Cattle, not coca, drive deforestation of the Amazon in Colombia – report
Authorities have blamed the growing of coca – the base ingredient of cocaine – for clearcutting, but a recent study shows otherwise Cattle-ranching, not cocaine,...
Category : Environment
Peruvian loggers given 28 years in jail for murder of four Indigenous leaders
Victims – among them environmental defender Edwin Chota – were tortured before their deaths in Peruvian Amazon in 2014 Five illegal loggers in Peru have...
Weather tracker: world braces for sudden stratospheric warming event
SSW phenomenon is linked to polar vortex, an area of low pressure across the North Pole There has been keen interest over recent weeks in...
Brazil launches operation to drive illegal miners from Yanomami lands
Special forces destroy aircraft and seize weapons in effort to protect largest Indigenous reserve from mining mafias The Brazilian government has launched its campaign to...
Great Bear Sea: vast new marine zone a ‘mindset shift’ for conservation
Political and Indigenous leaders hope to replicate success of British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest conservation area Nearly a decade ago, Canadian political leaders, environmental activists...
Investigate Bolsonaro for genocide, says Brazil’s Marina Silva
Exclusive: Environment minister calls for ex-president to be held to account as she prepares to tackle illegal gold miners Former president Jair Bolsonaro should be...
Brazil sinks aircraft carrier in Atlantic despite presence of asbestos and toxic materials
Environmental activists had sought to halt the planned scuttling of the warship, warning that it could pollute the marine food chain Brazil has sunk a...
Costa Rican farmer handed 22 years for murder of Indigenous land defender
Brörán leader Yehry Rivera, 45, was shot and killed by Juan Varela during conflict in Terraba community in February 2020 A Costa Rican court has...
Human activity and drought ‘degrading more than a third of Amazon rainforest’
Fires, land conversion, logging and water shortages have weakened resilience of 2.5m sq km of forest, says study Human activity and drought may have degraded...
Weather tracker: Cheneso restrengthens to bring flooding to Madagascar
Tropical storm upgraded to cyclone status, hitting Indian Ocean island with 75mph winds and intense rainfall Madagascar continued to be hit by intense rainfall this...
