Blagojevich is wrong to criticize criminal justice reforms It’s a dangerous idea to take away someone’s presumed innocence, and with it their life as they know it, based on statistics. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 29, 2022
Last surviving tribesman of his community who burrowed deep into Amazon found dead The tribesman was the last surviving member of his community after cruel cattle ranchers poisoned them as part of a land grab in Brazil's Rondonia State over 25 years ago, rights groups say Daily Mirror · Aug 29, 2022
‘Man of the hole’: Last member of uncontacted Amazon tribe dies Trackers who followed lone survivor for decades found him dead in one of his huts The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2022
Record number of Indigenous candidates take part in Brazil elections As attacks on Indigenous people escalated under Bolsonaro, 181 candidates who identify as Indigenous are registered to take part in the election The Guardian - US · Aug 28, 2022
Crucial illegal road threatens Amazon rainforest An illegal dirt road ripping through protected areas in Brazil is only a few miles shy of connecting two of the worst areas of deforestation in the Amazon basin The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2022
Anglo-French oil firm threatens Amazon reserve for isolated Indigenous people Perenco sues Peru government for repeal of law that offers recognition to proposed Napo-Tigre reserve The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2022
Lula vows to take on Amazon crime if returned to power in Brazil elections Ex-president says he will clamp down on illegal miners and loggers after murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira The Guardian - US · Aug 22, 2022
Lula: no need to fell a single tree to boost Brazil farm output Brazil's presidential frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday his country did not need to cut a single tree to plant more soybeans, sugarcane or raise cattle as he vowed to restore law enforcement in the Amazon rainforest to curb deforestation. Reuters · Aug 22, 2022
Amazon forest guardians fulfil Bruno Pereira’s mission of Indigenous exchange Pereira, who was murdered alongside British journalist Dom Phillips, planned to lead an Indigenous delegation 2,500km across Brazil to learn from veteran fellow defenders The Guardian - US · Aug 22, 2022
Gisele Bündchen is IWC's new environment adviser During a trip to the Amazon, Gisele Bündchen saw the impact of deforestation and pollution on the health and lives of indigenous tribes. Bangkok Post · Aug 18, 2022
U.S. Treasury eyes Brazil drug gang ties to illegal Amazon gold mines The U.S. government is concerned about links between Brazil's largest drug gang and illegal gold mining in the Amazon rainforest, a U.S. Treasury official said on Wednesday following meetings with Brazilian law enforcement and civil society. Reuters · Aug 17, 2022
Attacks on Brazil's indigenous people rose sharply in 2021, report says Attacks on Brazil's indigenous people and invasions of their lands by illegal miners and loggers, mainly in the Amazon, increased dramatically in 2021, escalating an already "terrifying" situation, the Catholic Church's Indigenous Missionary Council (Cimi) said on Wednesday. Reuters · Aug 17, 2022
Little talk of rainforest protection in the Brazilian Amazon Like other Brazilians, residents of the Amazon will elect governors and lawmakers in general elections in October The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2022
Lula eyes 'green' farm loans to tackle Amazon deforestation Advisors to leftist Brazilian presidential hopeful Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are proposing subsidized "green" farm loans to spur planting of soybeans and corn on open pasture and reduce deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. Reuters · Aug 17, 2022
Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 17, 2022 Amazon Tribe Go behind the Camera in Nat Geo Film 'The Territory' When Covid-19 reached Brazil's Amazon, and an indigenous tribe sealed off its borders, director Alex Pritz found an innovative way to finish his documentary -- he handed the cameras over to the Uru-eu-wau-wau themselves. "The Territory," to be released by National Geographic on Friday, follows the plight of some 200…
Financial Times · Aug 16, 2022 Brazil’s other deforestation: has the savannah farming boom gone too far? Decades of intensive agriculture threaten the Cerrado region, which acts as an important carbon dioxide ‘sink’ and helps fend off global warming
Reuters · Aug 10, 2022 Explainer-Causes and consequences of Amazon fires and deforestation Brazil vowed last year to halt deforestation by 2030, yet the number of fires burning in the country's Amazon rainforest hit a 15-year high in June. Burning season began last month and the rate of forest clearing remains high.
WEKU · Aug 10, 2022 A Brazil court reopens the case of a rainforest park larger than New York City The court's decision reopened a lawsuit that invalidates a protected area in Brazil's Amazon.
The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2022 In reversal, Brazil court reopens case of rainforest park After declaring a decision final, an important state court in Brazil has backpedaled and reopened a lawsuit that invalidated a large protected area in the country's Amazon rainforest
Reuters · Aug 9, 2022 Pope concerned for Amazon and indigenous peoples, says its first cardinal Pope Francis will install the first cardinal of Brazil's Amazon region this month in a sign of his concern for the rainforest and its indigenous inhabitants, the man whom he picked for the role said.
The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2022 Problematic or perilous: Brazil's environmental choice Brazilians go to the polls in October, and they´ll have a choice between reelecting Jair Bolsonaro, or bringing back former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2022 Notes on chocolate: the sumptuous tastes of the Amazon Unique micro-lot wild cacao flavours from a Brazilian maker. By Annalisa Barbieri
Daily Mirror · Aug 6, 2022 Five more suspects arrested following death of British journalist in Amazon Freelance reporter Dom Phillips who had written for the Guardian and the Washington Post, went missing along with indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in June with remains later found
Inverse · Aug 6, 2022 Are fake meats better for the environment? Yes, but it’s more complex than you think Marketed to meat lovers, plant-based burgers like Impossible and Beyond claim to taste like the real thing and to have far lighter environmental footprints.
Reuters · Aug 6, 2022 Brazil police arrest 5 more in murders of journalist, Amazon expert Brazil's federal police on Saturday arrested five more men in an investigation into the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon rainforest in June.