We Will Not Be Saved by Nemonte Nenquimo and Mitch Anderson review – voice of the Amazon There’s great joy as well as pain in this luminous story of Indigenous life and the battle against exploitation The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2024
Brazil's New Petrobras Chief Calls To Speed Up Oil Exploration The new boss of Brazil's Petrobras said Monday it was crucial that the state-run company "accelerate" oil exploration, including in a controversial offshore basin near the mouth of the Amazon River. International Business Times · May 28, 2024
Indigenous community in the heart of Peru's Amazon hosts film festival celebrating tropical forests In the heart of Peru’s Amazon region, a poor Indigenous community put aside the trials and tribulations of everyday life and celebrated an international film festival with works from countries with tropical forests The Independent UK · May 26, 2024
‘I want people to wake up’: Nemonte Nenquimo on growing up in the rainforest and her fight to save it The Indigenous campaigner won a historic legal victory to protect Waorani land in the Amazon rainforest. Now she has written a groundbreaking memoir The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2024
More than third of Amazon rainforest struggling to recover from drought, study finds ‘Critical slowing down’ of recovery raises concern over forest’s resilience to ecosystem collapse The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2024
How to watch Into the Amazon with Robson Green online or on TV Here's how you can watch Into the Amazon with Robson Green online, ready for when it starts on Tuesday, May 21. WhatToWatch · May 20, 2024
Plunging At Over 300kph, Brazilian Skydiver Luigi Cani Dropped 100 Million Seeds Into The Amazon Suported by Audi do Brazil, Luigi Cani made one of the most important jumps of his life in the Amazon. The post Plunging At Over 300kph, Brazilian Skydiver Luigi Cani Dropped 100 Million Seeds Into The Amazon first appeared on Bored Panda. Bored Panda · May 17, 2024
Floods in south Brazil have displaced 600,000 – here’s why this region is likely to see ever more extreme rain in future A mighty river is flowing out of the Amazon rainforest, and it’s not the one you’re thinking of. In the first kilometre above the forest canopy, a “flying river” is transporting moisture evaporated from Amazonian trees southwards along the Andes mountains towards Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state in… The Conversation · May 16, 2024
‘Just by breathing we are contaminated’: schoolgirls fight to extinguish Ecuador’s gas flares A group of determined teenagers has taken the government to court for not doing more to protect their community from the noxious byproduct of oil extraction in the northern Amazon The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2024
Amazonian Chief At UN To Combat Traditional Knowledge Piracy The leader of the Brazilian Amazon's Huni Kui people remains hopeful that a planned United Nations treaty will advance the fight against biopiracy: the pillaging of traditional knowledge and genetic resources. International Business Times · May 14, 2024
A car-free town in the Amazon serves lessons for pedaling to net zero emissions Afuá, a remote town in the Brazilian Amazon, banned motor vehicles over 20 years ago. Writer Mac Margolis and photographer Stefan Kolumban paid the town a visit to see what life is like. WEKU · May 12, 2024
Dale Steyn Enjoys Fishing Adventure With Friends In Brazil South African cricket legend Dale Steyn unwinds on a fishing trip with friends in the Jungle Amazon, showcasing a different side of the fierce competitor a... Top News · May 10, 2024
What exactly is cassava? "Cassava's humble appearance, however, belies an impressive combination of productivity, toughness and diversity" Salon · May 6, 2024
‘It’s so frustrating’: two years on and still no justice for Bruno and Dom murders Three men await trial in Brazil for the killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, but no date is set and Amazon activists still live in fear of violence The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024
International Business Times · May 2, 2024 Colombian School, A Grim Reminder Of Atrocities Of Rubber Fever A modest wooden school in the middle of the Colombian Amazon preserves the memory of atrocities perpetrated against Indigenous people by rubber industrialists more than a century ago.
International Business Times · Apr 24, 2024 Colombian Rebels Holding Amazon Hostage In Peace Talks Colombian guerrilla fighters, who long used kidnapping to raise cash and gain negotiating clout, have turned to a new type of hostage: the Amazon rainforest.
International Business Times · Apr 22, 2024 Venice's 60th Biennale Opens On Humanity And The Fragile Planet Venice's 60th Biennale international art show has opened its doors, exploring humankind's relationship with the fragile planet, from Greenland's icecaps to deforestation in the Amazon.
France 24 · Apr 21, 2024 In Amazon rainforest, Peru's ancient shihuahuaco trees are under threat The shihuahuaco tree is one of the giants of the Amazon rainforest, reaching heights of up to 60 metres. But it is coveted for its hardwood, one of the most precious and sought-after types of wood in the world. Peru exports it to China, but also to Europe and in…
Top News · Apr 18, 2024 Brazil Faces Indigenous Resistance To Amazon Oil Drilling Plans Indigenous opposition to oil drilling in the Amazon raises concerns about environmental impact and Indigenous rights in Brazil.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2024 ‘We can’t hunt or fish’: the villages in Ecuador’s Amazon surrounded by abandoned explosives In 2002, high explosives were laid in oil wells across 20 sq km of forest. The firm has gone but the pentolite remains, despite a court ruling, putting lives and the ecosystem at risk
LiveScience · Apr 18, 2024 Ancient artists high on hallucinogens carved dancer rock art in Peru, study suggests The research notes similarities between the carvings in southern Peru and the ayahuasca-induced art of the Amazon's Tucano people.
Top News · Apr 18, 2024 Amazonia Bonds Face Challenges In 2024 Investor concerns and proponents' optimism clash over 'Amazonia' bonds' potential to address deforestation and climate change in the Amazon region.
Top News · Apr 16, 2024 Discovering Nature's Richness: Top 10 Diverse Ecosystems Worldwide Discover the world's most fascinating ecosystems, from the Amazon Rainforest to the Arctic Tundra.
France 24 · Apr 12, 2024 Brazil's Cerrado savanna sacrificed in the name of industrial soya, maize farming Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has made saving the Amazon rainforest – now a key condition for a trade deal between the EU and South America's Mercosur bloc – a priority for his government. A year after Lula came to power, his gamble has paid off: deforestation has…
International Business Times · Apr 12, 2024 Peru Court Sentences Killers Of Indigenous Land Defenders A Peruvian court on Thursday imposed near three-decade sentences on five men who were being retried for the murders of four Indigenous Amazon land defenders who had crossed swords with illegal loggers.