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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Cattle ranchers bigger culprits in Amazon deforestation than soy farmers, new NGO study shows
… Amazon Cattle Soy Deforestation Greenpeace Brazil Farming Agribusiness Food And Farming … , Greenpeace says that 40 per cent of Brazil’s cattle are currently kept within the … per cent of land already in legal use in the Brazilian Amazon. This article first appeared …
Two critical markets are pursuing a stressed planet’s renewable resources, presenting policymakers with complex and difficult choices. The Worldwatch Institute’s latest look at Earth’s “vital signs” sees dangerous times ahead as the “sustainability crisis” unfolds. China Dialogue's Maryann Bird investigates
… 2005, 74% of the country’s soy was imported. Brazil now produces a quarter of the world’s … by 28% in 2006. The United States and Brazil are leading the way, but dozens of … several Latin American nations – including Brazil – are increasing their production …
Genetically modified food is flooding into the UK through the back door. Few consumers know that the meat and dairy products they eat may have been made from animals fed a diet containing GM crops.
… used is grown in South America , including Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, where … feed is disputed. Producers organisations in Brazil maintain there is an ample supply of …
Global oilseed, agribusiness and biotech corporations are engaged in a long term attack on India's local cooking oil producers, writes Colin Todhunter. In just 20 years they have reduced India from self-sufficiency in cooking oil to importing half its needs. Now the government's unlawful attempts to impose GM mustard seed threaten to wipe out a crop at the root of Indian food and farming traditions.
… of paying Indonesian, Malaysian, American and Brazilian farmers from where India imports … and Malaysia and soybean oil from the US, Brazil and Argentina. Notwithstanding the … on palm oil in Indonesia and this on soy in Brazil), soybean imports are expected to grow …
Slavery is a terrible thing for the world's estimated 36 million slaves, writes Kevin Bales. But it's also an environmental disaster. Many slaves are forced to work in destructive activities like clearing forests for mines, farms and plantations - making slave labour the world's third biggest 'country' in terms of CO2 emissions. It really is time to end slavery!
… change can help to solve both problems. In Brazil I met a former slave named Jose Barros … - an offshoot of the catholic church in Brazil. As part of their project to tackle … new trees and harvests other cash crops like Brazil nuts that grow naturally. The multiple …
A 'harmonic convergence' in the Mayan calendar set off something big for Craig Sams and his Belizean partners. First, Green & Blacks chocolate - and now an even more ambitious project to restore the world's soils using biochar and organic farming systems.
… being planted in Malaysia and 125,000 in Brazil's Bahia state. Happily, it all ended in … the hill tribes of Thailand and Laos. The Brazilian cacao was wiped out by 'witches … remain in Malaysia and the remnants in Brazil have adopted non-industrial …
Governments must shift subsidies and research funding from agro-industrial monoculture to small farmers using 'agroecological' methods, according to the UN's Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. And as Nafeez Ahmed notes, her call coincides with a new agroecology initiative within the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation.
… of France, Algeria, Costa Rica, Japan, Brazil and the European Union agricultural … as possible." Prof Sergio Sauer, formerly Brazil's National Rapporteur for Human Rights … it is a sustainable livelihood. "In Brazil we have the National Association of …