Brazil’s president has slashed forest and indigenous protections in his first 100 days. As a major importer of soya and beef, the EU should check his power.
… EU must defend Brazil's indigenous people Nicole Polsterer … | 17th April 2019 News EU Indigneous People Brazil Thought Leaders amazon_indigenous_kate_fisher_800.jpg Brazil’s president has slashed forest and …
Never mind Brazil's COP21 promises to cut its carbon emissions, writes Jan Rocha. New laws passing through Congress will encourage deforestation by removing safeguards and opening up indigenous territories to mega-projects. Serious drought is already contributing to a big increase in forest fires.
… Brazil: as forest fires rage, new laws will … of hell Jan Rocha | 14th January 2016 News Brazil Forests Law Politics Farming Indigenous … seca_e_queimada_no_cerrado-cut.jpg Never mind Brazil's COP21 promises to cut its carbon …
Brazil's extreme right wing government is preparing to open up the rainforest territories of dozens of uncontacted indigenous tribes to 'free for all' development by defunding the protection they currently receive, according to information received by Survival International, which warns: 'The reality is these cuts could sanction genocide.'
… Brazil: Government to abandon tribes to … April 2017 News Indigenous Peoples Genocide Brazil Law Politics Farming Mining Land Grabs Amazon awa-funai-cut.jpg Brazil's extreme right wing government is …
It's not that Dilma Rousseff, Brazil's ousted President, was wonderful for the environment, writes Ed Atkins. It's that Michel Temer's new regime is certain to be far worse. Plans are afoot to weaken environmental assessments for large projects like mines, roads and dams. And the new Minister of Agriculture is a notorious campaigner for hugely increased deforestation.
… Brazil’s new government to sacrifice the … of Bristol | 19th September 2016 News Brazil Farming Forests Politics Indigenous … It's not that Dilma Rousseff, Brazil's ousted President, was wonderful for … represents a fundamental realigning of modern Brazil. For some in the country, the crisis is …
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 …
As Brazil prepares for elections next month, conserving its remaining Atlantic Forest is a hot issue, writes Cristina Banks-Leite. Ecologists want to preserve more native habitat, while farmers want to expand their acreage. But there is one solution that ought to please everyone.
… Saving Brazil's Atlantic forest on a shoe string … Banks-Leite | 18th September 2014 Comment Brazil Forests Farming Economics mata-atlantica-cut.jpg As Brazil prepares for elections next month, …
Guarani man Semião Vilhalva was murdered by ranchers' gunmen last weekend after his community reoccupied parts of their ancestral land from ranchers. Thousands of Guarani Indians holding on to tiny patches of their ancestral land are living in constant fear of forcible eviction.
… Brazil: Guarani man murdered by ranchers' … The Ecologist | 2nd September 2015 News Brazil Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Law … leader has been shot dead in west-central Brazil, one week after his community …
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.
… bring rain to the centre and south of Brazil. Some Brazilian scientists say the absence of rain … and reservoirs in central and southeast Brazil is not just a quirk of nature, but a …
GMO corn varieties that express insecticidal Bt toxins are failing in the field, with reports of infestations of the fall armyworm on Bt corn in Brazil and the USA. Now the EU is poised to approve one of the failing varieties for use on European farms.
… Brazil: GMO 'Bt corn' no longer resists pest … | 2nd August 2014 News GMOs Farming USA Brazil EU fall-armyworm-judy-baxter-cut.jpg A … of the fall armyworm on Bt corn in Brazil and the USA. Now the EU is poised to …
Europe's resolve to act against the Bolsonaro government’s environmental crimes appears to be strengthening.
… May 2020 News Editor’s Picks Deforestation Brazil Amazon EU Agriculture Imports … crimes appears to be strengthening. Brazil has entered uncertain times. Two … them comes from the very top of government: Brazil’s Supreme Court has just released …
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.
… Amazon Alex Kirby | 20th October 2014 News Brazil Amazon Farming Trade … Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has been sharply reduced in … to reform the ranching sector. Despite Brazil having made great strides in reducing …
With the EU projected to source most of its 'renewable' energy by burning biomass, its policies are leading to widespread land-grabbing and forest destruction, writes Oliver Munnion. And because many of the biomass projects are purely speculative, 'sustainability standards' will do little or nothing to improve practice on the ground.
