More than 20 countries found weakening environmental protection during pandemic
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilThomson Reuters Foundation At least 22 countries enacted or proposed changes during the coronavirus pandemic that weaken environmental regulation, endangering protected areas around the globe, according to a research paper published on Thursday. Brazil, India and the United States are the hotspots of COVID-era rollbacks, said the paper, part of a wider […]
Family men or forest destroyers?: Meet the miners living off the Amazon’s gold
LUCAS LANDAU and FABIO TEIXEIRA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report from Brazil on the Amazon’s illegal “wildcat” miners…