Alarm in the Amazon
The ultra leader announced that it would relax the environmental protection in Brazil or, which is the same, would give…
Protecting Freshwater Biodiversity: How International Rivers is addressing one of the great conservation challenges
Freshwater biodiversity has been called the “ultimate conservation challenge” due to its complex interweaving of upstream and downstream river ecosystems…
Saving the Amazon, a possible mission in Bolivia
The Brazilian popular activist and educator, Itamar Ferreira indicated that to stop megaprojects of high economic and social cost it…
Severe deforestation in the Amazon: 16 hectares per hour
According to the director of IDEM, Yolanda Gonzales before the Colombian Amazon concentrated 35% of the deforested areas and now…
MPF wants Army to consult indigenous people before installing microcentral hydroelectric plant in Tumucumaque
Indigenous communities have the right to prior, free and informed consultation whenever undertakings affect their territory Click here…
Landless movement leader assassinated in Brazilian Amazon
Landless movement leader Aluisio Sampaio, known as Alenquer, was murdered last Thursday in his home in Castelo de Sonhos in…
Forests growing in deforested areas are important for biodiversity and carbon
Secondary forests preserve about 80% of biodiversity compared to primary forests Click here to read the full article in…
Carbon emissions from Amazonian forest fires up to four times worse than feared
Carbon losses caused by El Niño forest fires of 2015 and 2016 could be up to four times greater than…
‘Our wealth is the forest’: Indigenous tribes are the last best hope for the Amazon
Claudio da Silva, thickset, his bare chest traced with blue-black lines of body paint, wields a chainsaw not to cut…
CASA: planning sustainable and resilient cities in the Amazon
The “CASA” project has developed different seed prototypes in the Amazon, which have already received national and international recognition. On…