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 …
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 …
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 …
Grassroots approaches can protect tropical forests in Brazil and Senegal.
… approaches can protect tropical forests in Brazil and Senegal. September offered … for the Amazon, according to new data from Brazil’s State Secretariat for the Environment … are a relief to environmentalists after Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s shocking …
A team of Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) academics is marking the international day of action for rivers by hanging out the dirty laundry of a very dirty company.
… Brazilian dam disaster 'is part of a pattern' … Saes EnvJustice | 14th March 2019 News Brazil Mining Disaster Dam Thought Leaders … behind a recent massive mining incident in Brazil. The failure of their Brumadinho …
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 …
UK purchased £1bn of beef from firms tied to Amazon deforestation.
… of Investigative Journalism . Marfrig, a Brazilian meat company that has supplied … make.” In January, inspectors from Ibama, Brazil’s environmental watchdog, found cattle … by the largest number of forest fires in Brazil this year. The land where the cattle …
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 …
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 …
Satisfaction was at an all-time low in large capitalist democracies including the UK, America, Brazil, Mexico and Australia.
… democracies including the UK, America, Brazil, Mexico and Australia. Dissatisfaction … including the UK, America, Brazil, Mexico and Australia. The data set … largest democracy (Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil) to openly entertain nostalgia for …
Biomass electricity in the UK = clear-cutting of ancient swamp forests + bulldozing of traditional communities' lands + deprived UK communities bearing the brunt of toxic emissions.
… Biomass Biofuel Campaign Energy Forests Brazil USA Renewables bfw-munde-eucalyptus.png … focusses on the Baixo Parnaíba region of the Brazilian state of Maranhão. Traditional … largest and most aggressive of those is the Brazilian firm Suzano Papel e Celulose, which …
Hundreds of millions of pounds meant to be spent on green energy will soon be lavished on Britain's biggest coal fired power station to reward it for burning 7 million tonnes of wood pellets a year - meant to be 'renewable' but actually driving biodiversity loss and even worse for climate change than coal. DECC must stop this madness!
… Renewables Fossil Fuels Forests UK USA Brazil … likely to be felt in other areas, too. The Brazilian company Tanac SA has reported … of monoculture tree plantations in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. …
There is a scandal here...policy makers are calling vast monocultures ‘forest restoration’.
… Together, those countries, which include Brazil, India and China, have already … natural forests, at 14.6 million hectares; Brazil has pledged 19 million hectares of new …
The EU's 'rapporteur state' on glyphosate, Germany, has recommended re-approval of the herbicide with its daily intake increased by 67%, write Drs Nancy Swanson and Mae Wan Ho. The verdict is based on a re-assessment carried out by Monsanto and a consortium of chemical companies, based on unpublished industry studies. It should be rejected outright.
… by the end of 2015; France is set to follow. Brazil, one of the largest growers of … 4. "Dutch Parliament bans Roundup, France and Brazil to follow", The Healthy Home Economist, … 5. ' Brazil's Federal Public Prosecutor Requests …
To accommodate high levels of Roundup residues in GM soya, limits were raised 200-fold - with no scientific justification and ignoring growing evidence of toxicity. What Monsanto calls 'extreme levels' are now the norm - but only in GM crops.
… metric tons, with the United States (33%), Brazil (29%), Argentina (19%), China (5%) and … or where such commodities are imported. In Brazil, the MRL in soybean was increased from …
Forty years ago Monsanto carried out detailed studies of glyphosate and Roundup toxicity, write Richard Gale & Gary Null. But they have remained buried in filing cabinets ever since. Now a determined scientist has breached the wall of secrecy - and all the evidence is that Monsanto knew just how toxic its products were all along, while claiming they were 'safe as lemonade'.
… Last June, France banned its use in gardens. Brazil, Germany and Argentina are considering … infiltrates the lungs. A study published by Brazil's Universidade Federal de Santa Maria …
The amazon fires must give rise to action from individuals, corporations and governments.
… much of the power of invasive agribusiness. Brazil’s Indigenous People Articulation has a … In the eloquent words of Elaine Brum, Brazilian journalist and novelist: “Bolsonaro … forge communities like those established by Brazil’s escaped slaves.” So what can you do? …
Despite the endless rhetoric about a 'nuclear renaissance', there are fewer power reactors today than there were a decade ago, writes Jim Green. The one country with a really big nuclear build program is China, but no one expects it to meet its targets. And with over 200 reactor shut-downs due by 2040, the industry will have to run very hard indeed just to stay put.
… by political and personal scandals." Brazil's nuclear industry provided some … Luiz Pinheiro da Silva, the former CEO of Brazil's nuclear power utility Eletronuclear, …
Standard Chartered's sponsorship of Liverpool FC is a cynical attempt to buy a social license to profit from fossil fuel finance.
… roots and global appeal: Alisson Becker (Brazil), Virgil Van Dijk (Netherlands), Joel Matip (Cameroon), Fabinho (Brazil), Naby Keita (Guinea), Sadio Mane …