The Amazon basin faces 'ecosystem collapse' according to a new report about hundreds of major dams and other mega-projects planned for the region - home to the world's greatest rainforest. David Hill reports.
… Industrializing Amazon at risk of 'ecosystem collapse' David … Energy Mining Renewables carajas_mine.jpg The Amazon basin faces 'ecosystem collapse' … hydroelectric dams will be built across the Amazon basin and its headwaters if current …
The Amazon forest both depends on, and sustains, vast 'flying rivers' that carry humid air and clouds deep into the continental interior, writes Jan Rocha. But scientists fear the flying rivers are failing due to deforestation, fire and climate change.
… Drought bites as the Amazon's 'flying rivers' fail Jan Rocha | 20th … Climate Change Forests Water Farming Science amazon-flying-river-cut.jpg The Amazon forest both depends on, and sustains, …
Amazon threat from soybean expansion delayed for a year - but 8 million hectares of unprotected forest at risk from 2015 pending new measures.
… Brazil extends Amazon protection from soy farms The Ecologist | 3rd January 2014 News Amazon Brazil Food Farming Forests soy-rondonia.png Amazon threat from soybean expansion delayed …
As land rights of indigenous peoples are increasingly being violated, writes Tim Radford, new research shows that the planned destruction of the Amazon rainforest is a major threat not only to cultural identity but also to the global climate.
… Amazon tribes' forests are a vital carbon sink … The forest territories of the Amazon's indigenous peoples are essential for … shows that the planned destruction of the Amazon rainforest is a major threat not only …
As Brazil's climate gets drier, caused by deforestation in the Amazon and elsewhere, writes Jan Rocha, a Brazilian climate expert proposes five-point 'battle plan' to save the world's greatest tropical forest, before it's too late.
… Five steps to save the Amazon Jan Rocha | 22nd December 2014 News Brazil Forests Climate Change amazon-oxbow-manaus-cut.jpg As Brazil's … gets drier, caused by deforestation in the Amazon and elsewhere, writes Jan Rocha, a …
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has been sharply reduced in recent years, writes Alex Kirby. But analysts say that palm oil and other cash crops are set for a major expansion, while high demand for beef, and administrative chaos, may undermine efforts to reform the ranching sector.
… Palm oil - the new threat to the Amazon Alex Kirby | 20th October 2014 News Brazil Amazon Farming Trade amazon-road-cattle-flat.jpg Deforestation in …
As gold miners face eviction from Yanomami territory in the Brazilian Amazon, a rising tempo of death threats have been directed against the shaman Davi Kopenawa following his successful campaign.
… Brazil: death threats stalk Amazon shaman Davi Kopenawa The Ecologist | … from Yanomami territory in the Brazilian Amazon, a rising tempo of death threats have … for the Yanomami tribe in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, has demanded urgent police …
Four Indian leaders who have opposed illegal logging in their forests have been shot dead in eastern Peru as they traveled by boat to an indigenous meeting in Brazil. The murders followed pleas to Peruvian authorities for protection, and warnings by Brazilian officials that the Indians were in extreme danger.
… Assassination in the Amazon Oliver Tickell | 11th September 2014 … for their work against illegal logging in the Amazon, have been murdered near their home in … rampant illegal logging from destroying his Amazon home. Chota had received death threats …
Survivors of a previously unknown Amazon tribe have escaped gunmen in Peru, seeking refuge with settled indigenous communities in Brazil. But as Alice Bayer reports, their problems are far from over. Many remain under threat in Peru, and even the refugees are at risk of common but potentially lethal infections.
… Peru: uncontacted tribe flees massacre in the Amazon Alice Bayer Survival International | … Survivors of a previously unknown Amazon tribe have escaped gunmen in Peru, … Indians and outside society in Brazil's Amazon rainforest. At the end of June 2014, a …
The people of Sarayaku in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest are a leading force in 21st century indigenous resistance, writes David Goodman, resisting the incursion of oil exploration into their lands, winning legal victories, and inspiring other communities to follow their example.
… Deep in the Amazon, one tribe is beating big oil David … The people of Sarayaku in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest are a leading force in 21st … a community deep in the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador. Behind Gualinga, …
Amazon tribes in Peru's rainforest are at risk of 'massive deaths' from new diseases to which they lack immunity, gas company Pluspetrol admits - as it tries to expand its Camisea gas project into a Reserve for isolated indigenous people.
… Gas company: Amazon tribes vulnerable to 'massive deaths' … | 20th January 2014 News Indigenous Peoples Amazon Peru Fossil Fuels Gas Energy camisea-nanti.png Amazon tribes in Peru's rainforest are at risk …
Peru is to expand its Camisea gas project although it threatens uncontacted Amazon tribes with extinction, reports David Hill. The decision also ignores UN pleas to stop the operations.
… Peru - gas expansion in Amazon 'indigenous reserve' David Hill The Guardian | 14th January 2014 News Amazon Peru Gas Fossil Fuels Indigenous … gas project although it threatens uncontacted Amazon tribes with extinction, reports David …
The oil and gas industry is disrupting communities and damaging ecosystems worldwide, writes David Poritz. Tough, independent social and environmental standards for the industry can bring urgently-needed improvements to company practices - even where government regulation has failed.
