Joe Biden, the first sitting American president to visit the Amazon rainforest, stopped briefly in Manaus to highlight his commitment to preserving the region, announcing an additional $50 million contribution to the Amazon Fund. Despite Trump’s skepticism of climate change, Biden’s administration is launching new efforts to bolster the Amazon and combat climate change, including a finance coalition and a loan for tree planting projects in Brazil. The Amazon, home to Indigenous communities and biodiversity, faces threats from deforestation and wildfires, with efforts to curb forest loss facing challenges from conflicting environmental policies in Brazil.
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Tauranga: Critically injured man trapped for hours
A man was critically injured after being trapped for over seven hours in a tractor struck by a falling tree on a Tauranga orchard. Emergency services, including fire, police, and ambulance crews, extricated him, and he was subsequently airlifted to Waikato Hospital. WorkSafe has been notified of the incident, which occurred on Friday, with the emergency report coming six hours after the man became trapped. Full Article
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