The world's largest rainforest is under combined threat from deforestation and human-caused climate change. In an interview with the Ecologist, tropical forest expert Dr Simon Lewis explains what is happening
… Russian roulette with a large portion of the Amazon Tom Levitt | 27th May 2011 Comment Amazon Deforestation Climate Change Carbon … happening Tom Levitt: Can you explain how the Amazon could start adding more emissions to …
Partnership between Brazil and Norway to prevent deforestation in the Amazon praised by US President Barack Obama
… Obama sings its praises, but what is the Amazon Fund? The Ecologist | 14th December 2009 News Amazon Deforestation Climate Change amazon-rainforest.jpg The Amazon Funds aims to …
Scientists mapping the effects of deforestation in the Amazon are increasingly concerned that we are reaching a tipping point – when the forest will start to die back of its own accord and rain, currently generated by the Amazon forests, will stop falling, not just in neighbouring countries but as far afield as the United States and South Africa.
… the world Peter Bunyard | 1st July 2005 News Amazon Greenpeace Rainforest Action Network … mapping the effects of deforestation in the Amazon are increasingly concerned that we are … accord and rain, currently generated by the Amazon forests, will stop falling, not just in …
The world's largest rainforest is ravaged by deforestation and two recent droughts. If they continue, says one expert, the Amazon risks entering a period where it can no longer be relied upon to absorb more greenhouse gas emissions than it produces
… Is the Amazon heading towards a 'tipping point' as a … carbon sink? Tom Levitt | 27th May 2011 News Amazon Deforestation Carbon Dioxide Carbon Sink Climate Change amazon.jpg Unlike Arctic sea-ice, it is not …
Mainstream climatologists predict a 15% fall in rainfall over the Amazon if it is stripped of its rainforest. But the 'biotic pump' theory, rooted in conventional physics and recently confirmed by experiment, shows that the interior of a forest-free Amazon will be as dry as the Negev desert. We must save the Amazon before it enters a permanent and irreversible dessication.
… Without its rainforest, the Amazon will turn to desert Peter Bunyard | 2nd … March 2015 News Forests Water Climate Change Amazon South America Science … predict a 15% fall in rainfall over the Amazon if it is stripped of its rainforest. …
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 …
Brazilian government urged to start paying farmers to protect Amazon land as it pushes on with plans to scrap historic forest protection laws
… Code: call for farmers to be paid to protect Amazon George Blacksell | 24th September 2011 News Amazon Brazil Rainforest Deforestation … forest.jpg Rates of deforestation in the Amazon are on the rise again Brazilian …
"Most of the recently discovered plants and animals are thought to be endemic to small parts of the Amazon rainforest."
… Amazon: 441 new species discovered in four … years Oliver Tickell | 23rd October 2013 News Amazon Species Extinction Nature Wildlife … thought to be endemic to small parts of the Amazon rainforest." Over the last four years …
Jeff Bezos' wealth increased by $33 billion in the first four months of 2018. In turn, Amazon must - at the very least - pay its workers a living wage and improve warehouse working conditions, argues BERNIE SANDERS
… Amazon's greed has got to end Bernie Sanders | 27th August 2018 Comment Amazon Profit Greed … in the first four months of 2018. In turn, Amazon must - at the very least - pay its … seconds, Jeff Bezos, the owner and founder of Amazon, made more money than the median …
Thanks to climate change the southern Amazon rainforest is "drying out", say US researchers.
… Amazon forest is drying out Alex Kirby | 22nd October 2013 News Amazon Forest Rainforest Climate Water Rain Thanks to climate change the southern Amazon rainforest is "drying out", say US …
As economists and policymakers scramble to put a price on the stored carbon of rainforests, they could be missing the bigger (wetter) picture...
… Bunyard | 24th August 2009 Comment Forests Amazon Rainforest Natural World Climate Change Copenhagen amazon-rainforest.jpg As economists and … when we consider the 6m square kilometer Amazon Basin, the really important fact is not …
It's not just Indonesia's forests and peatlands that are burning - the Amazon is suffering almost as badly, with over 18,000 fires last month in Brazil alone, write Jos Barlow & Erika Berenguer. The future is looking hot and fiery.
… 18,000 fires rage in Brazil's Amazon rainforest Jos Barlow Erika Berenguer | … News Forests Climate Change COP21 Emissions Amazon Brazil Farming 2nd Decmber 2015 burnt-forest-amazon-cut.jpg It's not just Indonesia's …
Colombia has recognised the autonomy of indigenous communities across the Amazon through a new decree - described as the most important step for Amazon indigenous rights in 30 years. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports
… thing that has happened to the indigenous Amazonians in 30 years' Brendan Montague | 12th April 2018 News Amazon Indigenous Peoples Human Rights … autonomy of indigenous communities across the Amazon through a new decree - described as the …
Sebastião Salgado and Per-Anders Pettersson’s work offers a compelling insight into a threatened way of life, says The Ecologist's Green Living Editor Ruth Styles
… Review: Amazon exhibition at Somerset House Ruth … Styles | 18th November 2011 Ethical Living Amazon Somerset House Photography Sebastião … Three football pitch sized areas of pristine Amazon rainforest are lost every minute thanks …
Nicola Peel's new film Blood of the Amazon tells the story of the world's largest environmental lawsuit and investigates how the oil industry threatens a fragile rainforest environment. By Jan Goodey
… A day in the life of...Nicola Peel, Amazon activist and filmmaker Jan Goodey | 5th October 2011 Activism Natural World Amazon Deforestation Indigenous Tribes Nicola … Nicola Peel's new film Blood of the Amazon tells the story of the world's largest …
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 …
Meet the next generation of Indigenous Earth defenders.
… Amazon avengers Felipe Viveros | 1st November 2022 | Comment Amazon Rainforest Biodiversity Editor’s Picks … data showed that deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon had hit yet another new record. Those …
The veteran campaigner talks to the Ecologist about the ongoing struggle to secure indigenous land rights and how he successfully took the Colombian government to court
… on indigenous rights in the Colombian Amazon Mark Briggs | 13th April 2012 Activism Natural World Amazon Indigenous Rights Mining Deforestation … we have about 82 per cent of the Colombian Amazon protected. What has been your least …
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 …
The Indigenous Peoples of Standing Rock are by no means alone in their struggle for the recognition and preservation of their native lands: a very similar story of resistance against oil extraction is taking place further south, and has been going on for almost half a century, namely the fight of the Indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon against oil pollution and oppression, writes biologist ARTHUR WYNS
… fighting oil companies in the Peruvian Amazon Arthur Wyns | 5th April 2017 News Amazon Peru Fossil Fuels Protest Indigenous … at the banks of the tigre river, peruvian amazon, 2015. c.chaikuni.jpg The Indigenous …
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 …
Europe's demand for cheap meat is been fed by an increasing demand for soya feed from the Amazon but it comes at a cost - deforestation
… Europe's meat demands at the expense of the Amazon Lynn Morris | 6th July 2010 Comment Atlantic Rising Blogs Amazon Deforestation Food And Farming … an increasing demand for soya feed from the Amazon but it comes at a cost - deforestation …
Misinformation campaign behind weakening of Amazon protections exposed by scientists.
… Amazon deforestation fuelled by disinformation … Catherine Early | 31st January 2022 | News Amazon Misinformation Brazil Bolsonaro Science … Misinformation campaign behind weakening of Amazon protections exposed by scientists. The …