Belo Monte is just one of a dozen giant dam projects Brazil plans to build in the Amazon region in the coming decades and opens up the world's largest tropical rainforest to oil and mining exploration
Belo Monte dam marks a troubling new era in Brazil's attitude to its rainforest Karen Hoffmann | 15th August 2011 News Rainforest Brazil Mining Hydropower Water Energy amazon.jpg When completed, the …
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.
Megacity drought: Sao Paulo withers after dry 'wet season' Leila Carvalho | 26th June 2015 News Cities Brazil Water Health Climate Change sao-paulo-sunset-cut.jpg After four years of low rainfall …
Many glaciers are melting away at a rapid rate. This could have serious consequences for half a billion people who depend on the ‘eternal snows’ to water their crops and for drinking. But as Jonathan Mitchell reports from Nepal, not everyone appears concerned
… the reports are also worrying. 'We saw mosquitoes in Namche Bazaar (altitude 3440m) …
Venezuela is set to hand over 12% of the nation's territory in the upper reaches of the Amazon rainforest to mining corporations, writes Lucio Marcello, with 150 companies from 35 countries poised to devastate the army-controlled 'special economic zone'. But resistance is growing, and a counter-proposal aims to protect the area's precious biodiversity, indigenous cultures and water resources in a new South Orinoco Mega Reserve.
… water pools, the perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes. The entire area is managed by …