Rockets, gold and the Foreign Legion: can Europe defend its frontier in the Amazon? | Alexander Hurst It borders Brazil, but French Guiana is now a remote outpost of the EU. It is home to Europe’s only spaceport, some of the most biodiverse forest on the planet and a military mission that is testing...

Rockets, gold and the Foreign Legion: can Europe defend its frontier in the Amazon? | Alexander Hurst #Science #Other #AmazonDeforestation #EuropeanDefense #Sustainability

Over 90% of deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon is illegal — driven by unregulated logging, mining and land grabbing, especially on Indigenous lands without consent.
Traceability schemes simply cannot compete with that scale of destruction.
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Amazon Deforestation Slashes Rainforest Rainfall Global climate change and local deforestation affect the rainforest ecosystem in different ways To the point: New study quantifies climatic changes in the rainforest due to local deforestation and global climate change quantified separately Data show that deforestation is the...

Amazon Deforestation Slashes Rainforest Rainfall
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California's Senate moves towards reducing Amazon oil imports, aiming to protect biodiversity and Indigenous rights by phasing out environmentally harmful drilling. 🌍 #AmazonDeforestation #IndigenousRights #BiodiversityProtection Link: https://tinyurl.com/2yr8as9k

How did Lula da Silva cut Amazon deforestation in half?

How did Lula da Silva cut Amazon deforestation in half?
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Brazil Suspends Amazon Soy Moratorium: 18,000 km² of Forest at Risk Weeks Before COP30 - Karmactive Brazil's antitrust regulator suspended the Amazon Soy Moratorium on August 18, threatening a pact that cut deforestation by 35% and saved 18,000 km² of rainforest. Environmental groups warn of immedia...

🌳 Brazil just suspended the Amazon Soy Moratorium
⚠️ 19-year pact that saved 18,000 km² of rainforest—gone
🌍 Deforestation risks soar weeks before COP30
📉 $8.8B EU markets now at stake
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New Brazil development law risks Amazon deforestation, UN expert warns The Amazon is already under pressure from industries like agriculture and mining Critics have dubbed it the "devastation bill" and say it could lead to environmental abuses and deforestation. Lawmakers passed plans to simplify environmental licences for infrastructure including roads,...

New Brazil development law risks Amazon deforestation, UN expert warns
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Amazon deforestation causing measurable drop in rainfall: study The rich plant life that makes up the Amazon rainforest contributes a significant amount of water vapour to Earth’s atmosphere. A recent study found that extensive deforestation here has caused a measurable drop in precipitation across the region. Published in...

Amazon deforestation causing measurable drop in rainfall: study
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Brazil fires drive acceleration in Amazon deforestation: report - Newsbug.info ...

Brazil fires drive acceleration in Amazon deforestation: report - Newsbug.info
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91% of Brazilian Amazon deforestation last year was illegal, report finds Nearly all deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon in the past year was illegal, a new report finds. Between August 2023 and July 2024, 91% of forest clearing in the Amazon lacked authorization, accordi...

An overwhelming majority of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is unauthorized (illegal).

A data-driven report from August/2023 to July/2024, cross-referencing deforestation with clearing permits, confirms this heartbreaking reality. Read more below ⬇️

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The life and death of a ‘laundered’ cow in the Amazon rainforest Cattle moved between ranches, allowing meat from farms linked to deforestation to end up on supermarket shelves

Brazil is the world's largest beef exporter with >40% of cattle raised in the Amazon. Large areas of rainforest are cleaned for pasture - often illegally.

This fascinating article shows how "cattle laundering" allows beef from illegal farms to enter global markets undetected ⬇️

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Trump's China tariffs drive up Brazil soy farming and Amazon deforestation “We cannot stand by and allow this to happen. We need to hold this administration accountable.”...

Trump's China tariffs drive up Brazil soy farming and Amazon deforestation
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Sustainable Excellence There are two fundamental problems with any discussion around sustainability. The first is that no one thinks that not being sustainable is a problem that will happen to them. And second, even if t…

What #amazondeforestation, @UnitedNations & #cleanwater has to do with whether your business will survive. No, really. We review #SustainableExellence: the-agency-review.com/sustainable-... @AronCramer @ZacharyKarabell @BSRnews #sustainability #business #climatechange @crownpublishing.bsky.social

JBS is likely to fail to deliver on its Amazon deforestation promise, ranchers say Monitoring the indirect suppliers is “challenging,” but feasible, particularly “given how long it’s been since the first promises were made,” said Imazon’s Barreto. Some farmers said that JBS is stricter than others. “I can’t buy cattle from a dirty area...

