The Amazon is reaching a dangerous tipping point. We need to scale solutions now if we have any chance of saving it

Aug 23, 2019

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest has spiked alarmingly in recent months. Image: REUTERS/Nacho Doce

Paulo Barreto

Senior Research, IMAZON- Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazônia

Robert Muggah

Co-founder, SecDev Group and Co-founder, Igarapé Institute

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Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, Brazil August 21, 2019. Image: REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

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