Up to half of the Amazon rainforest could hit a tipping point by 2050 as a result of water stress, land clearance and climate disruption,…
View More Amazon rainforest could reach ‘tipping point’ by 2050, scientists warnTag: Amazon rainforest
Optimism dries up in Amazon as Lula drifts from climate priorities
What a difference a year makes in the Brazilian Amazon. At the start of 2023, I wrote about the green shoots of the rainy season…
View More Optimism dries up in Amazon as Lula drifts from climate prioritiesValley of lost cities that flourished 2,000 years ago found in Amazon
Archaeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers about 2,000 years ago. A…
View More Valley of lost cities that flourished 2,000 years ago found in AmazonWhy is the Amazon rainforest drying up? – podcast
Ian Sample talks to Guardian global environment editor Jon Watts about the withering drought currently devastating the Amazon rainforest. Jon explains the complex mix of…
View More Why is the Amazon rainforest drying up? – podcastAmazon leaders fail to commit to end deforestation by 2030
Amazon leaders have called on rich countries to help them develop a Marshall-style plan to protect the world’s largest rainforest – but stopped short of…
View More Amazon leaders fail to commit to end deforestation by 2030Amazon deforestation falls over 60% compared with last July, says Brazilian minister
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by at least 60% in July compared to the same month last year, the environment minister, Marina Silva, has…
View More Amazon deforestation falls over 60% compared with last July, says Brazilian ministerThe multinational companies that industrialised the Amazon rainforest
A handful of global giants dominate the industrialisation of the Amazon rainforest, extracting tens of billions of dollars of raw materials every year, according to…
View More The multinational companies that industrialised the Amazon rainforestMore than 800m Amazon trees felled in six years to meet beef demand
More than 800m trees have been cut down in the Amazon rainforest in just six years to feed the world’s appetite for Brazilian beef, according…
View More More than 800m Amazon trees felled in six years to meet beef demandBrazilian Amazon at risk of being taken over by mafia, ex-police chief warns
The rapid advance of organised crime groups in the Brazilian Amazon risks turning the region into a vast, conflict-stricken hinterland plagued by heavily armed “criminal…
View More Brazilian Amazon at risk of being taken over by mafia, ex-police chief warnsBruno Pereira and Dom Phllips were killed in the Amazon. Their Indigenous allies risk death to carry on the work
Three assassins walked into a bar deep in the Brazilian Amazon one night last October. Beers flowed, tongues loosened and the men were overheard bragging…
View More Bruno Pereira and Dom Phllips were killed in the Amazon. Their Indigenous allies risk death to carry on the work