Tag: Rainforest

Brazil's national bird, the toucan, in the Amazon forest

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 ...

A Brazilian Indian demonstrates in Brasília - Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters

Brazilian Indians Losing the Few Rights They Conquered in the Last Few Years

A ten-year anniversary of the United Nation’s landmark recognition of indigenous rights finds slow ...

Hamburgers can help stop the rainforest deforestation

Burger King Vows to Stop Amazon Deforestation by 2030. That’s Too Late, Say Critics

The owner of Burger King has pledged to eliminate deforestation from its supply chains ...

Amazon deforestation grew 29% in 2016

After US$ 1.1 in Aid, Norway Says Brazil Needs to Clean Its Act or It Won’t Get a Cent for Amazon

Brazilian President Michel Temer was greeted with protests when he arrived in Norway for ...

King Harald V of Norway with an indigenous group in Brazil. Photo courtesy of Rainforest Foundation Norway

World’s Religious Leaders Get Together in Norway to Rescue the Rainforest

Religious leaders from around the world are meeting for the first time with conservationists ...

Roaming the Brazilian Amazon in Search of the Flying Monkey

The saki, or “flying monkey,” a mid-sized South American primate, gets its nickname from ...

Brazil Converts US$ 21 Million Debt to US into Project to Protect Forests

Brazil and the United States signed an agreement in which Brazil will use US$ ...

Brazil's onça (jaguar) threatened with extinction in Atlantic Rainforest

Brazil’s Dream Project: Bringing Moribund Atlantic Rainforest Back

The Atlantic rainforest known in Brazil as Mata Atlântica once spanned a million square ...

Brazil Puts Two Belgiums of Forests Under Protection.

Just one week after the excellent news about the Great Bear Rainforest comes another ...