In the Congo River Basin, people who collect bundles of wood to make charcoal are playing a surprisingly large role in the deforestation of a region that rivals the Amazon in importance nyti.ms
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Besides the fires in the Amazon basin, vast stretches of central Africa are also ablaze, as well as parts of the Siberian Arctic. Here's why it's happening — and what it means for climate change. nyti.ms
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In the Congo River Basin, people who collect bundles of wood to make charcoal are playing a surprisingly large role in the deforestation of a region that rivals the Amazon in importance nyti.ms
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Archaeologists found evidence of ancient human communities buried in the Amazon Basin on.wsj.com
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The bushfires in southeastern Australia this season have burned about eight times as much land as the 2018 fires in California. They are also far larger than the estimates of 2.2 million acres burned by September last year in the Amazon basin. nyti.ms
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The fate of the Taushiro people, in Peru's Amazon basin, now lies with its last speaker, a person who never expected such a burden nyti.ms
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“We are not prepared to respond to a fire of great magnitudes,” said the governor of a Peruvian province in the Amazon basin nyti.ms
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The Taushiro language was spoken by a tribe that vanished into the jungles of the Amazon basin in Peru generations ago. Only one speaker, Amadeo García García, remains. nyti.ms
