Today: September 12, 2024
Today: September 12, 2024

Amazon Rainforest

Americas

Yellen launches Amazon basin effort to disrupt nature crimes

U.S.

Yellen launches Amazon basin effort to disrupt nature crimes
Americas|Business|Economy|Finance

IDB and Brazil's public banks to launch Amazon ETF, say sources

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Brazil's public banks will announce on Thursday the development of an exchange-traded fund (ETF) focused on

IDB and Brazil's public banks to launch Amazon ETF, say sources
Americas|Environment

Brazil judge blocks paving of highway through heart of Amazon rainforest

A Brazilian judge on Thursday issued an injunction to stop the paving of a highway through the center of the Amazon rainforest, amid fears the roadway would boost

Brazil judge blocks paving of highway through heart of Amazon rainforest
Business|Environment|Health|News|World

Brazil lawsuits allege direct relationship between meatpackers, deforesters on protected land

In an unusual series of legal actions, Brazilian prosecutors have sued multinational meatpacker JBS and three smaller slaughterhouses for allegedly buying cattle directly from illegal ranches in a protected area

Brazil lawsuits allege direct relationship between meatpackers, deforesters on protected land
News|Science|World

A cluster of lost cities in Ecuadorian Amazon that lasted 1,000 years has been mapped

Archeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers about 2,000 years ago

A cluster of lost cities in Ecuadorian Amazon that lasted 1,000 years has been mapped
Economy|Environment|News|Science|World

Global warming was primary cause of unprecedented Amazon drought, study finds

Human-induced global warming, and not El Niño, was the primary driver of the severe drought in the Amazon last year that sent rivers to record lows, isolated hundreds of river communities and killed dozens of endangered dolphins

Global warming was primary cause of unprecedented Amazon drought, study finds
News|Political|World

The presidents of France and Brazil meet and announce a $1.1 billion investment plan for the Amazon

The Brazilian and the French presidents announced on Tuesday a plan to invest 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) on the Amazon, including its part in neighboring French Guiana

The presidents of France and Brazil meet and announce a $1.1 billion investment plan for the Amazon
Environment|News|Political

Operations to destroy illegal roads in Colombia's Amazon hit standstill, sources say

Government measures to destroy illegal roads in and around Colombia's Amazon rainforest are stalled, eight sources told Reuters, with one operation suspended

Operations to destroy illegal roads in Colombia's Amazon hit standstill, sources say
Environment|Political

Brazil's Lula demands faster action against organized crime in the Amazon

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday urged his government to speed up actions in the Amazon to combat organized crime that has contributed to destruction of the

Brazil's Lula demands faster action against organized crime in the Amazon
Environment

Deforestation in Colombia fell to historic lows in 2023, environment minister says

Deforestation in Colombia fell 36% in 2023, the government said

Deforestation in Colombia fell to historic lows in 2023, environment minister says
Americas|Environment

Brazil to allow miles of selective logging in effort to preserve the Amazon

Brazil’s Forest Service has announced a plan to bring a massive area of Amazon rainforest currently vulnerable to illegal deforestation under national governance Tuesday

Brazil to allow miles of selective logging in effort to preserve the Amazon

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