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From fighting disease to protecting the Amazon rainforest, USAID has big impact across the globe

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI The Trump administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn widespread criticism from congressional Democrats and...

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Amazon’s advocates fear Trump’s return means little US help to protect rainforest

By STEVEN GRATTAN, Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Alexis Damancio Silva can’t forget the hardship in his town of Puerto Narino in...

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Drought, fires and deforestation battered Amazon rainforest in 2024

By STEVEN GRATTAN BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging...

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Archaeologist says Amazon rainforest a man-made garden planted by vast lost civilisation

An archaeologist has supported claims that the Amazon rainforest is ‘man made’ (Image: Getty) An archaeologist has supported claims that the Amazon rainforest...

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The beautiful country full of remote rainforest with the world’s fastest growing economy

About 87 per cent of Guyana is rainforest (Image: Getty) A small part of the Commonwealth that is close to being 90 per...

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The world's second biggest rainforest 5,000 miles from the Amazon

More than 5,000 miles away from the infamous Amazon Rainforest, the Congo Basin sits in Central Africa as one of the most important...

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The world's 'most dangerous' migrant crossing with 60 miles of swamps and rainforest

The world’s ‘most dangerous’ migrant crossing has 60 miles of swamps and rainforest. The Darien Gap is the only overland path connecting Central...

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The tiny country that's one of the emptiest in the world and nearly all rainforest

A tiny country is one of the emptiest in the world and almost entirely made up of rainforest. Suriname is South America’s smallest...