Nature
Global Forest Watch Detecting Record Forest Loss in the Amazon
Brazil topped the list of the world’s most important Places to Watch for deforestation, ...
Don’t Expect Brazil’s Cerrado Forest to Be Saved by the Corporate World
To the south of the Amazon basin lies a huge savannah known as the ...
New Inventory Lowers the Number of Amazonian Trees Species from 16,200 to 6,700
Scientists report that the Amazon region has more than 6,700 species of native trees, ...
Brazil’s Thirst for Hydropower Is Killing the Wildlife-rich Pantanal
The Pantanal in central South America may not be as globally famous as the ...
Benefits and Risks of Legal Wildlife Trade in the Amazon
The multimillion-dollar legal wildlife trade in species originating from Amazonian countries has been analyzed ...
How Ecotourism Is Saving the Brazilian Jaguar from Extinction
From villain to hero, the jaguar (Panthera onça) stands at the cusp of a ...
For Amazon’s Largest Restoration Ever the Forest Will Get 73 Million New Trees in Six Years
A major initiative for the restoration of degraded areas in the Brazilian Amazon calls ...
Zero Deforestation Is the Only Answer in this Side of the Amazon
Perched at the easternmost edge of the Amazon rainforest is Maranhão, one of Brazil’s ...
Brazil Ends Natural Reserve the Size of Norway and Is Accused of Crime Against the Amazon
A decree from President Michel Temer abolished the protected status of the National Reserve ...
Eating Less Beef Seems to Be the Only Way to End Amazonian Deforestation
Beef production has become a major driver of tropical deforestation, responsible for as much ...
