Brazil goes after land grabbers in Amazon Indigenous lands
São Paulo, Brazil – Brazil is carrying out an operation to remove land grabbers and illegal miners from the Apyterewa and Trincheira Bacajá Indigenous lands...
Category : Environment
Centuries of indigenous presence in the Amazon defy legal attempts to limit the rights of Brazil’s native peoples
São Paulo, Brazil – A study made by Brazilian researchers and published on October 5 in the renowned scientific journal Science, one of the world’s...
The Amazon: The most dangerous place in the world for environmental defenders
São Paulo, Brazil – On the afternoon of September 28, two teams from the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio), an agency linked to...
‘Extremely worrying’: Drought in Brazil’s Amazon impacting economy and wildlife
São Paulo, Brazil – This week, Manaus, the largest city in Brazil’s Amazon region, reached a scorching 39.2°C (102.56°F), its hottest day recorded in 30...
Brazil’s Senate limits Indigenous land rights; President Lula expected to veto law
São Paulo, Brazil – Last week, Brazil’s Supreme Court rejected a proposed regulation by politicians backed by agribusinesses that would have severely limited new demarcations...
Brazil’s Indigenous win legal battle for land demarcation in Supreme Court
São Paulo, Brazil – In a historic decision, Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a proposed regulation by politicians backed by agribusiness interests to severely...
Governor declares environmental emergency as much of Brazil’s Amazonas state burns
São Paulo, Brazil – The government of the state of Amazonas in Brazil declared an environmental emergency on September 12th as more than 4,000 fires...
Brazil strengthens environmental preservation efforts, signs new Indigenous land demarcations
São Paulo, Brazil – Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva last week signed the demarcation of two new Indigenous territories in Brazil: Rio Gregório...
Heatwave hits Brazil, record temperatures recorded in winter season
São Paulo, Brazil – Brazil is experiencing a heat wave that’s very unusual for this time of year. Despite being winter in the southern hemisphere,...
Amazon Summit commits to preventing rainforest from reaching ‘point of no return’ but fails to define deforestation targets
São Paulo, Brazil – Representatives from eight countries with territory in the Amazon rainforest met August 8 and 9 in Belém, Brazil for the Amazon...
