Tag: Amazon

Indians, Satellites, Helicopters, Machine Guns: All Is Fair in the War to Defend the Amazon

When George Porto joined Brazil’s environment agency 13 years ago, the country didn’t have ...

Uncontacted Indians Lives Threatened by Amazon Fires in Brazil

Forest fires are raging in an indigenous territory on the edge of the Brazilian ...

Brazil Scraps a Dam in the Amazon. There Are Dozens of Others in the Works Though

After the environmental permitting for the São Luiz do Tapajós, Pará, hydropower dam project ...

“We Are Not Dying,” Answer Indigenous Peoples to Sensationalized Photo Expo

An Amazon Indian protested outside the exhibition of controversial photographer Jimmy Nelson’s work “Before ...

Global Warming to Be Monitored by Brazil Amazon’s Giant Tower

Construction has begun on a giant observation tower in the heart of the Amazon ...

Brazil Police Raid the Amazon Forest in Search of Invaders of Public Land

Brazil’s Federal Police (PF) agents went on a raid last week exercising 22 search ...

Brazil’s Yanomami Leader Gets Death Threats from Illegal Goldminers in the Amazon

Brazil’s Yanomami shaman and spokesperson Davi Kopenawa, who has led the struggle for the ...

In Brazil, Supermarkets Refuse to Sell Meat from Amazon-raised Cattle

In Brazil, the Brazilian Association of Supermarkets, the main group representing supermarkets in Brazil ...

Boiling point: A Survey of Hemispheric Water Policy

From the Texas Oil Boom to the Deepwater Horizon tragedy, petroleum was undoubtedly the ...

Brazil Minister Says 5 New Hydroelectric Plants in the Amazon Were Inspired by Avatar, the Movie

The president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, signed the decree for the construction of five ...