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Montevideo, July 4th 2025 - 06:52 UTC

Tag: Amazonas desforestation

  • Tuesday, March 11th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Canada's new PM's past in Brazil comes to light

    Carney played a senior role at Brookfield, a company linked to deforestation and slave-like labor scandals in the South American country

    Canada's new Prime Minister, Mark Carney, may be a novice in politics but not to scandals, given his past at the investment firm Brookfield Asset Management, where he was vice chair and head of transition investing, later becoming chair of the asset management arm. During his tenure, Brookfield's name was linked to deforestation and slave-like labor practices, which seem to clash with Carney’s public stance on sustainability and climate action.

  • Tuesday, November 26th 2024 - 09:24 UTC

    Norway announces new donation to Amazon Fund

    “Brazil's success in reducing deforestation is clear evidence of the Lula government's ambition and determination,” Støre said

    Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced at the Global Citizen Now: Rio de Janeiro Conference that his country would be donating another US$ 60 million to the Amazon Fund, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Thursday, September 14th 2023 - 12:16 UTC

    Latin America, most dangerous region for environment defenders, Global Witness report

    The countries where the most environmental defenders were killed were Colombia, Brazil, Mexico and Honduras. Very few perpetrators are brought to justice

    Latin America is the most dangerous region in the world for environmental defenders, according to a new report released by the Global Witness NGO on Wednesday. The environmental crime watchdog said at least 177 landdefenders were killed worldwide last year. One in five of them were murdered in the Amazon rainforest.

  • Wednesday, September 6th 2023 - 10:14 UTC

    Two indigenous lands in Brazilian Amazon demarcated

    The Amazon is in a hurry to stay alive, Lula said during the Amazon Day celebrations

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Tuesday signed the documents providing for the demarcation of two indigenous lands in the States of Acre and Amazonas, Agência Brasil reported. It was also the last step before the final regularization of the areas, it was explained.

  • Thursday, August 31st 2023 - 09:59 UTC

    Denmark to donate over US$ 22 million to Amazon Fund?

    Minister Franco issued a joint statement with the Danish government

    Brazil's Environment Minister Marina Silva Wednesday said Denmark might donate R$ 110 million (US$ 22.4 million) to the Amazon Fund between 2024 and 2026, in exchange for which the South American country should pledge to fight deforestation, Agência Brasil reported.

  • Friday, August 4th 2023 - 09:14 UTC

    Suspected deforestation gang leader arrested in Brazil

    Greater control by the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva reduced logging but it is not enough

    Brazil's Federal Police arrested a businessman believed to be the leader of a “criminal group” responsible for the logging of 65 square kilometers of rainforest. The suspect is said to have illegally seized the Amazon land in the state of Pará for logging and cattle ranching.

  • Monday, July 10th 2023 - 10:56 UTC

    Petro and Lula discuss Amazon crisis

    One of the greatest challenges facing the Amazon countries is the strengthening of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, Lula and Petro agreed

    Presidents Gustavo Petro of Colombia and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil convened Saturday at the so-called Leticia Summit in the capital of southern Colombia's Amazonas department to discuss the deterioration of the Amazon rainforest and share experiences on the issue.

  • Friday, February 17th 2023 - 09:06 UTC

    Amount of US contribution to Amazon Fund to be announced shortly

    “In the coming weeks, that figure [of the US donation] will be released,” Ambassador Bagley said

    The US administration of President Joseph Biden is to define in the next few weeks its contribution to Brazil's Amazon Fund, according to Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley.

  • Monday, January 30th 2023 - 20:11 UTC

    Germany pledges some € 200 million to Brazil's ambitious environmental actions

    The Amazon Fund resources will be used to address the sanitary crisis among the Yanomami people in Roraima

    Germany's Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze Monday announced in Brasilia the release of about € 200 million to be committed to environmental actions.

  • Wednesday, January 18th 2023 - 20:29 UTC

    Record Amazon deforestation reached last year

    Deforestation took a turn for the worse under former President Jair Bolsonaro

    According to a report released Wednesday by Brazil's Institute of Man and Environment of the Amazon (Imazon), deforestation in 2022 hit new highs, with 10,573 km² of forest vegetation lost, Agencia Brasil reported. That surface is tantamount to that of nearly 3,000 football fields, it was explained.

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