Jonathan Watts
Jonathan Watts is the Guardian's global environment editor. Twitter @jonathanwatts
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World’s biggest grain trader accused of ‘shoddy due diligence’ on deforestation and alleged rights violations
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Environmentalists question high grade given to JBS and accuse it of deforestation in the Amazon and under-reporting emissions
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Population likely to peak sooner and lower than expected with beneficial results – but environment is priority
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At a Brazil memorial for murdered US activist and nun Dorothy Stang, there are two more people symbolically present
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Study adds to fears Amazon is approaching tipping point after which it will not be able to generate its own rainfall
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Investigations are under way in the hope this is the first conflict in which a full reckoning is made of environmental crimes
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Exclusive: Environment minister calls for ex-president to be held to account as she prepares to tackle illegal gold miners
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While the honeymoon mood created by the new government will run up against political reality, the euphoria is not blind
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Fires, land conversion, logging and water shortages have weakened resilience of 2.5m sq km of forest, says study
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Plan unveiled at Davos to find fair limits on impact of climate and other crises, which most affect poorer countries
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The unrest came after President Lula unveiled ambitious environmental plans that threaten interest groups who rely on exploiting the Amazon
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The Brazil legend’s death in São Paulo has prompted an outpouring of tributes from the football world and beyond.
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The electoral defeat of Jair Bolsonaro by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is good news for world’s largest rainforest, but the situation remains perilous
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In the past 12 months I have learned that the mass extermination of the Amazon is a climate catastrophe – and much more
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Weeks before Cop15 in Montreal, leaked letter to EU shows host tried to water down deforestation regulations
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Interviewing Jim for a biography revealed there was far more to him – and his influence on the modern world – than almost anyone realises
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This week, from 2019: After water, concrete is the most widely used substance on the planet. But its benefits mask enormous dangers to the planet, to human health – and to culture itselfPodcast
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Brazil-based UK journalist and author who championed the role of Indigenous people in saving the Amazon