… September 2014 Activism Forests Biofuels EU Brazil Ghana Mozambique Renewables eucalyptus … eucalyptus plantations in Urbano Santos, Brazil, specifically planted to satisfy the … highly-biodiverse wetland forests . Next: Brazil, West & Central Africa Industry …
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 … The Ecologist | 3rd January 2014 News Amazon Brazil Food Farming Forests soy-rondonia.png … new measures. A landmark moratorium on Brazilian soya that was set to end on the last …
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 … Forests Climate Change COP21 Emissions Amazon Brazil Farming 2nd Decmber 2015 … badly, with over 18,000 fires last month in Brazil alone, write Jos Barlow & Erika …
Europe did not light the fires ravaging the Amazon, but it did provide some of the matches.
… Para state had, in a show of solidarity with Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, reportedly … has been squarely placed on the shoulders of Brazil’s new far-right president, who is a … The vast majority of the deforestation in Brazil and other Amazon states has been due to …
The unfolding human and ecological disaster of GM agriculture in the Americas must send the EU a powerful message, writes Helena Paul. We don't want it here, and we should stop buying the products of GM-driven genocide and ecocide abroad.
… Genocide Ecocide Gm Food GMOs South America Brazil Argentina Uruguay USA Farming Forests … - ecocide and genocide rolled into one. Brazil - the world's largest agrochemical user Brazil, Uruguay and Bolivia have also been …
Jairo Restrepo is a leading champion of organic farming in Brazil, writes JuanFran Lopez, and now his influence has spread across the world. His mission too has expanded to include campaigning for the rights of small scale farmers, and an even wider project of economic, technological and societal transformation to put people at the centre of political power.
… | 27th July 2015 Comment Food Farming Organic Brazil South America jairo-4-cut.jpg Jairo … is a leading champion of organic farming in Brazil, writes JuanFran Lopez, and now his … Federal University of Rio Grande de Sul in Brazil, where he was employed for many years. …
A decade ago, soya was being hailed as a superfood but in recent years, numerous issues surrounding deforestation and its impact on health have come to light
… Veganism Meat Sustainable Eating Brazil Pesticides Amazon Lives holding.jpg A … crop to super bad? Deforestation and slavery Brazil, the second biggest grower and the … million hectares of soya was planted in the Brazilian rainforest. Sarah Shoaka from …
The US looks set to approve GM crops that resist the 'Agent Orange' pesticide 2,4-D as well as glyphosate, writes Helena Paul. If it does, the toxic chemical - created in WW2 to destroy enemy food supplies - will soon end up in animal feeds, and the food we eat.
… 2,4D Helena Paul | 8th May 2014 News GMOs USA Brazil Argentina Toxics Farming Food EU crop … agricultural warfare Yet the US and Brazil are currently considering whether to … litres) today". [6] Over the same period, Brazil, where GM crops are grown on 36 million …
WHO's official recognition of the health damage caused by glyphosate, the world's most widely used herbicide, is having ramifications around the world, writes Dr Eva Sirinathsinghji. National governments are moving to restrict the chemical, campaigns to ban it are intensifying, and now 'Roundup Ready' GMO crops are coming under the regulatory spotlight.
… bans, protests, and fresh calls for bans Brazil is facing growing pressure to follow … country's public state prosecutor writing to Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency … 3. "Dutch Parliament bans Roundup, France and Brazil to follow", The Healthy Home Economist …
Campaigners against GM foods have long reviled 'terminator technology' - GM plants whose seeds are engineered never to grow. But are fears of the so-called 'suicide seeds' misplaced?
… that new legislation under consideration in Brazil could lead to 'suicide seeds' that … farmers around the world" . But the truth in Brazil is very different to this media … renewed activist myth-making. It is true that Brazil is considering relaxing regulations …
In his final State of the Union address, George Bush announced his support for the adoption of biofuels on a massive scale. But is the plan such a good idea? By Pat Thomas
… sustainability at a national or global level. Brazil is a good example of this illusion. … is good about the biofuel revolution. Yet Brazil is a troubled country. Its sugar-cane … into bioethanol and, while 40 per cent of Brazil’s cars may be running on this fuel (the …