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Brazil’s new administration had a busy month pursuing its social, environmental, and climate agendas. In his first week in office, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva initiated institutional restructuring, repealed the previous administration policies, and announced new policies.

Researchers discovered that by the end of the century, the Amazon will likely see 43% more large blowdown events

His goal is to transform the heart of the Amazon into a cutting-edge science production hub by connecting technical expertise and Native peoples’ knowledge. If he were not the project’s mastermind, this effort would sound impossible in a region that is increasingly degraded and taken over by environmental crime. But Carlos Nobre — one of […]

Did the world finally see its leaders take some steps towards turning the global economy 'green'?

With Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's return to the Brazilian Presidential office, the fund to save the Amazon Forest once again has strong backing. Norway, a major donor to the Amazon Fund on Monday announced the revival of the initiative for backing the protection of the forest often referred to as the Earth's lungs. Announcing the  revival of the fund that is aimed at fighting the removal of vegetation in the Amazon, Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment Espen Barth Eide said &q...

Give the New York Times its due. Its teams of reporters produce more investigations of wrongdoing by entrenched vested interests than does the entire recess-rich, Tuesday-to-Thursday U.S. Congress with all its Committees and Subcommittees. The Times should promptly publish some of its exposes as small books. Their on-the-ground series on the burning Amazon Forest and their series on expanding

The Union of Indigenous Peoples of the Javari Valley (Univaja) said in a statement that the man's release pointed to the negligence of Brazilian authorities in prosecuting the case and their failure to contain organised crime in the region.

Whether you are a vegan, vegetarian or omnivore, plants are at the base of what you eat — even Oreos.

The German-Brazilian research collaboration CAFE-Brazil (Chemistry of the Atmosphere: Field Experiment in Brazil) now receives the green light.

Moviegoers flocked to Lynwood Theatre for two sold-out screenings of the documentary “Wildcat” Nov. 10-11 based on the real-life story about Samantha Zwicker, a Bainbridge Island ecologist, and Harry Turner, a British war veteran who raise an orphaned ocelot and eventually reintroduce it into the jungle.