Illegal deforestation in Brazil soars amid climate of impunity
Satellite data suggest Amazon clearings increased by at least 28% the past year
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A conservation scientist enlists Colombia’s ex-guerrillas in a new cause: preserving their country’s biodiversity
After years of isolation, former combatants are learning to inventory species and launch ecotourism businesses -
Pandemic upends Colombia’s controversial drug war plan to resume aerial spraying
Court rules spraying of herbicide glyphosate can’t restart until communities consulted -
Scientists rush to defend Venezuelan colleagues threatened over coronavirus study
High-level politician suggests academy deserves retribution for publishing unwelcome COVID-19 estimates -
For Brazil’s Indigenous communities, pandemic revives memories of earlier plagues
Other infections and scant medical care may worsen toll of COVID-19 -
Top neuroscientist leaves Mexican university as former trainees allege sexual harassment
His former boss acknowledges receiving multiple accounts of sexual misconduct, but no formal complaints -
‘The spark has ignited.’ Latin American scientists intensify fight against sexual harassment
But gaps remain in university policies and procedures -
‘The spark has ignited.’ Latin American scientists intensify fight against sexual harassment
But gaps remain in university policies and procedures -
Colombian university fires prominent biologist accused of sexual harassment
Long-running controversy had drawn extensive attention -
Colombia’s first ever science minister faces calls to resign over fungi-based cancer treatment
Critics say Mabel Gisela Torres Torres backed “pseudoscience” -
Brazil’s pick of a creationist to lead its higher education agency rattles scientists
Schools should teach intelligent design, appointee has said -
Brazil opens ‘spectacular’ Antarctic research base, but will it have the cash to fulfill its potential?
Sleek $100 million facility replaces station that burned down in 2012 -
Brazil’s deforestation is exploding—and 2020 will be worse
The Brazilian government acknowledges the spike but says it’s the continuation of a 7-year trend -
Mysterious oil spill threatens marine biodiversity haven in Brazil
Small blobs of oil have reached the Abrolhos Bank, whose reefs are home to many iconic species
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