Categories Latin America Brazil appoints Amazon protectors to lead policy reversal Posted on Posted onJanuary 5, 2023January 5, 2023By Editor The incoming president is set to prioritize environmental and indigenous issues. … Read More >Brazil appoints Amazon protectors to lead policy reversal
Categories Latin America Environmental activists take Brazilian president Bolsonaro to ICC over ‘crimes against humanity’ for destruction of Amazon Posted on Posted onOctober 13, 2021October 13, 2021By Editor Environmental campaigners have launched an official complaint at the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, of “crimes against humanity” for his alleged role in Amazon deforestation. … Read More >Environmental activists take Brazilian president Bolsonaro to ICC over ‘crimes against humanity’ for destruction of Amazon
Categories Latin America ‘People above profit’: Thousands take to streets in Brazil, angry with President Bolsonaro in new wave of major protests (VIDEO) Posted on Posted onJuly 6, 2021July 6, 2021By Editor Protesters have flooded the streets in Brazil, including a massive rally in its biggest city, Sao Paulo, criticizing the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and alleged involvement in deforestation in the Amazon. … Read More >‘People above profit’: Thousands take to streets in Brazil, angry with President Bolsonaro in new wave of major protests (VIDEO)
Categories Latin America Bolsonaro accused of using military as environmental ‘smokescreen’ after redeploying troops to protect Amazon from deforestation Posted on Posted onJuly 1, 2021July 1, 2021By Editor Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has ordered his country’s military to return to the Amazon in a bid to combat a surge in illegal deforestation, but his critics have claimed the directive is too little too late. … Read More >Bolsonaro accused of using military as environmental ‘smokescreen’ after redeploying troops to protect Amazon from deforestation
Categories Latin America Brazilian police to raid environment minister’s home as part of probe into illegal timber smuggling ring Posted on Posted onMay 21, 2021May 21, 2021By Editor Police in Brazil are targeting the country’s environment minister as well as the head of the Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) as part of a major investigation into a wood-smuggling ring. … Read More >Brazilian police to raid environment minister’s home as part of probe into illegal timber smuggling ring
Categories World Netherlands-sized rainforest land destroyed in 2020 despite Covid-19 lockdowns – report Posted on Posted onApril 1, 2021April 1, 2021By Editor The world experienced a “climate emergency” in 2020, as deforestation increased 12% on the previous year, despite the global slowdown caused by the Covid pandemic, according to a newly released report by Global Forest Watch (GFW). … Read More >Netherlands-sized rainforest land destroyed in 2020 despite Covid-19 lockdowns – report
Categories World Amazon rainforest now most likely warming Earth’s atmosphere, not cooling it, scientists warn Posted on Posted onMarch 17, 2021March 17, 2021By Editor Staggering new research by a group of over 30 scientists suggests that the Amazon Basin may become a net contributor to global warming, not cooling, in the next few years, if it hasn’t already. … Read More >Amazon rainforest now most likely warming Earth’s atmosphere, not cooling it, scientists warn
Categories World British Politicians Slam Facebook for Selling Amazon Forest Via Secret Ads Posted on Posted onFebruary 27, 2021February 27, 2021By Editor Online users say that Facebook can no longer adopt the “apologies, we did not know” act in the face of criticism of its integrity policies. … Read More >British Politicians Slam Facebook for Selling Amazon Forest Via Secret Ads
Categories EU Greenpeace activists block access to French president’s palace to protest Amazon forest fires (PHOTOS) Posted on Posted onSeptember 12, 2020September 12, 2020By Editor Greenpeace activists have parked a fire truck outside the entrance to the Elysee Palace in Paris, accusing French President Emmanuel Macron of contributing to the fires now ravaging the Amazon rainforest. … Read More >Greenpeace activists block access to French president’s palace to protest Amazon forest fires (PHOTOS)
Categories Shows The future of the Amazon rain forest – Sonia Bone Guajajara Posted on Posted onSeptember 27, 2019September 27, 2019By Editor Host Chris Hedges talks to Sonia Bone Guajajara, leader of 300 indigenous ethnic groups in Brazil, about the future of the Amazon rain forest, its people, climate change, … Read More >The future of the Amazon rain forest – Sonia Bone Guajajara
