Dom Phillips, a British journalist who has lived in Brazil for more than ten years, and Bruno Araújo Pereira, an expert on isolated Amazonian Tribes, have been missing in Brazil’s Amazon since Sunday, reported The Guardian. They were last seen traveling by boat in a remote part of the Amazonas state’s Javari region. The area […]
A pipeline has ruptured in the Ecuadorian Amazon near the site of a previous oil spill, contaminating waterways in Indigenous territory and threatening wildlife in a protected area. The spill has impacted almost five acres of a nature reserve in Cayambe-Coca National Park and polluted the Coca River, Deutsche Welle reported. Ecuador’s Environmental Ministry called […]
The Amazon rainforest is Brazil’s most famous imperiled carbon sink and biodiversity hotspot. But it’s not the only one.
The primary source of methane gas released into the atmosphere from floodplains in the Amazon basin is vented through tree root systems, say researchers led by the University of Birmingham, with considerable emissions occurring when no flooding is present. The researchers discovered evidence that these trees emit a much higher amount of methane than soil […]
Some of your favorite fashion brands may be putting the Amazon rainforest at risk. A new report released by Stand.earth Monday says that major clothing companies are sourcing their leather from manufacturers and tanneries that have links to Amazon deforestation. “If you’re wearing leather shoes, a leather belt or carrying a leather handbag, it’s highly […]
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is at its highest level in 15 years, the latest data from Brazil‘s space agency INPE has found. The news casts doubt on Brazil’s credibility after it signed a pledge to end deforestation by 2030 at this month’s COP26 climate conference, which it further promised to meet by 2028. The […]
Açaí has long been consumed by locals in the Amazon region, but as global interest in this berry increases, more resources are required to produce it. A new study in Biological Conservation has found that the increase in açaí palm agriculture is causing biodiversity loss by changing plant life and important estuarine forests in the […]
On Friday, Facebook announced it would crack down on the illegal sales of protected Amazon rainforest land via its platform, according to a blog post by the company. The move comes after a BBC investigation found that the company’s Marketplace product was being used to broker sales of protected lands, including Indigenous territories and national […]
By Maxwell Radwin An increase in the number of licenses for Brazilian beef exporters is a worrying sign that illegal deforestation could rise in some of the most vulnerable parts of the Amazon, according to a new report by the non-profit environmental investigations outfit Earthsight. The organization said some slaughterhouses were granted new sanitary permits […]
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