Amazon Illegal Deforestation News

How the Brazilian military sabotaged protection of Indigenous people in the Amazon

André Schröder 16 Sep 2024

Indigenous and riverine communities unite to fight Amazon invaders

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 29 Oct 2019

Violence against indigenous peoples explodes in Brazil

Clarissa Beretz 17 Oct 2019

Brazil land reform head fired amid push to legalize cleared Amazon land

Shanna Hanbury 3 Oct 2019

Brazilian state complicit in violence against forest defenders, report says

Naira Hofmeister 1 Oct 2019

World’s biggest meatpackers buying cattle from deforesters in Amazon

André Campos - Repórter Brasil 19 Sep 2019

Fires burning in the state of Pará, Brazil on August 16, 2019. Courtesy of Planet Labs Inc.

Brazilian Amazon fires scientifically linked to 2019 deforestation: report

Karla Mendes 11 Sep 2019

Amazon indigenous groups feel deserted by Brazil’s public health service

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 5 Aug 2019

Future of Amazon deforestation data in doubt as research head sacked

Karla Mendes 5 Aug 2019

Deforestation for soy production in the Bolivian Amazon and Chaco. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

New initiative aims to jump-start stalled drive toward zero deforestation

Sarah Sax 19 Jul 2019

Experts deny alleged manipulation of Amazon satellite deforestation data

Karla Mendes 16 Jul 2019

Google Earth image showing deforestation around Arara in the state of Para, in the Brazilian Amazon.

As Amazon deforestation rises, sensational headlines play into Bolsonaro’s agenda (commentary)

Rhett A. Butler 8 Jul 2019

Planet satellite image showing a mosaic of deforestation and rainforest in São Judas Tadeu, Xapuri in the state of Acre, Brazil in August 2018. Courtesy of Planet.

Amazon REDD+ scheme side-steps land rights to reward small forest producers

Claire Asher 3 Jul 2019

Amazon rural development and conservation: a path to sustainability?

Jaqueline Sordi 2 Jul 2019

Amazon infrastructure puts 68% of indigenous lands / protected areas at risk: report

Jenny Gonzales 28 Jun 2019

Brazil guts environmental agencies, clears way for unchecked deforestation

Sue Branford and Thais Borges 10 Jun 2019

Brazil’s Congress reverses Bolsonaro, restores Funai’s land demarcation powers

Karla Mendes 5 Jun 2019

The Sateré-Mawé move to reclaim Amazon ancestral lands from invaders

Thais Borges; Mauricio Torres; and Sue Branford 4 Jun 2019

Former Brazilian enviro ministers blast Bolsonaro environmental assaults

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 23 May 2019

‘Resisting to exist’: Indigenous women unite against Brazil’s far-right president

Karla Mendes 20 May 2019

UK supermarkets implicated in Amazon deforestation supply chain: report

Sarah Sax 13 May 2019

China, EU, US trading with Brazilian firms fined for Amazon deforestation: report

Karla Mendes 6 May 2019

Stinging ants: Amazon indigenous group girds itself to hold ancestral lands

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 25 Apr 2019

Bolsonaro draws battle lines in fight over Amazon indigenous lands

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 24 Apr 2019

3 massacres in 12 days: Rural violence escalates in Brazilian Amazon

Sue Branford and Thais Borges 8 Apr 2019

Brazil fails to give adequate public access to Amazon land title data, study finds

Liz Kimbrough 25 Mar 2019

Brazil’s New Forest Code puts vast areas of protected Amazon forest at risk

Claire Asher 4 Mar 2019

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