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Brazil’s Satellite Agency is Back Online: Fire Hotspots have Doubled

Brazil’s Satellite Agency is Back Online: Fire Hotspots have Doubled

By Rhett Butler Brazil’s National Space Research Institute (INPE) resumed releasing deforestation data after nearly a month-long hiatus that followed the firing of the agency’s director on Aug. 2. The newly released data, which is based on short-term deforestation alerts, estimates that nearly 1,400 square kilometers of forest were cleared in the Brazilian Amazon between […]

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    Brazilian Military Planes Douse Flames as Amazon Fires Reach Bolivia

    Brazilian Military Planes Douse Flames as Amazon Fires Reach Bolivia

    Heavy smoke blanketed the city of Porto Velho in the northwestern state of Rondonia as military planes struggled to douse the fires raging in the Amazon that have raised an international outcry. A video posted by Brazil’s Ministry of Defense showed a C-130 Hercules plane, one of two sent to the region, dumping water out […]

    Leaked Documents Show Brazil’s Bolsonaro Has Grave Plans for Amazon Rainforest

    Leaked Documents Show Brazil’s Bolsonaro Has Grave Plans for Amazon Rainforest

    By Manuella Libardi Leaked documents show that Jair Bolsonaro’s government intends to use the Brazilian president’s hate speech to isolate minorities living in the Amazon region. The PowerPoint slides, which democraciaAbierta has seen, also reveal plans to implement predatory projects that could have a devastating environmental impact. The Bolsonaro government has as one of its […]

    ‘This is a Sick Statement’: Brazil’s Bolsonaro, Under Pressure for Anti-Environmental Policies, Blames NGOs for Record Amazon Fires

    ‘This is a Sick Statement’: Brazil’s Bolsonaro, Under Pressure for Anti-Environmental Policies, Blames NGOs for Record Amazon Fires

    Brazil‘s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro is giving President Trump a run for his money in the alternative facts department. Responding to international outrage following the news that there are record numbers of wildfires burning in the Amazon rainforest, Bolsonaro tried to shift the blame away from his pro-business administration and onto an unlikely culprit: non-governmental […]

    Record Number of Fires Burning in Amazon Rainforest

    Record Number of Fires Burning in Amazon Rainforest

    There are a record number of wildfires burning in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil‘s space agency has said. Their smoke is visible from space and shrouded the city of São Paulo in darkness for about an hour Monday afternoon, CBS news reported. “It was as if the day had turned into night,” São Paulo resident Gianvitor […]

    3 Activists Killed Per Week in 2018, New Report Shows

    3 Activists Killed Per Week in 2018, New Report Shows

    Taking a stand for environmental justice and protecting natural resources is a dangerous pursuit. A new report from the UK-based NGO Global Witness showed that 164 environmentalists worldwide were killed for their activism in 2018. That averages to just over three murders per week. And that’s an underestimation. Global Witness said the true number was […]