Tag: Amazon
Parintins: An Amazon Island Overcomes Isolation Throwing the Boi Bumbá Party
There are no bridges or roads that connect the city-island of Parintins to the ...
Brazil’s Man of the Hole Is Dead. The Last Survivor of His Tribe’s Genocide
An Indigenous man known as “The Man of the Hole” has died in Brazil. ...
For Dani, Defending the Amazon Is Defending the Planet’s Life
Some 40 kilometers from the Brazilian city of Altamira, ‘Photograph Belo Monte’ is written ...
The Future of the Amazon and the World Climate Is in the Hands of the Brazilian Militias
The future of the environmental agenda is on a collision course with Brazil’s violent ...
Fired from His Work with Indians, Vanished Amazon Expert Bruno Pereira Had Gone Back to the Field
Sent to a desk job after President Jair Bolsonaro’s election, indigenous protector Bruno Pereira ...
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 ...
Through Green Land Grabbing, Farmers in the Amazon Steal from Indians and Trick the Law
As global demand for food commodities has swelled, so has the practice of “land ...
Brazil Vows to Stop Deforestation. But Can You Trust President Bolsonaro?
On the second day of COP26 – the UN climate negotiations in Glasgow – ...
It’s About Time Brazil President Abandon His Rhetoric and Join the International Community
Maintaining power since January of 2019, the Bolsonaro administration has designed foreign policy objectives ...
