News Brazil Amazonas: Fears for Amazon rainforest as Bolsonaro heads towards runoff in crunch Brazil election
Brazil's incumbent president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing Flavio Bolsonaro will face off in a nail-biting second round vote that could decide the future of the Amazon rainforest ...
News Brazil Amazonas: Solar power helps Amazon communities ditch diesel and prepare for El Niño drought
Across the Amazon, the spread of off-grid solar power, closed systems not connected to utility companies, is helping remote communities reduce their reliance on diesel while improving access to clean ...
News Brazil Amazonas: Brazil creates four Amazon reserves as plans to pave rainforest highway advance
The Brazilian government has created four new sustainable development reserves in the Amazon as part of an effort to mitigate environmental damage from the controversial plan to fully pave the BR-319 highway. The road will pass through one of the most intact parts of the rainforest, which conservationists warn will lead to increased deforestation. President […]
News Brazil Amazonas: Video appears to show rare Brazilian tribe threatened by loggers
Rare footage of purportedly uncontacted members of a Brazilian indigenous tribe hunting in the Amazon rainforest was released Monday by activists who warn the group could be wiped out by logging. The ...
News Brazil Amazonas: Brazil's Bolsonaro Blamed As Illegal Deforestation Pushes Amazon Rainforest to 'Tipping Point,' Expert Warns
The Brazilian Amazon rainforest is being cleared away at such a fast rate that it is approaching a "tipping point" beyond which it may not be able to recover, an expert has warned. As trees are lost, ...
News Brazil Amazonas: Brazil Tells the World: The Amazon Rainforest Is Ours, Not Yours
Managing the world’s largest rainforest is a Brazilian affair and foreigners should stop meddling in the Amazon, President Jair Bolsonaro’s top security adviser said in an interview. "I don’t accept ...
News Brazil Amazonas: AP Explains: Brazil’s environmental changes under Bolsonaro
The far-right Bolsonaro has made clear he intends to make major changes to Brazil’s environmental policy, including opening the globally vital Amazon rainforest to development and agribusiness. His ...
News Brazil Amazonas: Brazilian giant's comeback shows preservation and development of Amazon is possible
Several meters long and weighing hundreds of kilograms, the Amazon's pirarucu was almost fished to extinction. But the creation of sustainable development reserves in Brazil has ensured the giant ...
News Brazil Amazonas: Save the Amazon From Bolsonaro
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil poses the single greatest threat to the fragile equilibrium of the Amazon rain forest since the country was ruled by a military dictatorship. ...
