• Most Popular

    Tag: Amazon rainforest

    The BR-319 is now passable in the dry season due to a "maintenance" program begun in 2016 - Photo: P.M. Fearnside.

    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 ...

    author_avatar
    Philip M. Fearnside
    Commodities on the move on the completed southern section of the BR-163 Highway - Roosevelt Pinheiro / Agência Brasil

    For the Military, the Brazilian Indian Is a Savage and an Obstacle to Progress

    The media portrayal of Brazil’s annual fire season — which in 2020 is trending ...

    author_avatar
    Peter Speetjens
    A fire in a deforested area in Amazonas state, Brazil. Image by Bruno Kelly/Amazônia Real

    Brazil Determined to Hand Monitoring of Amazon Deforestation and Fire to the Military

    In a recent announcement, Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourão defended the creation of a ...

    author_avatar
    Jenny Gonzales
    Waiãpi indigenous children in Amapá state, Brazil. Image by Sam Cowie/Mongabay.

    Amazon Indians Fear Coronavirus Amid a Campaign to Convert Them to Christianity

    Indigenous leaders in Brazil are acting to avert the devastating impact coronavirus could have ...

    author_avatar
    Sam Cowie
    Protesters in the streets against Bolsonaro. "Not him,"says the sign

    The Far Right Won in Brazil. Now Comes the Resistance.

    In his acceptance speech, Brazil’s president-elect Jair Bolsonaro said he will “change the destiny ...

    author_avatar
    Carlos Salvador Zepeda Castillo
    The Amazon River

    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 ...

    author_avatar
    Newsroom