Tag: Amazon rainforest

• Monday, September 28th 2020 - 09:03 UTC

  Amazon forest Chief blasts Bolsonaro for blaming wildfire on tribes: “that is a lie”

  

  Chief Raoni Metuktire, one of the most iconic defenders of the Amazon, condemned Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for blaming wildfires devastating the rainforest on indigenous people.

• Thursday, September 17th 2020 - 09:10 UTC

  Eight EU countries urge “real action” from Brazil to combat deforestation

  

  A group of eight European countries urged Brazil to take “real action” to combat rising deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, which is threatening Europe’s desire to source food and other products sustainably.

• Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 08:44 UTC

  Brazil invites actor Leonardo DiCaprio to visit the reality of the Amazon

  

  Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao on Wednesday called on actor Leonardo DiCaprio to visit the Amazon to see the reality of the situation there, as the government faces criticisms for rising destruction in the world's largest rainforest.

• Wednesday, August 19th 2020 - 09:21 UTC

  Amazon indigenous protest demanding environment compensation from Brazilian government and improved Covid-19 care

  

  Indigenous protesters in Brazil agreed on Tuesday to suspend their roadblock of a key highway amid a court battle but vowed to fight on for more help against COVID-19 and an end to deforestation.

• Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:58 UTC

  Bolsonaro denies fires in the Amazon rainforest and calls reports a “lie”

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest, calling it a “lie”, despite data produced by his own government showing that thousands of fires are surging across the region.

• Tuesday, July 28th 2020 - 08:22 UTC

  Brazil's JBS caught “laundering” cattle from ranches blacklisted for destroying the Amazon rainforest

  

  Brazilian firm JBS, the world's biggest meat processing company, was again accused on Monday of “laundering” cattle from ranches blacklisted for destroying the Amazon rainforest.

• Monday, July 20th 2020 - 09:02 UTC

  Amazon indigenous leader defender stable after blood transfusion in hospital

  

  Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire, one of the Amazon rainforest's best-known defenders, is “stable” after receiving a blood transfusion in hospital, his institute said on Sunday. Raoni, chief of the Kayapo people in northern Brazil, has been hospitalized since Thursday for weakness, shortness of breath, poor appetite, and diarrhea.

• Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  Investment funds managing US$ 4 trillion call on Brazil to halt deforestation

  

  Investment funds managing close to US$4 trillion in assets called on Brazil on Tuesday to halt deforestation of the Amazon in an open letter warning that biodiversity loss and carbon emissions pose a “systemic risk” to their portfolios.

• Monday, June 22nd 2020 - 10:00 UTC

  Major European investors warn Brazil with divestment if Amazon deforestation is not stopped

  

  Major European investment firms have said they will divest from beef producers, grains traders, and even government bonds in Brazil if they do not see progress in resolving the surging destruction of the Amazon rainforest.

• Wednesday, May 20th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  British supermarkets and EU investors warn Brazil if an Amazon contentious bill is approved in congress

  

  British supermarkets have warned Brazil they might have to boycott its products if lawmakers there pass a contentious bill that could enable faster destruction of the Amazon rainforest.