Green groups decry plan to list world’s biggest meatpacking company on NYSE
Critics fear decision to list Brazil-based firm JBS, long linked to Amazon’s deforestation, will add to the climate crisis Environmental groups are outraged that the...
Category : Amazon rainforest
Brazil fires consumed wilderness area larger than Italy in 2024 – report
New report says more than 30m hectares burned, 79% more than in 2023, after country saw worst drought on record After enduring its worst drought...
Photographs reveal first glimpse of uncontacted Amazon community
Exclusive: Automatic cameras in the Brazilian rainforest show images of the Massaco people, who are flourishing despite environmental threats Read more on this story: New...
Severe drought puts nearly half a million children at risk in Amazon – report
Warming climate has caused rivers used for transport to dry up, leaving children with little food, water or school access, says Unicef Two years of...
Brazilian president flies into Amazon amid alarm over droughts and wildfires
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says Amazonia suffering its worst drought in more than 40 years Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has flown into the...
Shock as police chief taken off Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips murder case
Activists and lawyers in Brazil say unexpected change is ‘a big step backwards’ in the investigation Indigenous activists and lawyers in Brazil have voiced shock...
Weather tracker: extreme heat hits Brazil, fuelling risk of wildfires
Some African countries, meanwhile, hit by unusual rainfall with flooding killing at least 170 people Unrelenting heat will continue across parts of Brazil this week...
Could a £2-a-day basic income be the key to protecting rainforests?
Pilot scheme in Amazon communities of central Peru aims to help people choose a more sustainable way of living Read more stories in the Alternatives...
Brazilian rancher ordered to pay $50m for damage to Amazon
Brazil court freezes assets of Dirceu Kruger to pay climate compensation for illegal deforestation A Brazilian cattle rancher has been ordered to pay more than...
Crisis at Tres Fronteras: how criminal syndicates threaten Amazon’s future
At the lawless triple border between Brazil, Colombia and Peru, drug trafficking, illegal logging and gangs jeopardise the ecological and social fabric of the rainforest...
