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‘A war society doesn’t see’: the Brazilian force driving out mining gangs from Indigenous lands
2023-02-28 in The GuardianAn elite unit is on a mission to expel the illegal miners who devastated Yanomami territory during Bolsonaro’s presidency
Tagged under: Bolsonaro | Brazil
‘Amped-up citizen science’ to save the world: Q&A with Conservation AI Hub’s Grant Hamilton
2022-08-19 in MongabayConservation apps have emerged in recent years as an efficient and cost-effective way to get citizens to monitor and document wildlife across the world. But an Australian initiative is going one step further. In a bid to detect and save the country’s dwindling koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) population, Conservation AI Hub has, since the beginning of […]
Tagged under: Bolsonaro | Amazon Rainforest | Wildlife
Amazon rainforest ‘will collapse if Bolsonaro remains president’
2021-07-14 in The GuardianBrazilian academics and activists issue warning amid fresh assault on environmental protections
Tagged under: Deforestation | Bolsonaro | Amazon Rainforest | Activism | Rainforests | Brazil | Collapse
Brazil, Besieged by Covid, Now Faces a Severe Drought
2021-06-19 in The New York TimesTagged under: Farming | Bolsonaro | Drought | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil
Joe Biden’s billions won’t stop Bolsonaro destroying the Amazon rainforest | Marina Silva and Rubens Ricupero
2021-04-22 in The GuardianMoney alone will not persuade Brazil’s government to stop deforestation, say former Brazilian environment ministers Marina Silva and Rubens Ricupero
Tagged under: Deforestation | Bolsonaro | Joe Biden | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Trees
European public roundly rejects Brazil trade deal unless Amazon protected
2021-02-16 in MongabayAn average 75% of respondents in 12 European nations say the gigantic EU-Mercosur trade pact should not be ratified if Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil doesn’t end Amazon deforestation; EU governments are listening.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Bolsonaro | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil
Amazon near tipping point of switching from rainforest to savannah – study
2020-10-05 in The GuardianClimate crisis and logging is leading to shift from canopy rainforest to open grassland
Tagged under: Tipping Points | Bolsonaro | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Trees
World leaders pledge to halt Earth’s destruction ahead of UN summit
2020-09-27 in The GuardianFrance, Germany and UK among more than 60 countries promising to put wildlife and climate at heart of post-Covid recovery plans
Tagged under: Bolsonaro | Germany | France | Wildlife
Tesco urged to ditch meat company over alleged links to Amazon deforestation
2020-08-05 in The GuardianResponding to Greenpeace campaign to cut links to Brazilian meat giant JBS, supermarket calls on government to ensure all UK food is deforestation-free
Tagged under: Deforestation | Bolsonaro | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Greenpeace | Activism
Brazil using coronavirus to cover up assaults on Amazon, warn activists
2020-05-06 in The GuardianFears Jair Bolsonaro’s ‘land grabbers decree’ may be pushed forwards after new rule allows land-grabbing on indigenous reserves
Tagged under: Deforestation | Activism | Bolsonaro | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil
Brazil to weaken environmental safeguards amid increase in deforestation
2020-04-29 in Greenpeace UK - UnearthedBrazil: Critics accuse Bolsonaro of using COVID-19 as cover to rush through amnesty for destruction and occupation of forest
Tagged under: Deforestation | Bolsonaro | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Greenpeace | Trees
Globalizing the War on Indigenous People: Bolsonaro and Modi
2020-01-24 in Counter PunchA man who has repeatedly romanticized dictatorship and advocated the use of torture seems like an odd choice for guest of honor at the annual celebration
Tagged under: Indigenous People | India | Bolsonaro
'Like a bomb going off': why Brazil's largest reserve is facing destruction
2020-01-13 in The GuardianGold prospectors are ravaging the Yanomami indigenous reserve. So why does President Bolsonaro want to make them legal?
Tagged under: Bolsonaro | Brazil | Wildlife
Why Labour Lost: Oligarchs are Gaming Democracy 💰🗳 | George Monbiot
2019-12-23 (or before) in YouTube“The oligarchs have discovered the formula for persuading the poor to vote for the interests of the very rich”Watch Full 48 Minute Interview Here: https://ww...
Tagged under: Bolsonaro
Brazil’s president claims DiCaprio paid for Amazon fires
2019-11-29 in The GuardianJair Bolsonaro falsely accuses actor of funding deliberate destruction of rainforest
Tagged under: Deforestation | Bolsonaro | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Forest Fires | Trees
Amazon rainforest 'close to irreversible tipping point'
2019-10-23 in The GuardianForecast suggests rainforest could stop producing enough rain to sustain itself by 2021
Tagged under: Deforestation | Tipping Points | Bolsonaro | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Trees
'The crisis is already here': young strikers facing climate apartheid
2019-09-19 in The GuardianYoung activists call for north-south solidarity to tackle climate emergency that threatens to exacerbate inequality and conflict
Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | Activism | Bolsonaro | Greenhouse Gases | Nigeria | Africa
Jair Bolsonaro claims NGOs behind Amazon forest fire surge – but provides no evidence
2019-08-21 in The GuardianBrazilian president claims green groups behind blazes, which have increased 84% over same period last year
Tagged under: Deforestation | Bolsonaro | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Trees
Amazon deforestation accelerating towards unrecoverable 'tipping point'
2019-07-25 in The GuardianData confirms fears that Jair Bolsonaro’s policy encourages illegal logging in Brazil
Tagged under: Deforestation | Tipping Points | Bolsonaro | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil
Brazil: huge rise in Amazon destruction under Bolsonaro, figures show
2019-07-03 in The GuardianPreliminary data reveals 88.4% deforestation increase compared with a year ago as critics say rightwing president has emboldened loggers and ranchers
Tagged under: Deforestation | Bolsonaro | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Trees
'Exterminator of the future': Brazil's Bolsonaro denounced for environmental assault
2019-05-09 in The GuardianActivist and politician Marina Silva warns Brazil’s rainforest protections being destroyed but vows ‘we can’t let that happen’
Tagged under: Activism | Bolsonaro | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil
Brazil reveals highest deforestation figures in a decade as activists warn Bolsonaro will make issue worse | The Independent | The Independent
2019-01-01 (or before) in The IndependentIllegal logging and agriculture creeping into jungle land blamed for devastating rise
Tagged under: Deforestation | Bolsonaro | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Activism
The Guardian view on climate change: too much, too soon | Editorial
2018-12-05 in The GuardianEditorial: We are losing the war against climate change; the use of fossil fuels is driving higher carbon emissions when they need to be coming down
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Bolsonaro | Arctic | Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
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