Tag: Amazon

• Saturday, July 11th 2020 - 10:01 UTC

  Despite Bolsonaro's pledges, Amazon deforestation continues to increase

  

  Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rose for the 14th consecutive month in June, preliminary government data on Friday showed, heaping further pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro who is under fire for worsening destruction of the rainforest on his watch.

• Thursday, June 18th 2020 - 21:10 UTC

  US and EU clash over taxes on digital firms; accord or no accord France will apply a 3% levy by end of the year

  

  France said a U.S. decision to quit global talks on how to tax big digital firms such as Google, Amazon, and Facebook was a “provocation” and the European Union said it could impose taxes even if no deal was reached by year-end.

• Wednesday, June 10th 2020 - 05:34 UTC

  Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Deforestation of more than 10,000 square kilometers in one year

  

  The Brazilian Amazon has never lost so many square kilometers in eleven years. Between August 2018 and July 2019, 10,129 square kilometers of jungle were lost, according to the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe).

• Friday, June 5th 2020 - 09:39 UTC

  US billionaires become significantly richer during the pandemic

  

  The combined wealth of America's billionaires, including Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, jumped more than 19% or by half a trillion since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, according to a report published by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS).

• Saturday, May 9th 2020 - 08:48 UTC

  Despite Bolsonaro's promises, Amazon deforestation hits a new high in first four months of the year

  

  Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon hit a new high in the first four months of the year, according to data released on Friday, a worrying trend after the devastation caused by record fires last year.

• Saturday, May 2nd 2020 - 07:02 UTC

  Marked increase of forest fires in Bolivia, claim environmentalists

  

  Environmentalists in Bolivia warned of a marked increase in forest fires this year that threatens a repeat of the environmental disaster that ravaged much of the Amazon in 2019.
  Bolivia registered 15,354 forest fires in the first four months of the year - a 35% increase on the same period last year, the Friends of Nature Foundation (FAN) said.

• Thursday, April 30th 2020 - 07:37 UTC

  Brazilian Vice President says army will be deployed to fight Amazon deforestation and fires

  

  Brazil plans to deploy its armed forces to fight deforestation and fires in the Amazon jungle, Vice President Hamilton Mourão said on Wednesday; in an effort to protect the world’s largest rainforest where destruction has surged since last year.

• Saturday, April 25th 2020 - 08:01 UTC

  Amazon indigenous tribes claim to UN, Peru is responsible of “ethnocide by inaction”

  

  Indigenous tribes in Peru's Amazon say the government has left them to fend for themselves against the coronavirus, risking “ethnocide by inaction,” according to a letter from natives to the United Nations and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  A Brazilian industry COVID-19 hasn't stopped: deforestation in the Amazon

  

  Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose in March, government data showed on Friday, indicating that illegal loggers and land speculators have not stopped destroying the forest with the onset of the coronavirus outbreak.

• Thursday, April 9th 2020 - 09:21 UTC

  An Amazon Yanomani indigenous 15 year old boy has tested positive for COVID-19

  

  Brazil said on Wednesday the first case of COVID-19 had been detected among the Yanomami people, an Amazon indigenous group known for its remoteness and its vulnerability to foreign diseases.