By Evanildo da Silveira Soil created centuries ago by Indigenous peoples in the Amazon could help speed up recovery of ...

(Phys.org)—In the tribal societies of the Amazon forest, violent conflict accounted for 30 percent of all deaths before contact with Europeans, according to a recent study by University of Missouri ...

In this video, we meet Manari Ushigua Santi of the Sapara people. Manari shares insights into his life and culture, performing an Icara song. The video also captures his reflections on his current ...

During a severe drought and heat wave in 2023, Amazonian lakes reached their highest recorded temperatures. Water temperatures in some areas climbed to an astonishing 41 degrees Celsius (105.8 degrees ...

From the coastline to freshwater streams, people living in Amazonia say industrial fishing, deforestation, hydroelectric dams and climate change have reduced fish populations. Industrial fishing is ...

A wooden statue of a prengant woman in front of Amazonian members outside the Vatican on Oct. 19, 2019. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.) Listen SÃO PAULO – A document released earlier this month showed ...

Ice-age aridity in Amazonia was proposed to account for the origins of Amazonian biodiversity 1. It was suggested that Amazonian rainforests were replaced by savannah during ice ages, and that forest ...

Brazil’s Supreme Court has sworn in Flávio Dino, the first justice of the country’s highest court with an Amazonian background in almost 20 years. Amazonian states have gone largely unrepresented at ...

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