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A Repórter Brasil está sob censura judicial desde o dia 9 de outubro de 2015. Saiba mais. “Consortia of deception” enable destruction in a conservation unit where deforestation is high By Maurício Hashizume | 10/05/21 The Triunfo do Xingu Environmental Protection Area (EPA) is a key territory in the Xingu Socio-Environmental Diversity Corridor located between São Félix do Xingu and Altamira. About 40% of its area has already been converted to other uses, mainly livestock. Actions by “consortia” formed to deceive governance drive devastation and worsen conflicts The Triunfo do ...

Vast swathes of forest land were damaged in the Serchhip forest fire AIZAWL: Barely days after the forest fire in Lunglei district was extinguished, a massive forest fire, which originated from South Lungpher South, a small village near the Myanmar border Lawngtlai district in southern Mizoram, engulfed the ‘Phawngpui tlang’ since early Thursday morning. Desperate attempts by volunteers from nearby villages and employees of the state environment, forests and climate change department on Thursday helped reduce the impending massive destruction, but the fire resurfaced in several places. ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Adeyinka Adedipe, Benin  The Edo All Progressives Congress, led by Col David Imuse (retd.), has dared Governor Godwin Obaseki to carry out his threat to probe the N30bn Benin stormwater project which his predecessor, Adams Oshiomhole, began. The party, in a statement by its State Publicity Secretary, Chris Azebamwan, urged the governor to institute the storm water probe and make its findings public so that the Edo people would know the truth. The statement reads partly, “Edo people know that the project was jointly handled by the State Environment and Public Utili...

Share The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) has asked Governor Goodwin Obaseki to make good his promise to probe the Benin stormwater project commenced by his predecessor,  Adams Oshiomhole. APC, in a statement endorsed by the Publicity Secretary, Chris Azebamwan, urged the governor to be quick with the probe and publish the same so that the public would know the truth about the whole matter. Governor Obaseki, it would be recalled, had on Monday, promised to probe the N30 billion project initiated by his erstwhile godfather, Oshiomhole, which he described as a project...

Premium Content Subscriber only COASTAL hazards and marine erosion have become as costly to councils as fixing roads, and coastal councils are asking for extra funding. The issue was highlighted by councils across the country, according to the interim findings of a survey by the Australia Coastal Councils Association. Ballina councillor and ACCA chairman Sharon Cadwallader confirmed funding issues are the main concern for councillors around the country. "We know that the coastline is critical for economic reason to all coastal councils," she said. "It's like road funding, when we look at...