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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
It’s never been easier to show support for a cause. To make online armchair campaigning even easier still, Ellie O’Donnell and ALEXANDRA HEAL and ELLIE O'DONNELL have compiled a list of 10 ongoing campaigns they think Ecologist readers would like to know about
… would like to know about 1) PETA: stop Amazon allowing the sale of live animals Amazon is allowing live lobsters to be … you can do: Send a letter to Mr Douglas Gurr, Amazon UK Country Manager, asking him to ban …
Despite massive clearance of carbon-rich forests for palm oil, cattle ranching, soybeans and other cash crops, writes Tim Radford, a new study finds that the net volume of carbon stored in trees is increasing thanks to their growing numbers on grasslands, on abandoned farmland, and in China.
… The great rainforests of the Congo , the Amazon and Southeast Asia may not be doing so …
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.
… with The Guardian and Repórter Brasil that Amazon deforestation and dirty meat are very … buying cattle raised on illegally deforested Amazon land. In 2017 the company was fined …