MANACAPURU, Brazil, Sept 30 (Reuters) - (This Sept. 30 story has been corrected to fix a name in the reporting credits) The Solimoes, one of the two largest tributaries of the Amazon River in Brazil, ...
The 2024 extreme and historical drought that hit the Amazon exposed a chronic problem: access to drinking water and sanitation in Indigenous lands, where only a third of households have proper water ...
Almost 20% of the Kayapó Indigenous Territory has burned in this year’s Amazon drought, the worst ever recorded in Brazil. The land has for years been subjected to illegal mining, cattle ranching and ...
As a punishing drought dries up stretches of the Amazon River, Brazil is resorting to dredging to try to keep food, medicine and people flowing along the watery superhighway. As a punishing drought ...