JBS is likely to fail to deliver on its Amazon deforestation promise, ranchers say
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Peru's Forest Law Amendment Sparks Concerns Over Amazon Deforestation | AI News Brew <p>BOGOTA, Colombia - A recent amendment to Peru's Forestry and Wildlife Law has ignited controversy, with environmental and Indigenous groups warning of potential accelerated deforestation in the Ama...

Peru's Forest Law Amendment Sparks Concerns Over Amazon Deforestation
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Amazon deforestation threatens Brazil's energy security and generates billions in losses for ... Brazil’s two largest hydroelectric power plants have a combined annual loss of 3.8 thousand GWh of energy due to deforestation. The deforestation of the Amazon forest is costing Brazil immensely. An unprecedented study by Climate Policy Initiative/PUC-RIO (CPI/PUC-RIO) and Amazon...

Amazon deforestation threatens Brazil's energy security and generates billions in losses for ...
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The rough road to sustainable farming in an Amazon deforestation hotspot Far from international forums and economical centers, locals in one of the Amazon deforestation hotspots seek alternatives to agribusiness and gold mines. Mongabay went to Pará state’s southwest and found examples of people struggling to keep sustainable initiatives in a...

The rough road to sustainable farming in an Amazon deforestation hotspot
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Brazil faces criticism for clearing parts of the Amazon rainforest to build a four-lane highway for the COP30 climate summit in Belém this November.

#Brazil #AmazonDeforestation #COP30Brazil #TheAmazon #ClimateCrisis #Belém2025 #GlobalSummit #Deforestation #climatechange

91% of Brazilian Amazon deforestation last year was illegal, report finds Nearly all deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon in the past year was illegal, a new report finds. Between August 2023 and July 2024, 91% of forest clearing in the Amazon lacked authorization, according to an analysis by the NGO Center...

91% of Brazilian Amazon deforestation last year was illegal, report finds
->Mongabay | #AmazonDeforestation #BrazilianAmazon | More info from EcoSearch

Some Good Climate News to End 2024 Today’s newsletter reflects on some of the good climate news you may have missed this year. We also share some great book suggestions to add to your holiday reading list.

A #climate Christmas gift for fellow warriors. The news isn't all bad.

#Solar rollouts solid, #AmazonDeforestation curbs promising. Also, for #booklovers, see the "what we're reading" section.

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Brazil's new laws threaten Amazon deforestation protections A massive push for hydrogen energy is one of the first test cases of new federal environmental justice initiatives. Communities and advocates so far give the feds a failing grade...

Brazil's new laws threaten Amazon deforestation protections
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How slowing Amazon's deforestation improved Brazil's health Policy changes in Brazil that have disincentivized deforestation of the Amazon for agriculture are credited with reducing hospitalizations and wildfire deaths by the thousands. Trees and forests are often described as the lungs of the Earth because of their important...

How slowing Amazon's deforestation improved Brazil's health
->Deutsche Welle | #AmazonDeforestation #Health | More info from EcoSearch

Stopping Amazon deforestation leads to lower hospital cases Policy changes that have disincentivized deforestation of the Amazon for agriculture in Brazil are credited with reducing hospitalizations and wildfire deaths by the thousands. Trees and forests are often described as the lungs of the Earth because of their important...

Stopping Amazon deforestation leads to lower hospital cases
->Deutsche Welle | #AmazonDeforestation | More info from EcoSearch

Amazon deforestation in Brazil plunges 31% to lowest level in 9 years For the year ending July 31, the Brazilian Amazon rainforest lost 6,288 square kilometers (2,428 square miles)—roughly the size of Delaware in the U.S.—marking the lowest annual loss since 2015, when 6,207 square kilometers were cleared. In the three months...

Amazon deforestation in Brazil plunges 31% to lowest level in 9 years
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Amazon deforestation drops to nine-year low, says Brazil Aerial view of an area of Amazon rainforest deforested by illegal fire in the municipality of Labrea, Amazonas State, Brazil, taken on August 20, 2024. The Brazilian Amazon experienced its smallest amount of yearly deforestation in nearly a decade, President...

Amazon deforestation drops to nine-year low, says Brazil
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Brazilian state rolls back key environmental law curbing Amazon deforestation Groups are choosing to repair broken lines of communication and visualize the transition for its true potential to mitigate climate change – the common enemy...

Brazilian state rolls back key environmental law curbing Amazon deforestation
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Greenpeace Brazil flyover documents Amazon deforestation and fires hotspot increases

Greenpeace Brazil flyover documents Amazon deforestation and fires hotspot increases – Greenpeace | #AmazonDeforestation | MORE at EcoSearch

Amazon deforestation cut by 83% in places protected by Indigenous communities - new research

Amazon deforestation cut by 83% in places protected by Indigenous communities - new research – The Conversation | #AmazonDeforestation #Indigenous | MORE at EcoSearch