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Randy Borman (1955-2025): An unlikely guardian of the Amazon rainforest
Randy Borman was never meant to be Cofán. And yet, from the moment he was born in 1955, deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon, he ...
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Terrifying, this river can burn you alive…a riddle for scientists
The river in question flows quietly through the heart of the Amazon rainforest. It's a sacred place for the indigenous ...
Isolated Indigenous man returns to tribe in the Amazon rainforest after brief contact
As a policy, Brazil does not actively seek contact with these groups but instead establishes protected and monitored areas ...
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As the rainforest gets drier, Amazon Indigenous groups thirst for clean water
In some Amazon rivers in Brazil, cases of diseases related to inadequate basic sanitation, such as malaria and acute diarrhea ...
This deadly ‘Boiling River’ can burn you alive: Here's what experts have discovered
The Boiling River in the Peruvian Amazon is famous for its extreme temperatures that can boil animals alive. Geoscientist ...
Man from uncontacted tribe filmed emerging from Amazon and asking for fire
Man from uncontacted tribe filmed emerging from Amazon and asking for fire - A member of the nearby Juma tribe was expected ...
Young Indigenous man makes brief contact with modern world after wandering from isolated tribe in the Amazon rainforest
A young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe who approached a riverine community in Brazil’s Amazon returned voluntarily to ...
Isolated Indigenous man makes brief contact with outside world, then returns to tribe in the Amazon rainforest
A young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe who approached a riverine community in Brazil’s Amazon returned voluntarily to ...
USA Today15d
Deadly California storm brings record rain, widespread flooding; home swept away by river
SAN FRANCISCO – A series of "atmospheric river" storms aimed at Northern California have already caused flooding, downed trees, landslides and at least one house on a scenic river to slide into ...
University of Georgia Wire15d
Deadly California storm brings record rain, widespread flooding; home swept away by river
SAN FRANCISCO – A series of "atmospheric river" storms aimed at Northern California have already caused flooding, downed trees, landslides and at least one house on a scenic river to slide into the ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel15d
Record rain in California: 2 dead; home swept away by river
SAN FRANCISCO – A series of "atmospheric river" storms aimed at Northern California have already caused flooding, downed trees, landslides and at least one house on a scenic river to slide into ...
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From fighting disease to protecting the Amazon rainforest, USAID has big impact across the globe
USAID’s largest initiative is the Partnership for the Conservation of Amazon Biodiversity, which focuses on conservation and improving livelihoods for Indigenous peoples and other rainforest ...