Tag: Amazon

• Friday, August 23rd 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Forest fires in Bolivia: half a million hectares, 1.700 fighters and a Super tanker

  

  Bolivian authorities warned this week that 70% of the department of Santa Cruz — where more than a quarter of the country's population lives — is under “extreme risk” from forest fires. According to the government, nearly 500,000 hectares of forest have now been turned into ashes.

• Thursday, August 22nd 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Bolsonaro suggests green groups started the blaze in the Amazon to blame him

  

  Wildfires in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil have ignited a firestorm on social media, with President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday suggesting green groups started the blazes. Images of fires purportedly devouring sections of the world's largest rainforest have gone viral on Twitter.

• Wednesday, August 21st 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Deforestation: Brazil Amazon states want to deal directly with Norway and Germany

  

  Brazilian states containing the country’s Amazon rainforest said they want to negotiate directly with European nations who fund projects to curb deforestation after changes proposed by the federal government led Norway and Germany to suspend donations.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2019 - 02:46 UTC

  Amazon defeats IRS appeal on tax treatment of intangible assets

  

  Amazon.com Inc on Friday defeated an appeal by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in what the online retailer has called a US$1.5 billion dispute over its tax treatment of transactions with a Luxembourg subsidiary.

• Friday, August 9th 2019 - 08:39 UTC

  Luxembourg questions Amazon for information on Alexa voice assistant

  

  Luxembourg's privacy regulator has asked Amazon for information regarding its Alexa voice assistant, an indication of rising regulatory unease over companies' use of personal data.

• Friday, August 9th 2019 - 08:34 UTC

  FedEx and Amazon break up small package ground deliveries contract

  

  FedEx Corp confirmed on Wednesday it would terminate its contract with Amazon.com Inc for small-package ground deliveries, as the online retailer focuses on building out its own delivery network.

• Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 12:55 UTC

  No end in Brazil to controversy, while deforestation continues: 67% increase over the same period last year

  

  Deforestation in Brazil's rainforest has jumped around 67% in the first seven months of the year, according to preliminary data from Brazil's space research agency, which the government has attacked as misleading and harmful to the national interest.

• Monday, August 5th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Sacked head of Brazil's space agency insists that rising deforestation in the Amazon was undeniable

  

  Ricardo Galvao, the sacked head of Brazil’s space research agency, said the trend of sharply rising deforestation was undeniable, a day after he was fired following a public spat with President Jair Bolsonaro over data published by the agency.

• Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Brazilian tribal chief allegedly murdered will be exhumed for an autopsy

  

  The body of a tribal chief allegedly murdered deep inside the Amazon in northern Brazil will be exhumed for an autopsy, officials said on Wednesday following international outcry over his death.

• Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Bolsonaro says no “strong evidence” that a tribal chief found dead in the Amazon was murdered

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday there is no “strong evidence” that a tribal chief found dead in the Amazon was murdered, as police probe the killing in the remote region.