Tag: deforestation
How Brazil Is Privatizing Public Forests and Opening the Door for More Deforestation
Imagine that several state legislators decide that Yellowstone National Park is too big. Also ...
Brazil Loses 16% of Its Water. Blame it on the Amazon Deforestation
Recurring drought, regular power outages and a devastated farming industry – these are the ...
Brazil Vows to Stop Deforestation. But Can You Trust President Bolsonaro?
On the second day of COP26 – the UN climate negotiations in Glasgow – ...
Getting Rid of President Bolsonaro Won’t Solve the Deforestation Problem in the Amazon
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon made global headlines in 2019, thanks to massive wildfires ...
The Fear of Being Killed Is Not Enough to Deter Those Fighting for Justice and Land in the Amazon
Fernando dos Santos Araújo woke up alongside his love, Bruno Pereira Gomes, on May ...
Land Invasions More than Double in Brazil. Majority of Victims Are Indians
Land conflicts in Brazil hit 1,576 cases in 2020, the highest number ever recorded ...
They Call Themselves Green, But Palm Oil in the Amazon Means Deforestation and Human Rights Violations
Guided by an Indigenous leader, we drove down dusty roads in the Turé-Mariquita Indigenous ...
The Future of Brazil’s Amazon Depends on What You Eat Every Day
Soy may have a pretty innocuous reputation thanks to its association with vegan food ...
Here Starts the End of Brazil’s Amazon Forest. It’s Called BR-319 Highway
The BR-319 (Manaus-Porto Velho) Highway was built in the early 1970s by Brazil’s military ...
One Year After Guardian of the Forest’s Murder Nothing Has Changed in the Brazilian Amazon
Illegal loggers are operating unchecked in Brazil’s Amazon as coronavirus rages despite government vows ...