… October 2014 Comment Oil Fossil Fuels Ecuador Amazon USA Nigeria Society david poritz hart … Damaging oil development - from the Amazon to the USA Over the last 10 years, I … these converging factors across the Amazon Basin. Decades of oil development have …
Peruvian law requires the government to recognise indigenous peoples's ownership of their lands. Yet 594 communities with claims to 20 million hectares of land remain with no secure title - leaving their forests open to illegal logging, plantations and settlement. Now one village is taking its demands to the courts.
… Peru: Amazon Indians sue government to title … 2014 News Peru Indigenous Peoples Forests Law amazon-village-peru-cut.jpg Peruvian law … 594 untitled indigenous communities in Peru's Amazon In spite of this, the cases of Korin …
A trip to the Achuar Indians of the Ecuadorian Amazon proved life-changing for Stephen Wallace. Their only desire is to enjoy what they have, and ensure that their children can do the same. But the threat of oil is casting a dark shadow of fear over their lives.
… In Ecuador's Amazon, a small tribe lives under a dark, oily … trip to the Achuar Indians of the Ecuadorian Amazon proved life-changing for Stephen … the indigenous people of this area of the Amazon rainforest. A land where dreams come …
Roads are responsible for massive environmental damage around the world, writes Bill Laurance - yet they also bring huge benefits. His solution? A new atlas that shows where the 'goods' of roads outweigh the 'bads', so that developing countries can harness the prosperity new roads can bring, without the destruction.
… "The best thing you could do for the Amazon is to blow up all the roads." These … The first major roads built in the Brazilian Amazon were motivated by fears that Colombia or the US might try to annex the Amazon and steal its valuable natural …
Peru - host of the COP20 UN climate conference now under way in Lima - is facing rebellion by a 3,500 strong indigenous people deep in the Amazon committed to fighting oil exploration in their forest territory, writes David Hill, following the government's failure to consult Matsés communities or respect their rights.
… Peru-Brazil indigenous people pledge to fight Amazon oil exploration David Hill | 8th … A Matsés leader in the Peruvian Amazon pledges to attack oil workers intruding … a 3,500 strong indigenous people deep in the Amazon committed to fighting oil exploration …
This week 20 Amazon Indians walked to the Belo Monte dam site to demand the company keep its promises to compensate indigenous communities. Police shot them with 'rubber bullets' and stun grenades, wounding four. Tensions are rising ...
… Brazil: Amazon Indians shot at Belo Monte dam site … 30th May 2014 News Indigenous Peoples Brazil Amazon Water Energy Corporations … belo-monte-blockade-cut.jpg This week 20 Amazon Indians walked to the Belo Monte dam …
Peru's government is actively undermining indigenous peoples' efforts to protect their forests - by refusing to title 20 million hectares of their lands and turning a blind eye to illegal logging. At the same time it's handing out vast concessions for oil, gas, mining and timber exploitation, expanding palm oil production and planning 50 major forest-flooding dams.
… Indigenous Peoples Oil Gas Fossil Fuels Peru amazon-village-peru-cut.jpg Peru's government … to protect Peru's forests, the first Amazonian host of the UN COP is parcelling out … approximately one third of the Peruvian Amazon and offer the best chance of defending …
UK-based oil and gas company Perenco is expanding its operations in the Peruvian Amazon - in a remote area known to be inhabited by highly vulnerable indigenous people living in 'voluntary isolation'. But as David Hill reports, Perenco denies their existence ...
… to expand in territories of 'isolated' Amazon tribes David Hill | 15th April 2014 … is expanding its operations in the Peruvian Amazon - in a remote area known to be … Institute for the Development of Andean, Amazonian and AfroPeruvian Peoples (INDEPA), …
As the World Cup gets under way in Brazil, Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa told Liam J Shaughnessy about the very different world he inhabits, deep in the Amazon rainforest - a world of bright spirits, ancient knowledge, union with nature. And a world under threat.
… | 17th June 2014 Comment Religion Brazil Amazon Forest Development Indigenous Peoples … very different world he inhabits, deep in the Amazon rainforest - a world of bright spirits, … amongst the Yanomami people of the Brazilian Amazon and a revered advocate for indigenous …
Ecuador's state oil company PetroAmazonas has, in secret, built a road deep into the heart of the world-famous Yasuni National Park in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, writes David Hill - violating promises and threatening uncontacted indigenous tribes.
… Hill | 6th June 2014 News Transport Ecuador Amazon Oil Indigenous Peoples Forests … Ecuador's state oil company PetroAmazonas has, in secret, built a road deep … Yasuni National Park in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, writes David Hill - …
Peru has approved the highly controversial expansion of the Camisea gas project onto the land of isolated Amazon tribes - who will be put at risk of a massive death toll or extinction from introduced diseases.
… Peru: Amazon tribes sacrificed to gas project Oliver … Camisea gas project onto the land of isolated Amazon tribes - who will be put at risk of a … expansion onto the land of uncontacted Amazon i ndigenous communities. The decision …
Scientists have found that the world's second greatest rainforest, the Congo, is losing its green, writes Tim Radford. As temperatures rise and rainfall reduces, the forest canopy is taking on a browner hue, and this could be an early signal of worse damage to come.
… Radford | 30th April 2014 News Forests Africa Amazon Congo Water Climate Change Ecology … consequent rises in temperature. And in the Amazon ... Across the Atlantic, things also look bleak for the Amazon rainforest, according to Paulo Brando …