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Lethal virus hits last rare blue macaws in Brazil wild
AFP, Published on 28/11/2025
» RIO DE JANEIRO - The only wild specimens of a rare blue parrot, which were recently returned to their natural habitat, have been diagnosed with an incurable, likely lethal virus, Brazil's government told AFP on Thursday.
Remains of 5,000-year-old noblewoman found in Peru dig
AFP, Published on 25/04/2025
» LIMA - Archaeologists in Peru said on Thursday they found the 5,000-year-old remains of a noblewoman at the sacred city of Caral, revealing the important role played by women in the oldest center of civilization in the Americas.
Brazilian dilemma: endangered macaw vs wind farm
AFP, Published on 23/05/2023
» CANUDOS, Brazil: A wind farm in northeastern Brazil sounds like a welcome climate-friendly energy solution, but it is causing controversy over another kind of environmental worry: the impact on the endangered Lear's macaw.
Last member of Brazilian indigenous community found dead
AFP, Published on 30/08/2022
» BRASILIA: The last of his people, a Brazilian indigenous man known only as "the man of the hole" has been found dead, decades after the rest of his uncontacted tribe were killed off by ranchers and illegal miners, officials said.
Climate change and fires: Bolivia's forests in peril
AFP, Published on 10/11/2021
» SANTO CORAZóN (BOLIVIA) - The road through San Matias, Bolivia, is a no man's land. Hundreds of thousands of hectares of once lush forest are now a wasteland of twisted, carbonized tree stumps.
Indigenous leader: Amazon's destruction would spark global apocalypse
AFP, Published on 12/10/2021
» PUYO, Ecuador: Birds chirp near a river in the Ecuadorian jungle, five hours from the capital Quito, as Gregorio Mirabal expresses fear for the 500 tribes that act as guardians of the Amazon rainforest and who face attacks, and even death, as a result.