Coalition argues for laws guaranteeing that products sold in the EU do not cause deforestation and human rights abuses in Brazil.
… EU trade complicit in Brazilian rights abuses Marianne Brooker | … deforestation and human rights abuses in Brazil. An international coalition of NGOs – … including a group representing more than 300 Brazilian indigenous groups – has called for …
Cattle farming is the main driver of illegal land seizures that violate human rights in Reserves and Indigenous territories
… Brazil must halt illegal cattle farms Marianne … | 29th November 2019 News Change Makers Brazil Amazon Destruction Deforestation Cattle … on Reserves and Indigenous territories in Brazil’s Amazon, fuelling deforestation and …
'While Bolsonaro lets agribusinesses burn theAmazon, this week a UK Government minister has been busy cosying up to the Brazilian President's officials.'
… minister has been busy cosying up to the Brazilian President's officials.' A close ally … to publicly speak out during a trip to Brazil about the damage being wreaked upon … they can to protect the rainforest". Brazilian federal experts reported a record …
Brazil’s ministry of environment said it will now host the UN’s Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week in Salvador in August.
… Brazil backtracks on Climate Week Fabiano … Climate Home News | 22nd May 2019 News Brazil Climate Week Change Makers … el-salvador-2379443_1280-e1557832741468.jpg Brazil’s ministry of environment said it will …
Vigil outside Brazil Embassy to remember those killed in mining waste dam disaster.
… January 2020 News Brumadinho Vigil Disaster Brazil Mining Waste Change Makers … Vigil outside Brazil Embassy to remember those killed in … waste collapse d on 25 January 2019 near the Brazilian town of Brumadinho, in the state of …
What causes tailings dam - an earth-fill embankment dam used to store byproducts of mining operations - disasters and are there industry solutions?
… Jacobsen | 6th March 2019 News Tailings Dam Brazil Disaster Regulations Mining Change … - disasters and are there industry solutions? Brazil witnessed its worst ever mining … this year, after Vale’s tailing dam in the Brazilian town of Brumadinho in Minas Gerais …
Peter Bunyard on the battle against malaria, a fallen hero of the Colombian medical establishment and the mysterious fate of thousands of unique primates.
… from one end to the other, and even into Brazil – that is if you can tolerate the heat … overseas, some of whom arrive by river from Brazil or Peru. One attraction is the … its sprawling 300-mile-wide mouth in Eastern Brazil. Few, if any, of the Decameron Hotel …
From monocultures to deforestation, a cup of coffee can leave a bitter taste. But as Valentina Jovanovski discovered, ethically produced coffee can benefit some of the world’s poorest people and the planet to boot
… Organic Deforestation Monoculture Uganda Brazil Green Living Food And Farming … amounts of fertiliser and pesticides. In Brazil, where an estimated 5.4 million … But according to UNDP, over 70 per cent of Brazilian coffee farms – which between them …
Is orange juice as healthy and natural as it claims to be? Can it ever be 'eco'? Pat Thomas reports
… labour in the orange picking industry in Brazil and Mexico. In fact, Brazil is the largest orange producing country … and all of Tropicana's juice here, comes from Brazil. Deforestation in the Amazon, to …
France intends to stop importing soy, palm oil, beef, wood and other products linked to deforestation and unsustainable agriculture.
… tropical rainforest – the Amazon – following Brazil’s election of Jair Bolsonaro. … argued on Climate Home News during Brazil’s election campaign that the best way … The EU is the largest foreign investor in Brazil and its second-largest trading partner, …
Bruce Parry on tree-bark trips, deforestation and lessons learnt from tribal living
… most shocking thing you saw? Paraì state, in Brazil. We flew for hours and hours over what … and cattle are making people rich. I love Brazil and think it has exemplary laws, but …
Michael Gove says UK must show leadership on climate but then downplays suggestion he could lead COP26 conference. 'Happy with job I have.'
… a state and city level in countries such as Brazil and the US in an implicit criticism of … stance of US President Donald Trump and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro. Leadership The talks …
BHP and Rio Tinto have a long history of extracting minerals then pulling out and leaving devastation in their wake. New report reveals the extent of the damage.
… , the tailings (mining waste) dam owned by Brazilian mining company Vale, which collapsed in January 2019 in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Trauma Vale executives, along with its … dam which also collapsed in 2015, causing Brazil’s worst environmental disaster in …
Greta Thunberg awarded first Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity and donates €100K to the Stop Ecocide Foundation.
… SOS Amazonia campaign by Fridays for Future Brazil. From 136 candidates, a shortlist of … Amazonia campaign led by Fridays For Future Brazil to tackle Covid-19 in the Amazon, and …
UN shipping talks stalled as Saudi Arabia and the US obstructed attempts to decide how the sector should begin to decarbonise.
… slow-moving players - including Saudi Arabia, Brazil and the US - obstructed attempts to … what happened last week.” Saudi Arabia, Brazil and the US were among the worst …
Charity calls for a revolution on behalf of nature.
… reforestation projects in Kenya, Cameroon, Brazil, Mozambique, Madagascar, India, Nepal … is funding a new food forest project in the Brazilian Amazon to protect the rainforest and … terrestrial carbon sink, yet new data from Brazil’s space research agency has revealed …
Having an allotment is no longer a tiresome hobby practised by old geezers in wellies and donkey jackets. It’s an insurance policy against an uncertain future, as Paul Kingsnorth has found out for himself over the last three years.
… Seeing the light Curiously enough, it took a Brazilian peasant to change my mind. Three … I found myself in the wide fields of southern Brazil, touring a rural settlement with a … landless people on unused land all over Brazil for 20 years, giving them new life and …
Protesters in London will stand in solidarity with Indigenous groups on Thursday 3 October to show Ricardo Salles, the Brazilian environment minister, he is not welcome.
… 3 October to show Ricardo Salles, the Brazilian environment minister, he is not welcome. Raging forest fires in Brazil are a direct result of Brazilian government policies that have …