Carbon and the fate of the Amazon
This publication shows that carbon prices exceeding US$ 20 per ton of CO2 captured by the natural regeneration of deforested areas in the Amazon would be truly transformative for the region’s landscape.
Amazon
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Brazilian indigenous leader to address UN council in effort to stop dam
The Brazilian government has violated its own constitution and international law by developing hydroelectric power plants in the Amazon, according to an indigenous leader due to address the 29th United
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The rainforest is calling...with its own phone
Amid the jungle cacophony of rustling leaves, buzzing bugs, howling monkeys and shrieking parrots, another, more menacing sound can be heard: a revving engine and the crush of truck tires that could potentially
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Public health impacts of ecosystem change in the Brazilian Amazon
<p>Nature threads the very fabric of human lives in remote forest areas of developing countries. Unfortunately, we do not fully understand how ecosystem services (such as human health benefits) could be
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Peru planning to dam Amazon’s main source and displace 1000s
Who said large-scale hydropower was out? As an article published by Climate Central recently noted, it has now been omitted from the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) annual reports on renewable
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China prompts fury among environmentalists with plan for 5,300km railway THROUGH the Amazon rain forest
China has accelerated plans for a railway through the heart of the Amazon rainforest - prompting fury from environmentalists. On a visit to Brasilia today, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang unveiled his plans
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Brazil beef industry pledges cut Amazon deforestation rate in half
Food retailers such as McDonald’s, Krispy Kreme, Dunkin Donuts, as well as agribusinesses like Cargill, are among the big companies to recently make zero-deforestation pledges. But do these commitments
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Colombia crackdown on illegal mines in Amazon
Colombia's armed forces have arrested 59 people in a major crackdown on illegal mining in the Amazon. Defence Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon said they had dismantled an illegal financing network used by
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Brazil plans to ‘nationalise’ rainforest in pioneering plan to protect Amazon
The Brazilian rainforest could be effectively nationalised under a draft bill being considered by the country’s MPs. The proposed legislation would recognise the sovereignty of Brazil over the Amazon’s
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Amazonian tribes unite to demand Brazil stop hydroelectric dams
Four Amazonian tribes have joined forces to oppose the construction of hydroelectric dams in their territory as the Brazilian government ramps up efforts to exploit the power of rivers in the world’s biggest
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Amazon: 1% of tree species store 50% of region's carbon
The vast tropical forests of Amazonia account for almost one-fifth of the world's terrestrial vegetation carbon stock About 1% of all the tree species in the Amazon account for half of the carbon locked