‘We are not afraid’: Indigenous Brazilian women stand up to gender violence Hannah Steiner January 24, 2023 Women from Brazil’s indigenous communities are particularly vulnerable to gender-based violence, but UN-backed initiatives, and a change in the law,....
September sees worst-ever deforestation rate in Amazon Liang Lan October 09, 2022 Brazilian Space Research Institute says 1,455 km2 were destroyed in September.
Brazil's Amazon sees worst August fires in over a decade George Scott August 31, 2022 Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest surged in August to the highest for the month since 2010, surpassing the blazes in....
Crucial illegal road threatens Amazon rainforest as experts say stakes couldn't be higher Liang Lan August 25, 2022 An illegal dirt road ripping through protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon is now only a few miles shy of....
Global soy exporters adopt new measures to cut deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado region Liang Lan June 28, 2022 Six of the world’s largest food and agribusiness companies have developed a new method to tackle deforestation and grassland conversion....
World Rainforest Day 2022: As forests are depleting, see what governments are doing to protect them George Scott June 22, 2022 At the COP26 climate conference in November 2021, over 100 world leaders pledged nearly $19.2 billion of public and private....
Brazil's Amazon deforestation hits April record, nearly double previous peak George Scott May 07, 2022 Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon surged to record levels for the month of April, nearly doubling the area of forest removed....
Deforestation Is High, Despite COP26 Promises George Scott April 28, 2022 Brazil had the largest share of tree loss last year, followed by the Democratic Republic of Congo and Bolivia. Indonesia....