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Ending Amazon deforestation: 4 essential reads about the future of the world's largest rainforest

  • Written by Jennifer Weeks, Senior Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation
imageA burnt area in Amazonas state, Brazil, Sept. 21, 2022. Fires in the Amazon are often set to clear land.Michael Dantas/AFP via Getty Images

Brazil’s president-elect, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was greeted with applause and cheers when he addressed the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Nov. 16, 2022. As he had in his...

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