Inhabitant

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Last week at COP26 in Glasgow, 100 countries, including Brazil, pledged to reverse deforestation by 2030. However, recent figures for October show that Brazil is nowhere near protecting the Amazon rainforest. In fact, the latest numbers are the second most appalling since scientists began measuring deforestation.

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New Scientist

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Climate models suggest that deforestation in Indonesia and Malaysia will cause feedback loops that contribute to longer El Niño and La Niña events, bringing more extreme impacts around the world

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Legal Planet

MARCH 17, 2022

For more than a decade of leadership and innovation, member states and provinces of the Governors’ Climate and Forests (GCF) Task Force have been developing strategies, programs, investment plans, and new legal structures to address tropical deforestation, embark on a low-emissions development path, and benefit their populations and the climate.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 20, 2023

Across its islands, Indonesia has the third-largest area of primary rainforest in the world. Coal extraction in Indonesia is done with open-pit mining, hence the deforestation,” says Syahrul Fitra, a senior forest campaigner at Greenpeace Southeast Asia. of total tropical deforestation between 2000 and 2019.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 1, 2021

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro bans outdoor fires ahead of the burning season in the Amazon rainforest. Reuters reports that the move comes ahead of the annual burning season in the Amazon rainforest in an attempt to cut down on deforestation. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. TODAY’S TOP WATER STORIES, TOLD IN NUMBERS.

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Inside Climate News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

A new report finds that up to 85 percent of threatened animal and plant species have had their habitat damaged by mining, agriculture or logging.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Rare and internationally important Celtic rainforests in Scotland are to be restored and expanded as part of a £500 million national investment in the country’s natural economy. Read the full story at The Scotsman. Read more →

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Corp Watch

MARCH 11, 2024

Major meatpackers are unlawfully deforesting Brazil’s Cerrado, report says Mongabay PaulaR Mon, 03/11/2024 - 21:20 Thursday, February 29, 2024 Maxwell Radwin In the state of Mato Grosso, some of the country’s largest meatpackers are clearing parts of the Cerrado at an even faster rate than the Amazon Rainforest, a new report from U.K.-based

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Major meatpackers are unlawfully deforesting Brazil’s Cerrado, report says Mongabay PaulaR Fri, 03/08/2024 - 16:16 Thursday, February 29, 2024 Read more Maxwell Radwin In the state of Mato Grosso, some of the country’s largest meatpackers are clearing parts of the Cerrado at an even faster rate than the Amazon Rainforest, a new report from U.K.-based

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Legal Planet

APRIL 13, 2023

The Amazon rainforest on the Urubu River. Climate litigation is gaining momentum in Brazil as a tool to protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal deforestation. Deforestation in the Amazon decreased significantly (by over 70%) during Lula’s last two terms, while it jumped (about 60%) under President Bolsonaro.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Scientists attribute the drought’s severity to climate change, deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, and the La Niña weather pattern. After a decade of dry conditions, a drought in Brazil is straining the country’s economy, energy systems, and environment. Reservoirs are dwindling, causing major deficits in hydroelectric power.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Increasing fire, drought, and deforestation continue to push the region closer to a “ tipping point where it can no longer survive as a rainforest.” The global implications of this – coupled with other tipping points across the world’s ecosystems – are staggering to contemplate.

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New Scientist

JUNE 20, 2023

Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has made progress towards halting the illegal destruction of Amazon rainforest, but political opposition and the incoming El Niño will bring further challenges

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Inside Climate News

MARCH 7, 2022

By Georgina Gustin The world’s largest rainforest is losing its ability to bounce back from droughts and fires, pushing it farther toward a threshold where it could transform into arid savannah, releasing dangerous amounts of greenhouse gases in the process.

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Inside Climate News

JULY 14, 2021

The study, which found greater depletion of carbon storage in the heavily deforested eastern Amazon, confirmed previous research that used satellites or hands-on measuring techniques.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 2, 2021

Eastward, across gnarled rivers and historic indigenous homelands, the great Amazon Rainforest paints this basin shades of green, refreshing much of the world’s oxygen. . BR-364, the 2,700-mile asphalt strip that weaves through rainforest to connect São Paulo to Acre, might soon be lengthened.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

The Amazon rainforest. The Amazon rainforest covers an area of 6 million square kilometres in northern South America [1]. Unfortunately for the species that inhabit the rainforest, 75% of Amazonian soils are acidic, infertile, and nutrient-deficient [3]. Transport of Saharan dust to the Amazon rainforest. References.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 3, 2024

It was about creating a sustainable future that empowers indigenous communities, the true custodians of the rainforest. Still, in recent years illegal loggers, irresponsible farmers, and gold miners have begun to deforest large rainforest areas in pursuit of short-term profit. Product review: Truly Nuts!

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A Greener Life

APRIL 9, 2023

The Ayoreo people live in the forests of the Gran Chaco in Paraguay, where protected land has been drastically deforested in recent decades. These banks have voluntary pledges, most of them have policies to combat deforestation and extensive screening processes,” Hammans said. However, it doesn’t include finance,” Hammans said.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 23, 2022

Directed at Jeff Bezos, the founder and former CEO of Amazon, the video is narrated in the voice of the Amazon rainforest and contrasts the activities and value of the mega corporation with that of the world’s largest tropical forest region and its 38 million people. “If And if they are not looked after, it’s impossible to take care of me.”.

