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Maxciel Pereira dos Santos, who worked at the Brazilian indigenous protection agency, FUNAI, was shot twice in the head last week while riding his motorcycle down a busy street of Tabatinga, located in the Amazon rainforest. Police are still investigating potential suspects and a motive, and they have yet to disclose the information to the public, Reuters reported. Though the motive for Santos' murder...

Brazil rejected the G7 countries' $20 million in aid to help fight the Amazon forest fires. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's chief of staff Onyx Lorenzoni said on Monday: "Brazil is a democratic, free nation that never had colonialist and imperialist practices, as perhaps is the objective of the Frenchman Macron." In a Monday tweet, Bolsonaro also said the G7's offer of help makes Brazil...

After intense international pressure, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday finally moved to battle the devastating blazes sweeping through the Amazon rainforest. In a speech, Bolsonaro said that he will send the country's army into the Amazon to help battle the fires, but renewed his attacks on outside criticism of his handling of the crisis, saying that "forest fires exist around the world." He...

Thousands of people marched in São Paulo Friday night to demand action to help the burning Amazon Rainforest. The demonstration began at the São Paulo Museum of Art on Paulista Avenue, where many protests often begin in the city. The march was full of art, music, and many creative signs. Here's what it looked like on the ground. Visit BusinessInsider.com for more stories. SAO...

As of August 20, more than 74,000 fires have been recorded across the Brazilian Amazon. That's nearly double the total number of fires in 2018. Environmental groups blame Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, who has indicated that protecting the rainforest is not a priority. They say Bolsonaro has emboldened ranchers and farmers to set fire to forests to acquire more land, now with impunity. Scientists warn...

Technology aboard NASA satellite Aqua captured images of carbon monoxide in the atmosphere associated with wildfires burning through the Amazon rainforest for the past few weeks. NASA collected new data from their Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument, measuring levels of carbon monoxide at an altitude of 18,000 feet (5,500 meters) from August 8 to 22. An animation of the data demonstrates the spread of...

Wildfires have been blazing through the Amazon over the last few weeks, causing a loss equivalent to three football fields per minute, according to data from Brazilian satellites. Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) reported an 80% increase in wildfires, with a total of 72,843 incidents this year. Losing this much surface area from the Amazon could make the effects of climate change...