A $2.30-a-day basic income trial is trying to save the Amazon rainforest

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People of a Peruvian Amazonian community, seen from the rear, walk along a dirt track amid lush greenery.
$2.30 is enough to feed a family in the Peruvian Amazon for a day.

Cool Earth

I booked an all-inclusive trip to the Amazon rainforest, and I can't believe how much I got for $90 a day

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eibhlis posing in front of an overwater lodge in the amazon rainforest
I stayed in an overwater lodge in the Amazon rainforest.

Eibhlis Gale-Coleman

Lawmakers are trying to keep meatpacking giant JBS from trading on NYSE, citing links to deforestation

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Cattle walk along an illegally deforested area in an extractive reserve near Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil.
Two-thirds of Amazon deforestation results from conversion to pasture for livestock, according to the Brazilian government.

Andre Penner/AP

Brazil's Amazon region has faced devastating flooding and drought. Dramatic photos show life in towns weathering the extremes of climate change.

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Left: Anama, Brazil, flooded. Right: Manaus, Brazil, dried up
Brazil's Amazon region has faced both devastating flooding and extreme drought.

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Jeff Bezos should pay up for using the Amazon's name, says this Brazilian governor

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and the Amazon Rainforest
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and the Amazon rainforest.

Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images

Lasers revealed 6 ancient civilizations that were hiding in plain sight

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LiDAR captured the ruins of a civilization in the Brazilian Amazon.
Lidar captured the ruins of a civilization in the Brazilian Amazon.

Ecossistema Dakila

Ecuador could make history by banning oil drilling in the Amazon

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Ecuador voters decide on August 20 whether drilling will continue in an oil-rich area of the Amazon.

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