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...
Category : Amazon rainforest
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...
Colombian plane crash: mother told children to leave her so they could survive
Details of woman’s final days emerge after four siblings rescued following almost six weeks in Amazon jungle The mother of the four young Colombian siblings...
Events in Brazil and UK to celebrate lives of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira
British journalist and Brazilian Indigenous expert were killed a year ago on Monday in remote Amazon region they tried to defend Friends and admirers of...
‘Journalism mustn’t be silenced’: colleagues to complete slain reporter’s book
How to Save the Amazon will be published so Dom Phillips’ work telling the stories of rainforest defenders does not die with him One year...
Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira will not be forgotten, vows Brazil’s Lula
President says last year’s killings were result of ‘encouragement of anarchy’ in Amazon under Bolsonaro Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira will not be forgotten, Brazil’s...
Outcry as Brazil congress moves to gut environment and Indigenous ministries
Plan to drastically dilute bodies’ powers would deal severe blow to Lula’s attempt to reverse Bolsonaro’s era of Amazon devastation Brazilian activists have voiced outrage...
Grain trader Cargill faces legal challenge in US over Brazilian soya supply chain
World’s biggest grain trader accused of ‘shoddy due diligence’ on deforestation and alleged rights violations The world’s largest grain trader, Cargill, is facing a first-ever...
Hyundai urged to stop illegal miners using its machines in Amazon
Greenpeace report finds heavy machinery made by South Korean firm contributing to destruction of Brazilian rainforest Hyundai is being urged to prevent its heavy machinery...
Brazilian meat firm’s A- sustainability rating has campaigners up in arms
Environmentalists question high grade given to JBS and accuse it of deforestation in the Amazon and under-reporting emissions The award of an A-minus sustainability grade...
