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 indigenous peoples rose up against the government's plans to suppress the rights they had fought so hard to win over decades, writes Christian Poirier. Their victory shows the way to defend our achievements and rights: collective struggle, organized response, strong mobilization and ceaseless pressure.
… Resisting authoritarianism: Brazil's indigenous victories show the way … Amazon Watch | 22nd November 2016 Comment Brazil USA Indigenous Peoples Politics Health 2016-sonia-marching-cut.jpg Brazil's indigenous peoples rose up against …
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 …
In Brazil's microcephaly epidemic, one vital question remains unanswered: how did the Zika virus suddenly learn how to disrupt the development of human embryos? The answer may lie in a sequence of 'jumping DNA' used to engineer the virus's mosquito vector - and released into the wild four years ago in the precise area of Brazil where the microcephaly crisis is most acute.
… box: how GM mosquitos could have caused Brazil's microcephaly disaster Oliver Tickell … 2016 News Health GMOs Science Technology Brazil Corporations aedes-aegypti-cut.jpg In Brazil's microcephaly epidemic, one vital …
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, …
With the proposed connection between the Zika virus and Brazil's outbreak of microcephaly in new born babies looking increasingly tenuous, Latin American doctors are proposing another possible cause: Pyriproxyfen, a pesticide used in Brazil since 2014 to arrest the development of mosquito larvae in drinking water tanks. Might the 'cure' in fact be the poison?
… Argentine and Brazilian doctors suspect mosquito insecticide … 2016 News Health Toxics Pesticides Argentina Brazil water-tank-brazil-cut.jpg With the proposed connection …
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 …
Survivors of a previously unknown Amazon tribe have escaped gunmen in Peru, seeking refuge with settled indigenous communities in Brazil. But as Alice Bayer reports, their problems are far from over. Many remain under threat in Peru, and even the refugees are at risk of common but potentially lethal infections.
… International | 22nd August 2014 News Brazil Peru Indigenous Peoples Forests Mining … refuge with settled indigenous communities in Brazil. But as Alice Bayer reports, their … uncontacted Indians and outside society in Brazil's Amazon rainforest. At the end of June …
Brazil's Ilha de Queimada Grande is the only home of one of the world's deadliest, and most endangered, snakes, writes Natasha Geiling. Just the place for Brazil's disgraced football team to escape the wrath of furious fans, if they can only get a permit ...
… Natasha Geiling | 15th July 2014 Comment Brazil Reptiles Health Natural World snake-island-cut.jpg Brazil's Ilha de Queimada Grande is the only … writes Natasha Geiling. Just the place for Brazil's disgraced football team to escape the …
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 …
After four years of low rainfall Brazil's commercial capital, Sao Paulo, is suffering from a grim combination of high temperatures and water shortages, writes Leila Carvalho. And now the drought has given rise to a lethal plague of dengue fever.
… Leila Carvalho | 26th June 2015 News Cities Brazil Water Health Climate Change … After four years of low rainfall Brazil's commercial capital, Sao Paulo, is … metropolitan area (SPMA) in southeastern Brazil - are struggling with one of the …
Those who dare suggest that pesticides might be implicated in Brazil's microcephaly outbreak are being furiously attacked as irrational, nonsense-spouting 'conspiracy theorists', writes Claire Robinson. But the attackers have an uncanny ability to get their own facts in a twist. And among them are writers linked to industries with huge economic interests in the matter.
… Health Toxics GMOs Corporations Regulation Brazil Argentina Science insecticide-cut.jpg … that pesticides might be implicated in Brazil's microcephaly outbreak are being … in the Crop-Sprayed Towns , and the Brazilian public health researchers' group …
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 …
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 …
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. …
The Aedes mosquitos that carry the Zika virus and dengue fever are not just perfectly adapted to life in cities, writes Nadia Pontes. They are also being helped along by warming climates which increase their range. It's time to get serious about the health implications of a hotter planet.
… 2016 News Health Ecology Climate Change Brazil China USA favela-cut.jpg The Aedes … countries have reported cases of Zika, and Brazil has been hit hardest. In November 2015 … It is not known for sure how Zika arrived in Brazil, but it is thought to have been …
As three more supermarkets drop their bans, the industry is accused of caving in to cartels and GM food giants
… UK food chain. But non-GM feed producers in Brazil, a major source of animal feed to the … been fed GM food. Abrange, which represents Brazil's non-GM soya producers, said that the … in exports were inaccurate. "This year Brazil has enjoyed a record soybean harvest of …
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 …