Top grain traders ‘helped scupper’ ban on soya from deforested land
Cargill and ADM led push to weaken new protections for threatened ecosystems in South America, report says Cargill and ADM, two of the world’s leading...
Category : Amazon rainforest
Brazil expels illegal settlers from Indigenous lands in Amazon
Thousands affected as government vows to stamp out land grabs in protected areas Brazil’s government has begun removing thousands of non-Indigenous people from two native...
Ecuadorians vote to halt oil drilling in biodiverse Amazonian national park
Referendum result protecting Yasuní reserve will benefit huge range of species as well as ‘uncontacted’ Indigenous peoples Ecuadorians have voted in a historic referendum to...
Ecuador prepares for ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ vote to stop oil drilling
Referendum alongside presidential election will decide whether to halt extraction in Amazon national park As Ecuadorians go to the polls on Sunday they must not...
Thursday briefing: Inside South America’s summit to save the Amazon
In today’s newsletter: After years of rampant exploitation under a far-right government, Brazil has brought together leaders to help secure the future of the world’s...
‘Nature needs money’: Lula tells rich countries to pay up and protect world’s rainforests
Brazilian president says developed nations that over centuries have pumped emissions into the atmosphere must ‘pay their bit’ The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da...
Leaders of Amazon nations gather in Brazil for summit on rainforest’s future
Conclave represents handbrake turn in Brazilian government policy since Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took power The leaders of Amazon nations including Brazil, Colombia and...
Brazilian president Lula pledges ‘new Amazon dream’ at rainforest summit
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sets out ambitious programme to repair damage done by Bolsonaro and tackle environmental crime The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula...
Brazil says illegal miners driven from Indigenous territory, but ‘war’ not over
Country’s top cop said 90% of miners despoiling Yanomami land had been expelled, though experts say they are only displaced Brazil’s top federal police chief...
Amazon plane crash children reunited with family after 40 days in jungle
Relatives and Colombian president visit survivors in hospital, where grandfather says they are ‘shattered but in good hands’ The four young Colombian siblings who managed...
