Topic: Bolsonaro

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‘A war society doesn’t see’: the Brazilian force driving out mining gangs from Indigenous lands

2023-02-28 in The Guardian

An elite unit is on a mission to expel the illegal miners who devastated Yanomami territory during Bolsonaro’s presidency

Tagged under: Bolsonaro | Brazil

‘Amped-up citizen science’ to save the world: Q&A with Conservation AI Hub’s Grant Hamilton

2022-08-19 in Mongabay

Conservation apps have emerged in recent years as an efficient and cost-effective way to get citizens to monitor and document wildlife across the world. But an Australian initiative is going one step further. In a bid to detect and save the country’s dwindling koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) population, Conservation AI Hub has, since the beginning of […]

Tagged under: Bolsonaro | Amazon Rainforest | Wildlife

Amazon rainforest ‘will collapse if Bolsonaro remains president’

2021-07-14 in The Guardian

Brazilian academics and activists issue warning amid fresh assault on environmental protections

Brazil, Besieged by Covid, Now Faces a Severe Drought

2021-06-19 in The New York Times

Tagged under: Farming | Bolsonaro | Drought | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil

Joe Biden’s billions won’t stop Bolsonaro destroying the Amazon rainforest | Marina Silva and Rubens Ricupero

2021-04-22 in The Guardian

Money alone will not persuade Brazil’s government to stop deforestation, say former Brazilian environment ministers Marina Silva and Rubens Ricupero

European public roundly rejects Brazil trade deal unless Amazon protected

2021-02-16 in Mongabay

An average 75% of respondents in 12 European nations say the gigantic EU-Mercosur trade pact should not be ratified if Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil doesn’t end Amazon deforestation; EU governments are listening.

Tagged under: Deforestation | Bolsonaro | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil

Amazon near tipping point of switching from rainforest to savannah – study

2020-10-05 in The Guardian

Climate crisis and logging is leading to shift from canopy rainforest to open grassland

World leaders pledge to halt Earth’s destruction ahead of UN summit

2020-09-27 in The Guardian

France, Germany and UK among more than 60 countries promising to put wildlife and climate at heart of post-Covid recovery plans

Tagged under: Bolsonaro | Germany | France | Wildlife

Tesco urged to ditch meat company over alleged links to Amazon deforestation

2020-08-05 in The Guardian

Responding to Greenpeace campaign to cut links to Brazilian meat giant JBS, supermarket calls on government to ensure all UK food is deforestation-free

Brazil using coronavirus to cover up assaults on Amazon, warn activists

2020-05-06 in The Guardian

Fears Jair Bolsonaro’s ‘land grabbers decree’ may be pushed forwards after new rule allows land-grabbing on indigenous reserves

Brazil to weaken environmental safeguards amid increase in deforestation

2020-04-29 in Greenpeace UK - Unearthed

Brazil: Critics accuse Bolsonaro of using COVID-19 as cover to rush through amnesty for destruction and occupation of forest

Globalizing the War on Indigenous People: Bolsonaro and Modi

2020-01-24 in Counter Punch

A man who has repeatedly romanticized dictatorship and advocated the use of torture seems like an odd choice for guest of honor at the annual celebration

Tagged under: Indigenous People | India | Bolsonaro

'Like a bomb going off': why Brazil's largest reserve is facing destruction

2020-01-13 in The Guardian

Gold prospectors are ravaging the Yanomami indigenous reserve. So why does President Bolsonaro want to make them legal?

Tagged under: Bolsonaro | Brazil | Wildlife

Why Labour Lost: Oligarchs are Gaming Democracy 💰🗳 | George Monbiot

2019-12-23 (or before) in YouTube

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Brazil’s president claims DiCaprio paid for Amazon fires

2019-11-29 in The Guardian

Jair Bolsonaro falsely accuses actor of funding deliberate destruction of rainforest

Amazon rainforest 'close to irreversible tipping point'

2019-10-23 in The Guardian

Forecast suggests rainforest could stop producing enough rain to sustain itself by 2021

'The crisis is already here': young strikers facing climate apartheid

2019-09-19 in The Guardian

Young activists call for north-south solidarity to tackle climate emergency that threatens to exacerbate inequality and conflict

Jair Bolsonaro claims NGOs behind Amazon forest fire surge – but provides no evidence

2019-08-21 in The Guardian

Brazilian president claims green groups behind blazes, which have increased 84% over same period last year

Amazon deforestation accelerating towards unrecoverable 'tipping point'

2019-07-25 in The Guardian

Data confirms fears that Jair Bolsonaro’s policy encourages illegal logging in Brazil

Brazil: huge rise in Amazon destruction under Bolsonaro, figures show

2019-07-03 in The Guardian

Preliminary data reveals 88.4% deforestation increase compared with a year ago as critics say rightwing president has emboldened loggers and ranchers

'Exterminator of the future': Brazil's Bolsonaro denounced for environmental assault

2019-05-09 in The Guardian

Activist and politician Marina Silva warns Brazil’s rainforest protections being destroyed but vows ‘we can’t let that happen’

Tagged under: Activism | Bolsonaro | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil

Brazil reveals highest deforestation figures in a decade as activists warn Bolsonaro will make issue worse | The Independent | The Independent

2019-01-01 (or before) in The Independent

Illegal logging and agriculture creeping into jungle land blamed for devastating rise

The Guardian view on climate change: too much, too soon | Editorial

2018-12-05 in The Guardian

Editorial: We are losing the war against climate change; the use of fossil fuels is driving higher carbon emissions when they need to be coming down

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