Amazon Fires

Amazon fires in Brazil are causing glaciers in South America's Andes to melt even faster

The Amazon rainforest burns every year, but the past few months saw the numbers increase by more than 70 percent.

'They are worthy of support': Leonardo DiCaprio responds to Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro's claim that actor 'funded Amazon fires'

Leonardo DiCaprio has refuted the accusations made by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that the Hollywood actor funded nonprofit organisations who are behind the Amazon forest fires

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Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro accuses actor Leonardo DiCaprio of financing Amazon fires, offers no evidence

Bolsonaro appeared to be commenting on social media postings claiming that WWF had paid for images taken by volunteer firefighters that it then supposedly used to solicit donations, including a USD 500,000 contribution from DiCaprio

Fires more numerous in Brazil’s Cerrado than Amazon, shows govt data; experts say flames advancing due to high temperatures

Fires are now more numerous in Brazil's Cerrado region, a vast tropical savanna, than in the Amazon rainforest, data published on Wednesday by the National Institute for Space Research show

UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet warns climate change is a global threat to human rights, says 'Amazon fires are burning up our future'

UN human right chief Michelle Bachelet said that climate change is a rapidly growing and a global threat to human rights and said that incidents like fires raging in the Amazon are 'burning up our future'.

'Truly ugly': Brazilian minister echoes Jair Bolsonaro's attack on French first lady Brigitte Macron's looks

A Brazilian government minister said French first lady Brigitte Macron was "truly ugly" on Thursday, only days after the country's president appeared to endorse an attack on her appearance

Rare Bolivian rock art dating from 1,500 BC destroyed in the Amazon wildfires

The fires are also endangering the Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos, built in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Burned plants can recover, even if part of the Amazon's diverse local flora is extinguished

Fire and stressful events cause changes to plants which aren’t permanently fixed within their genetic code

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro says he will stop using French Bic pens after spat with Emmanuel Macron over Amazon fires

Jair Bolsonaro has previously cited Bic pens, which are cheap and commonly used in Brazil, as a sign of austerity after the expenses of his predecessors