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...
Category : Trees and forests
‘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...
Destruction of world’s pristine rainforests soared in 2022 despite Cop26 pledge
An area of primary rainforest the size of Switzerland was felled last year suggesting world leaders’ commitment to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030 is...
‘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...
Cocoa planting is destroying protected forests in west Africa, study finds
Global trade in chocolate, worth more than $1tn a year, is leading to widespread deforestation in Ivory Coast and Ghana The world’s hunger for chocolate...
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...
