Over 300 slain in Brazil's Amazon over land and resources in past decade, HRW report says
A Human Rights Watch report on Tuesday found that more than 300 people have been killed over the past decade in conflicts over the use of land and resources in the Amazon, many by organized criminal networks profiting from illegal deforestation. Of those cases, only ...
Subterranean blazes: Indonesia struggles to douse fires both above and below ground
Thousands of Indonesian firefighters are locked in an around-the-clock game of whack-a-mole as they battle to extinguish an invisible enemy — underground fires that aggravate global warming. Vast blazes are ripping across the archipelago's rainforests, unleashing a toxic haze over Southeast Asia that has triggered ...
Brazil's Amazon chief Raoni Metuktire tapped for 2020 Nobel Peace Prize nomination
A group of Brazilian anthropologists and environmentalists has put forward Chief Raoni Metuktire of the Kayapo tribe as a candidate for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for a lifetime of work protecting the Amazon rainforest. Raoni — an unmistakable Amazon icon with his large lip ...
Indonesia's rainforest fires surge, stoking global warming fears
Fires in Indonesia's rainforests have jumped sharply, satellite data show, spreading smog across Southeast Asia and adding to concerns about how the rise in wildfire outbreaks worldwide is affecting global warming. Illegal blazes to clear land for agricultural plantations have been raging on Sumatra and ...
As forests burn, Bolivian leader Evo Morales' bet on Big Farming comes under fire
In the tropical Bolivian city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, a wealthy farming hub on the edge on the Amazon rainforest, President Evo Morales gathered with ranchers late last month to celebrate a maiden shipment of beef to China. An elaborate ceremony was staged ...
Leaders of seven Amazon nations meet to bolster rainforest protection as fires rage on
Presidents and ministers from seven Amazon countries met in Colombia on Friday to agree on measures to protect the world's biggest rainforest, under threat from wildfires and rampant deforestation. The summit took place in the wake of an international outcry over months of raging fires ...
Indigenous leader in Brazil's Amazon tries to thwart loggers
An indigenous leader in Brazil's Amazon says he will do what he can to stop loggers and prospectors encroaching on his people's land. Kadjyre Kayapo and some companions searched in recent days for signs of trespassing in the lush rainforest of the Kayapo indigenous group's ...
Fires just one of the dangers facing the world’s largest rainforest
Wildfires are just one of the dangers facing the world's largest rainforest. The Amazon, covering 5.5 million square kilometers (2.1 million square miles) over nine countries, faces ever more serious threats from encroaching crop and livestock farming, mining, land occupation and illegal logging. Farming Deforestation for ...
Brazil's foreign minister said his country is successfully extinguishing the fires in the Amazon region that have generated international concern after discussing the situation with President Donald Trump on Friday at the White House. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said earlier in the day that his ...
Replanted forests and those left to recover after logging activities can preserve vital insect and plant life in a similar way to old-growth forests, scientists have found, as interest grows in expanding the world's forests to curb climate change. A 13-year study led by researchers ...
Brazil on Thursday banned most legal fires for land-clearing for 60 days in an attempt to stop the burning that has devastated parts of the Amazon region. The decree prohibiting the fires was signed by President Jair Bolsonaro and followed international criticism of his handling ...
As fires raged in parts of the Amazon, Mydje Kayapo sat in a small boat looking out over the Curua River in the Bau indigenous reserve. The smell of smoke filled the air, and Kayapo was worried. "The fire is coming closer and closer to ...
