Former Paraguayan government minister makes plea for West to intervene in runaway illegal logging situation displaced from Brazil
… Clamping down on logging in Brazil moves it to Paraguay The Ecologist | … World Climate Change Deforestation Logging Brazil Paraguay bulldozer.jpg A pair of bulldozers from Brazil roll off a barge at the Paraguayan …
In an interview with the Ecologist, WWF Brazil CEO Denise Hamu says increasing productivity can help combat deforestation in the Amazon
… of beef production to combat deforestation in Brazil The Ecologist | 22nd February 2011 News WWF Brazil Deforestation Beef Food And Farming … is the biggest driver of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon In an interview with the …
Environmental groups say the Belo Monte dam project would devastate a large area of the Amazon rainforest and threaten the survival of indigenous peoples
… Brazil to build world's third largest dam in … The Ecologist | 2nd February 2010 News Energy Brazil Hydroelectricity Dams Renewables … threaten the survival of indigenous peoples Brazil has given the go-ahead for the …
Brazil is about to auction hundreds of fracking blocks across the country - extending deep into the Amazon forest including the territories of remote and vulnerable indigenous peoples. Registered bidders include BP, Shell and ExxonMobil.
… Brazil to auction Amazon fracking licences The Ecologist | 6th October 2015 News Brazil Indigenous Peoples Energy Fossil Fuels Oil Gas Fracking amazon-manaus-cut.jpg Brazil is about to auction hundreds of …
Brazil becomes second biggest biotech grower after the US as industry predicts big increases in GM soybean, maize and cotton production in 2010
… Brazilian GM crop surge reported The Ecologist … | 23rd February 2010 News Gm Food And Farming Brazil Africa gmmaize.jpg GM maize in Brazil accounted for more than 60 per cent of …
As gold miners face eviction from Yanomami territory in the Brazilian Amazon, a rising tempo of death threats have been directed against the shaman Davi Kopenawa following his successful campaign.
… Brazil: death threats stalk Amazon shaman Davi … Kopenawa The Ecologist | 30th July 2014 News Brazil Indigenous Peoples Forests Mining … face eviction from Yanomami territory in the Brazilian Amazon, a rising tempo of death …
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 …
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 …
A proposed $30 billion railway line linking the the Peruvian and Brazilian coasts threatens devastation to forests and indigenous tribes that lie along its route, and will add to wider pressures on land and forests.
… tribes The Ecologist | 16th June 2015 News Brazil Peru China Forests Indigenous Peoples … railway line linking the the Peruvian and Brazilian coasts threatens devastation to … on an official visit to Brasilia, would link Brazil's Atlantic coast with a Pacific port in …
After a two year celebrity-backed campaign, Brazil is finally expelling invaders from the ancestral rainforests of the Awa Indians - just in time to avoid embarrassing World Cup protests.
… Ecologist | 26th February 2014 News Forests Brazil Indigenous Peoples awa-logging-camp.png … After a two year celebrity-backed campaign, Brazil is finally expelling invaders from the … destruction of the tribe's rainforest in the Brazilian Amazon are being expelled. The first …
New website details more than 140 planned or operating hydropower projects in the Amazon basin
… | 25th August 2010 News Renewable Energy Dams Brazil Hydropower amazondam3.jpg The new … impacts on aquatic ecosystems. Dam opposition Brazil recently gave the go-ahead for what … development, the Dardanelos Dam, also in Brazil, has already depleted river fish stocks …
Partnership between Brazil and Norway to prevent deforestation in the Amazon praised by US President Barack Obama
… to raise $21bn by 2020 Partnership between Brazil and Norway to prevent deforestation in … model that has been built between Norway and Brazil that allows for effective monitoring … The Amazon Fund The Fund was set up by the Brazilian government in 2008 to attract …
After a significant drop in the last several years, the annual deforestation rates in Brazil raised 28% for the period August 2012-July 2013, according to INPE, the Brazilian Spatial Institute.
… Brazil deforestation up 28% The Ecologist | 16th November 2013 News Forest Amazon Brazil Rainforest After a significant drop in … years, the annual deforestation rates in Brazil raised 28% for the period August …
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 …
A new wave of hydropower projects is under way in the quest for clean renewable energy but tribal and indigenous peoples continue to be ignored by those pushing through the plans
… under construction worldwide, particularly in Brazil, Ethiopia and Malaysia, threatens the … advice on how the dam will affect them. Brazil protests Survival's campaigners point to the continuing protests in Brazil as evidence of the failure to listen to …
This week 20 Amazon Indians walked to the Belo Monte dam site to demand the company keep its promises to compensate indigenous communities. Police shot them with 'rubber bullets' and stun grenades, wounding four. Tensions are rising ...
… Brazil: Amazon Indians shot at Belo Monte dam … | 30th May 2014 News Indigenous Peoples Brazil Amazon Water Energy Corporations … received with surprise by police - members of Brazil's National Public Security Force - who …
Brazilian cattle-ranching company named and shamed for destroying the land of an uncontacted tribe
… Greenwash award exposes Brazilian company The Ecologist | 21st January … Deforestation Natural World Food And Farming Brazil tribeparaguay.jpg The land of the … (picture: Survival International) Brazilian cattle-ranching company named and …
Despite the lack of traceability in the supply chain, the assurances of cattle producers that they are not involved in the illegal deforestation of the Amazon rainforest is apparently enough for Tesco, a letter to the Guardian reveals
… Take Action Amazon Deforestation Tesco ABRAS Brazil Leather Meat Food Wal-Mart Ikea … in the Amazon, despite an assertion from the Brazilian Association of Supermarkets (ABRAS) … had ‘sought and received assurances from [its Brazilian suppliers] that the beef products …
Agricultural expansion on a massive scale in Latin America has directly paralelled the West’s greed for meat. A new report follows the food chain and assesses the damage.
… America – seen here in Mato Grosso State, Brazil. In an accompanying report, ‘What’s … of rainforest that has been cut down in Brazil to make way for plantations since then. … soya production rocketed. Production in Brazil alone – which supplies 78 per cent of …
MP's report leaves environmentalists facing a dilemma, should they allow GM crop trials or not?
… Food And Farming Science And Technology Gm Brazil Food Politics And Economics soil.jpg … for increasing agricultural production in Brazil in particular was strong - with a … MPs expressed concern that not only could Brazil's infrastructure not cope with a major …
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 …
New research has revealed that a lack of finance and political commitment lie at the heart of the slow take-up of renewables, as a UK think tank calls for cash for low-carbon technology to be ringfenced
… Network US Germany India Nigeria Australia Brazil China Copenhagen Carbon Renewables … UK, US, Germany, India, Nigeria, Australia, Brazil and China. GCN interviewed 100 experts …
Success of agroecology in Brazil, Cuba and Africa should be replicated in place of current support for intensive farming techniques
… Malawian farmers Success of agroecology in Brazil, Cuba and Africa should be replicated … stories of pro-agroecology policies in Brazil, Cuba and Africa. One example …
A study of 245 large dams carried out at Oxford University shows that big hydropower is uneconomic. Actual costs are typically double pre-construction estimates - and have not improved over 70 years. ASEAN energy ministers take note!
… to not learn from the past. "For example, Brazil's" Itaipu dam, built in the 1970s, … the costs incurred to build it. "Regardless, Brazil is currently building the controversial …