Tag: forest

Firefighter works to control fire in the Brazilian Amazon

Reading the Burned Leaves of the Amazon Forest: There’s Crisis in the Future

The Amazon is battling record early-year fires, fueling fears of a worse climate crisis ...

A man searches for water on Puraquequara Lake, which has been affected by historic drought in the Amazon, in Manaus Brazil - REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

Amazon Drought Can Turn the Forest into a Savannah

A severe drought in Brazil’s Amazon has damaged the forest ecosystem, brought chaos for ...

An indigenous man participates in a modeling exercise run by Conexsus in Mato Grosso, Brazil - Conexsus/Handout

Rich in Forests, Brazil Is Trying to Build a Strong Bioeconomy

Alongside the Brazilian Amazon’s vast soy and cattle ranching economy – a major driver ...

Two indigenous custodians of the land in the Brazilian Amazon | Pho Yre

A Message to Brazil: “We Are Not Occupying Your Lands. You Have Invaded Us.”

We will remember 2020 as the year when the coronavirus pandemic spread worldwide, reached ...

Guaraná fruit. From gene sequencing to chocolate, Brazil's Amazon looks for a new development model

Brazil’s Amazon Needs New Development Model With Less Cattle and Soy and More Use of Biodiversity

President Jair Bolsonaro’s push to develop the Amazon through expanded mining and farming has ...

Forest Guardian Paulo Guajajara watches a loggers shack burn - Thomson Reuters Foundation/Max Baring

One Year After Guardian of the Forest’s Murder Nothing Has Changed in the Brazilian Amazon

Illegal loggers are operating unchecked in Brazil’s Amazon as coronavirus rages despite government vows ...

Missionaries Have to Go If We Are to Save Brazil’s Indian Culture

The fact that a considerable chunk of the Amazon is located within Brazilian borders ...

Reforestation Is a Growth Business in Brazil: 19% More in 2005

Brazil is presently in seventh place in the world ranking of planted forests area. ...

Brazil Wants to Get Credits for Keeping Forests Intact

On Friday, March 24, the fifth day of the 8th Conference of the Parties ...

An Internet Portal Unites Brazilian and American Indians

The address is: www.redepovosdafloresta.org.br, which means "network of the forest peoples," and it is ...