The amazon fires must give rise to action from individuals, corporations and governments.
… Amazon fires are 'call to action' Steve Trent | 18th September 2019 News Amazon Fires Environmental Justice Foundation … seca_e_queimada_no_cerrado-cut.jpg The amazon fires must give rise to action from …
Colombia is the world’s most biodiverse country by area, but its rich forested ecosystems are facing existential threats.
… a major spike in deforestation. The Colombian Amazon in particular has become a global … rapid rates of deforestation in the Colombian Amazon, it is important to understand the … and along the colonization frontiers of the Amazon, have been cleared en masse for decades …
Indigenous Sapara people are resisting oil extractivism and building the case for protecting 30 million hectares of the Amazon.
… Resistance and rebuilding in the Amazon Ashish Kothari | 17th September 2019 News Amazon Rainforest Sapara Indigenous People … for protecting 30 million hectares of the Amazon. I am in the Amazon with Manari …
Europe did not light the fires ravaging the Amazon, but it did provide some of the matches.
… Europe can help save the Amazon by changing itself Khaled Diab | 10th September 2019 News Amazon Rainforest EU Deforestation Trade Thought Leaders amazonburning.jpg Europe did not light the …
Grassroots approaches can protect tropical forests in Brazil and Senegal.
… Agroforestry in the Amazon Natasha Foote | 17th October 2019 News Amazon Agroforestry Agriculture Bolsonaro … offered desperately needed relief for the Amazon, according to new data from Brazil’s …
The story of deforestation is also the story of the globalisation.
… The view from the Amazon Herbert Girardet | 15th July 2020 News Amazon Rainforest Deforestation International … news stories about what is happening in the Amazon most days. This interest of mine goes a …
'Governments are weakening environmental protections, violating existing indigenous land rights.'
… 2020 News Science & Systems Indigenous Amazon Carbon Forests Degradation … and protected natural areas (PNAs) in the Amazon are emitting formerly undetected … disturbance on four land categories in the Amazon (ITs, PNAs, Other Land, and the overlap …
The Amazon fire crisis has been 500 years in the making – as Brazil’s indigenous people know only too well.
… Amazon fires '500 years in the making' Darren Reid | 5th September 2019 News Amazon Fires Rainforest Indigenous Peoples Science & Systems amazonburning.jpg The Amazon fire crisis has …
Two-thirds of UK public say government should do more to tackle Amazon destruction.
… | 25th August 2020 | News Deforestation Amazon Public Opinion WWF Illegal logging on Pirititi indigenous amazon lands Two-thirds of UK public say government should do more to tackle Amazon destruction. Sixty seven percent of the …
Indigenous communities in Latin America are paying a high price for defending biodiversity, but we have so much to learn from their practices.
… Prinz | 7th May 2020 Comment Biodiversity Amazon Indigenous Peoples Editor’s Picks … their practices. The indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest see themselves as the … to nature. The indigenous population of the Amazon rainforest serves as an excellent …
A special investigation from Andrew Wasley, Alexandra Heal and Lucy Michaels in London, Dominic Phillips, André Campos and Diego Junqueira in Sao Paulo and Claire Smyth in Belfast.
… Global beef trade 'destroying the Amazon' Andrew Wasley Alexandra Heal | 2nd July 2019 News Global Beef Trade Amazon Food And Farming … near a wooden bridge spanning a river in the Amazon. The quiet was occasionally broken by a …
Greenpeace is calling on the major food retailer Tesco to halve the amount of meat it sells by 2025 to protect wildlife, the climate and people.
… Tesco 'failing to protect Amazon' Emily Beament | 5th August 2020 News … Food And Farming Tesco Greenpeace amazon-deforestation01.jpg Greenpeace is … they say are involved in destroying the Amazon. Greenpeace is also calling on the …
Communities and NGOs call out mining giant Anglo American on Amazon mining plans and Covid-19 response
… Mining the Amazon and pandemic profiteering London Mining … NGOs call out mining giant Anglo American on Amazon mining plans and Covid-19 response … the company’s plans to mine in the Brazilian Amazon and its response to the Covid-19 …
UK purchased £1bn of beef from firms tied to Amazon deforestation.
… Editor’s Picks Beef Imports Food And Farming Amazon Deforestation Thought Leaders amazon-deforestation01.jpg UK purchased £1bn of beef from firms tied to Amazon deforestation. The world’s biggest …
Brazilian meat producer JBS has displaced and disempowered US small farmers and encouraged cruel and environmentally harmful methods.
… JBS is destroying the Amazon Jaydee Hanson Julia Ranney | 30th March … covering fires and deforestation in the Amazon, one company kept resurfacing in the … of cattle from deforested zones in the Amazon . While this behaviour is deeply …
Cattle farming is the main driver of illegal land seizures that violate human rights in Reserves and Indigenous territories
… 29th November 2019 News Change Makers Brazil Amazon Destruction Deforestation Cattle Farm … and Indigenous territories in Brazil’s Amazon, fuelling deforestation and trampling … cattle: Illegal cattle farming in Brazil’s Amazon - was released as Amnesty, alongside …
New documentary, Second Chances, shows how even the most unlikely people can become environmental defenders.
… Storytelling in the face of Amazon destruction Bethan John | 10th September 2019 News Amazon Rainforest Filmmaking Thought Leaders … Juvenal Huari Castilla who travelled to the Amazon to log the rainforest. It's a personal …
The Waorani of the Ecuadorian Amazon have reached an emblematic legal victory in protecting their ancestral lands from petroleum extraction.
… Victory in the Amazon Eliot Headley | 13th August 2019 News Amazon Rainforest Extraction Change Makers … The Waorani of the Ecuadorian Amazon have reached an emblematic legal …
Amazon leaders call on Boris Johnson to 'stand with us' in face of attacks.
… 'Stand with us to defend the Amazon' Staff Reporter | 5th February 2020 News Amazon Indigenous People Survival … f2d7aa02-0eef-427a-bd02-bd0c4f1eac45.jpg Amazon leaders call on Boris Johnson to 'stand …
'While Bolsonaro lets agribusinesses burn theAmazon, this week a UK Government minister has been busy cosying up to the Brazilian President's officials.'
… Minister attacked for Amazon rainforest fire failings Patrick Daly | … August 2019 News Change Makers Conor Burns Amazon Rainforest Wildfires Labour … 'While Bolsonaro lets agribusinesses burn theAmazon, this week a UK Government minister has …
Plundering nature is the norm within our legal and economic systems. Our survival depends on charting a new course.
… | 4th September 2019 News Science & Systems Amazon Rainforest Forest Fires Open Democracy … Thought Leaders Editor’s Picks biodiversity-amazon-764x505.jpg Plundering nature is the … course. As has now been widely reported, the Amazon rainforest is on fire due to a mixture …
The Formula One world champion warns “our home is burning” in the Time’s Running Out film.
… short film calling for the protection of the Amazon rainforest. Titled Time’s Running Out, … and indigenous people. Fire outbreaks in the Amazon for the first two weeks of September … described recent fires in the Brazilian Amazon as “heart-breaking”. He added: “They’re …
Evolutionary diversity should be an important consideration when identifying priority areas for conservation.
… Evolutionary diversity in the Amazon Staff Reporter | 19th November 2019 News Diversity Productivity Evolution Amazon Thought Leaders International … identifying priority areas for conservation. Amazon forests with the greatest evolutionary …