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SAVING AN ENDANGERED PALM BY FARMING IT by Close to the home Emerson Miranda and Viviane Vieira Lopes share with their children grows a dense forest dotted with 400 endangered juçara palm trees, many of which are more than 50 years old. The couple works together to harvest the palm’s fruit. First, they hang a net under the crown of the palm. Next, they hoist a ladder up against the slender trunk. Emerson carefully climbs up to the thick bunches of blueberry-like fruit, hoping they’re ripe. Every bunch harvested means one palm stays standing.   “Saving the juçara from ...

Patches of Amazon untouched by humans still feel impact of climate change Researchers looking at the abundance of insect-eating birds in a pristine patch of forest deep in the Brazilian Amazon have seen populations of dozens of species decline over the past 35 years. The remoteness of the site and the still-intact tree cover rule out direct human activity as a factor for the population declines, with researchers attributing the phenomenon to the warmer and more intense droughts caused by climate change, which in turn puts stress on the birds and their food sources. The finding calls into ques...

From Brazil: Kiriri manioc flour Slow Food Presidium 23 December 2020 The project Empowering Indigenous Youth and their Communities to Defend and Promote their Food Heritage, financed by IFAD, started in 2018 through an agreement between Slow Food, IFAD, and the Kiriri community of Banzaê. The project emerged to bring new income alternatives for young Kiriri people by promoting the manioc of the Kiriri people and biodiversity, with the general objective of improving local livelihoods, protecting and promoting food heritage, and maintaining the sustainability of the indigenous practices of...

EU demand for Brazilian fruit ‘set to rise five per cent’ Abrafrutas forecasts European market share growth of five per cent each year for next three years after sector “bounces back” from Covid-19 Agrícola Famosa is Brazil's biggest melon grower and exporter Related Articles European demand for Brazilian fruit is expected to grow by five per cent in 2021 – that’s according to Abrafrutas, which represents about 85 per cent of the total volume of fresh fruits exported from Brazil. The country’s fruit growers and exporters association forecasts a European market share increase o...

He once trafficked in rare birds. Now, he tells how it's done 11 Dec, 2020 05:00 AM 8 minutes to read Johann Zillinger feeding a grape to a young cassowary, one of the birds he most prizes. Photo / Marylise Vigneau, The New York Times Johann Zillinger feeding a grape to a young cassowary, one of the birds he most prizes. Photo / Marylise Vigneau, The New York Times New York Times By: Denise Hruby After a chance encounter in Brazil, Johann Zillinger became one of the world's most prolific wildlife smugglers. Three decades and two prison stints later, he says he has gone straight. On a...