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Breeding grounds for the next pandemic
Monica Piccinini 2 October 2025 Across the globe, zoonotic and vector-borne diseases (ZVBDs), illnesses that jump from…
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Amazon burning: The road behind the smoke
Monica Piccinini 26 September 2025 In October 2023, Manaus vanished behind a suffocating wall of smoke. The…
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Amazon’s oxygen crisis used to support the BR-319 highway revival
Monica Piccinini 14 September 2025 The disastrous management of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic by way of an…
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Biotech’s brave new world
Monica Piccinini 30 August 2025 Biotechnology isn’t just something locked away in high-tech labs anymore, it’s starting…
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COP30: Brazil’s bioeconomy – Hope or hype?
Monica Piccinini 12 August 2025 The upcoming UN climate conference, COP30, scheduled for November in Belém, presents…
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The BR-319 threatens the Amazon in the name of ‘progress’ and politics
Monica Piccinini 19 July 2025 On 15 July, Brazil’s environment minister, Marina Silva, and transport minister, Renan…
