Brazil’s Amazon deforestation hits April record, nearly double previous peak
Sao Paulo, BrazilReuters Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon surged to record levels for the month of April, nearly doubling the area of forest removed in that month last year — the previous April record — preliminary government data showed on Friday, alarming environmental campaigners. In the first 29 days of April, deforestation in the region totaled […]
Essay: Tigray in Ethiopia was an environmental success story – but the war is undoing decades of regreening
In an article published on The Conversation, HENRIKE SCHULTE TO BÜHNE, DOUG WEIR, JAN NYSSEN, and TEKLEHAYMANOT G WELDEMICHEL, look at the impact of Ethiopia’s war on the environment…
Essay: Mass starvation, extinctions, disasters: the new IPCC report’s grim predictions, and why adaptation efforts are falling behind
Three vice-chairs of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – MARK HOWDEN, JOY PEREIRA, and ROBERTO SÁNCHEZ – look – in an article published on The Conversation – at the findings of the latest IPCC report…
Brazil: How the charcoal industry fuels illegal deforestation and slavery
FABIO TEIXEIRA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the plight of those working in Brazil’s illegal charcoal industry…
Brazil’s Amazon deforestation surges to 15-year high, undercutting government pledge
Brasilia, BrazilReuters Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest soared 22 per cent in a year to the highest level since 2006, the government’s annual report showed on Thursday, undercutting President Jair Bolsonaro’s assurances that the country is curbing illegal logging. Brazil’s space research agency, INPE, recorded 13,235 square kilometres of deforestation in the world’s largest rainforest […]
More than 100 global leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030
Glasgow, UKReuters More than 100 global leaders late on Monday pledged to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade, underpinned by $US19 billion in public and private funds to invest in protecting and restoring forests. The joint statement at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow was backed by the leaders […]
Changing climate: As Amazon destruction continues, Brazil faces future of floods, drought
FABIO ZUKER, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how heating planet and surging deforestation are altering long-standing weather patterns throughout Brazil and South America…
Slaves to deforestation: Labour abuses fuel Brazil’s Amazon destruction
FABIO TEIXEIRA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on labour abuses which are underpinning deforestation in Brazil…
With fuel scarce, Yemen’s forests are next casualty of war
Khamis Banisaad, YemenReuters Yemeni lumberjack Ali al-Emadi spends hours chopping down an acacia tree with an axe as his 12-year-old nephew helps out splitting logs. In a country blighted by war, Emadi had to turn to logging in his northern al-Mahweet region to eke out a living. An economic collapse has wiped out the farming […]
Bolsonaro’s “land grab” bill passes Brazil’s lower house
Brasilia, BrazilReuters Brazil’s lower house of Congress passed a land bill on Tuesday that is backed by the country’s powerful farm sector but that environmentalists say will contribute to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. The bill allows squatters on public land to more easily receive deeds to their properties and was initially proposed by far-right […]