfires continue to rage through the Amazon Pope Francis has called on people to pray for the "lungs of our planet"

Brazil

Amazon fires: Six Brazilian states request military aid to fight blaze

Six states in the Amazon region of Brazil have asked the military for help to combat fires in the rainforest

Brazil

Bolsonaro mobilises Brazilian army to combat Amazon fires

Bolsonaro mobilizes Brazilian army to combat Amazon fires

Brazil

Amazon wildfires: Why is the South American rainforest so important?

The Amazon absorbs more CO2 than it rejects and stores 90 to 140 billion metric tonnes of CO2, according to the WWF, which warned that "the release of even a portion of which would accelerate global warming significantly."

World

'Alternative G7' want climate summit pledges to be legally binding

Activists gathered at the "Alternative G7" on the French-Spanish border want international deals such as the Paris Agreement to be legally-binding, in order to prevent nations from flouting their environmental commitments.