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New Scientist

MARCH 31, 2022

A corruption scandal is the latest fallout from the Brazilian president's efforts to stifle institutions meant to protect the rainforest, fuelling a sharp increase in deforestation

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Inhabitant

JANUARY 3, 2023

This report has shed light on the current state of the Amazon rainforest and the gravity of the deforestation taking place. The WWF is now warning that the Amazon is accelerating to a point of no return.

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Frontiers

APRIL 5, 2022

The Unseen Effects of Deforestation: Biophysical Effects on Climate. But with tens of thousands of articles published each year, many often fly under the radar. Now, as part of new series each month, Frontiers will highlight just some of those amazing papers you may have missed.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 27, 2023

Optimistic environmentalists hope this is the first step in beginning to heal the Amazon rainforest which scientists have said it nearing irreversible tipping points. But regardless of whether these figures are accurate, the majority of the people of Ecuador have said that protecting the environment must take top priority.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

It contributes to increasing pressure against President Bolsonaro for widespread environmental damage across the country, resulting from a significant lack of climate action and the pervasive destruction of the Amazon rainforest. This financial instrument is essential to controlling deforestation in Amazonia. Brazil (on Amazon Fund).

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A Greener Life

MARCH 24, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen When talking about the Amazon rainforest, most of us think of Brazil. President Gustavo Petro, who has been in power since August last year, has pledged to lead an ambitious green agenda focused on reduced deforestation , a transition away from fossil fuels and protection of water resources.

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Legal Planet

MAY 5, 2022

The geography is extremely diverse, featuring high mountains, deserts, and rainforest. Mexico’s climate commitment for 2030 under the Paris Agreement calls for cutting emissions 22%, cutting black carbon by half, and achieving net-zero deforestation. Because of its geography, Mexico is vulnerable to climate impacts.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 16, 2021

The Amazon rainforest, the country’s not-so-secret weapon to mitigate climate change, features prominently in the litigation. The majority of the cases have been filed by the Amazon Task Force (ATF), established in 2018 by federal public prosecutors to unite the offices working to combat illegal deforestation in Amazonia.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JANUARY 12, 2023

The Amazon Rainforest. Few places are as evocative of biodiversity as the Amazon Rainforest, a region of South America that occupies just 0.5% Roughly 1,300 bird species call the Amazon Rainforest their home, as do more than 3,000 species of fishes and countless primates, butterflies, orchids, frogs and more. Lukas Musher/ANS.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 1, 2021

An Indigenous patrol force protects Guyana’s Amazon Rainforest. The SRDC plays a large role in protecting the Amazon River and the rainforest that surrounds it in Guyana. The SRDC plays a large role in protecting the Amazon River and the rainforest that surrounds it in Guyana. IN RECENT WATER NEWS. In Case You Missed It: .

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Under Bolsonaro, deforestation of the Amazon soared to a 15-year high, with scientists warning that the world’s largest rainforest was nearing a tipping point beyond which there would be irreversible consequences for the entire planet. Read the full story from NBC News.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 11, 2021

Other tipping points include the sudden transition of the Sahara Desert into a wet climate zone and the Amazon Rainforest losing its ability to retain water due to deforestation. While this is unlikely to occur before 2100, the current has already started to weaken. With swift, drastic action, warming could still be limited to 1.5

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A Greener Life

MARCH 31, 2024

Hypocritical The report highlights that the EU ’s role in this is particularly hypocritical as it goes against many of its policy drives on climate change, stopping deforestation and the decline of ecosystem, nature and biodiversity loss. In addition, the authors of the report highlight that the European Union (EU) provides 9.4%

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2021

decrease in global forest biocapacity due in large part to the spike in Amazon deforestation. million hectares of forest were lost in 2020 and estimates for 2021 indicate up to 43% year-over-year increase in deforestation. The notable drivers of consumption is the 6.6% carbon footprint increase over last year, as well as the 0.5%

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Frontiers

MARCH 15, 2022

“In the case of the Amazonian fires of 2019, there was no clear information on what exactly was burning: forests or previously deforested areas that had been converted to pasture and cropland,” explained Dr Alexandra Tyukavina, of the University of Maryland. Read original article ? Download original article (pdf).

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Frontiers

JULY 27, 2022

When people think of Switzerland, deforestation and destruction of ecosystems doesn’t really come to mind. Globally, 80’000 acres of rainforest disappear each day. In fact, over two-thirds of our world’s tropical forests have been lost to rampant deforestation for logging, mining, and agriculture.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

We can damage the stability of the atmosphere on both sides of the equation – by emitting too many greenhouse gases, or by reducing the earth’s CO2-absorbing capacity (for example, by chopping down rainforests). Look out for Fairtrade chocolate, Rainforest Alliance certification, or better yet, smallholder-owned brands such as Divine.

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