Tag: Amazon
The Gold Rush in the Amazon Is Poisoning Fish and People with Mercury
Holding a plastic bottle of toxic mercury with his bare hands on an illegal ...
Under Pressure to Curb Deforestation, Brazil Sends Mixed Message to the World
Last week saw a busy, but contradictory, stream of actions likely to impact Amazonian ...
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 ...
Brazil’s Navy Gets Ready to Defend the Amazon Against Any Aggression
The currents and high flood levels in the rivers of the Amazon, not to ...
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 ...
Fed Up with Brazil, Norway Cuts Aid They Are Giving to Protect the Amazon
Michel Temer, the embattled president of Brazil, did not find any respite from his ...
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 ...
How Crooks Log, Mine, Enslave and Get Rich in the Brazilian Amazon
The Amazon is the sort of wild place where you often go looking for ...
Made in Germany, Chocolate Brings Jobs and Helps Preserve the Amazon
With a cigarette in one hand and a muddy machete in the other, Brazilian ...
Brazil to Privatize Amazon’s Deforestation Monitoring. Deforesters Applaud
In the midst of the intense political turmoil unfolding in Brasília, a government move ...
