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Amazon Rainforest Will Collapse by 2064, New Study Predicts

Amazon Rainforest Will Collapse by 2064, New Study Predicts

The future of the world’s largest rainforest looks bleak. A new report for Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development concluded that the Amazon rainforest will collapse and largely become a dry, shrubby plain by 2064. Development, deforestation and the climate crisis are to blame, study author and University of Florida geologist Robert Toovey Walker […]

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    Study: Amazon Droughts Can Be Predicted in Advance

    Study: Amazon Droughts Can Be Predicted in Advance

    By Jennifer Ann Thomas For the first time, researchers have developed a model capable of anticipating drought periods in the Amazon up to 18 months in advance. The study was conducted by scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), in Germany, as part of the Tipping Points in the Earth System (TiPES) […]

    Indigenous Tribes Are Using Drones to Protect the Amazon

    Indigenous Tribes Are Using Drones to Protect the Amazon

    The Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau are a tribe of less than 300 people in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest who first came into contact with people outside their community in the early 1980s, according to the Povos Indigenas No Brasil. While they still maintain many of their tribal ways, they and other tribes have recently begun using modern drones […]

    Award-Winning Doc ‘Yasuni Man’ Is Now Available to Stream for the First Time

    Award-Winning Doc ‘Yasuni Man’ Is Now Available to Stream for the First Time

    Among its many devastating impacts, the coronavirus has brought ecotourism to a halt in the Ecuadorian Amazon. But you can still visit the region from the safety of your couch, while supporting its Indigenous communities, by streaming Yasuni Man. The award-winning documentary transports viewers to the Yasuni Biosphere Reserve, an imperiled pocket of the Ecuadorian […]

    Meet the ‘Women Warriors’ Protecting the Amazon Forest

    Meet the ‘Women Warriors’ Protecting the Amazon Forest

    By Rosamaria Loures and Sarah Sax On an early December morning last year in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, half a dozen members of the Indigenous Guajajara people packed their bags with food, maps and drone equipment to get ready for a patrol. They said goodbye to their children, uncertain when, or whether, they would […]

    Fires Surge in Brazil’s Amazon a Month After Bolsonaro Declared Fire Ban

    Fires Surge in Brazil’s Amazon a Month After Bolsonaro Declared Fire Ban

    By Jessica Corbett A month after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro declared a 120-day ban on setting fires in the Amazon rainforest and three months after he deployed military troops to combat deforestation, Greenpeace on Tuesday called out the far-right leader for his ineffective strategies and attacks on environmental protections. “Bolsonaro’s administration has continued to systematically […]

    Amazon’s Widespread Fire Damage Is ‘Invisible to Our Eyes’

    Amazon’s Widespread Fire Damage Is ‘Invisible to Our Eyes’

    By Martin Kuebler 2020 is shaping up to be another destructive year for the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Deforestation — a grim precursor to the fires used to clear the land for development — has increased significantly, according to observers. And many experts fear the region could see a repeat of the destructive wildfires of […]

    Amazon Rainforest Fires in Brazil Surge in July

    Amazon Rainforest Fires in Brazil Surge in July

    The number of forest fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest increased 28% in July in comparison to last year, the country’s National Institute for Space Research reported Saturday. Brazil holds around 60% of the Amazon basin region and environmentalists say this area is vital to containing the impact of climate change. The state agency recorded 6,803 […]

    Brazilian Amazon Has Lost Millions of Wild Animals to Criminal Networks, Report Finds

    Brazilian Amazon Has Lost Millions of Wild Animals to Criminal Networks, Report Finds

    By Sharon Guynup The Brazilian Amazon is hemorrhaging illegally traded wildlife according to a new report released Monday. Each year, thousands of silver-voiced saffron finches and other songbirds, along with rare macaws and parrots, are captured, trafficked and sold as pets. Some are auctioned as future contestants in songbird contests. Others are exported around the […]