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,...
Category : Environment
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...
Amazon Fund aims to certify products from Brazilian towns in Amazon that follow sustainable practices
São Paulo, Brazil – The Amazon Fund Guidance Committee approved new guidelines and criteria for the application of resources administered by the fund to protect...
NASA, Brazil to expand partnership to monitor Amazon deforestation
São Paulo, Brazil – NASA Administrator Bill Nelson met with Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva last week to discuss expanding a strategic partnership...
How a friendship built a new sustainable reality for a Colombian indigenous community
Cali, Colombia – More than 50 years ago, an indigenous community in Silvia, Cauca, Colombia allowed the entry of modern materials such as plastic, glass...
Fish bought in markets in Brazil’s Amazon highly contaminated with mercury: Study
São Paulo, Brazil — The consumption of fish is endangering the health of people living in six of the seven states in the Northern region...
Lula announces Brazil to host COP-30 while facing political struggle for his environmental agenda at home
São Paulo, Brazil – Belém, a city known as the gateway to Brazil’s Amazon region and the capital of the northern state of Pará, will...
Factions of Lula’s government at loggerheads over oil drilling near mouth of Amazon River
São Paulo, Brazil – A decision made by Brazil’s environmental protection agency, Ibama, that’s contrary to the interests of state oil company Petrobras is causing...
A preserved Amazon rainforest worth USD $317 billion per year: World Bank
São Paulo, Brazil – A report produced this month by the World Bank suggests a development model for the Brazilian Amazon region that combines ecosystem...
Deforestation falls in Amazon in 2023, but grows in the Cerrado, Brazil’s second largest biome
São Paulo, Brazil – Deforestation dropped in the Amazon rainforest between January and April 2023 compared to the same period last year. However, there has...
