Lula da Silva also proposed establishing a UN Climate Change Council to enhance global environmental governance. On Tuesday, Brazilian President Lula da Silva called on the wealthiest G20 countries to bring forward their carbon neutrality targets from 2050 to 2040 or 2045. RELATED: G20 Leaders Lightly Mention Conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine He also invited […]

This happened as part of ‘Neblina 2024’, a security operation created to protect forest reserves and biosphere reserves. On Tuesday, Domingo Hernandez, the strategic operational commander of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), announced that his troops destroyed equipment used for illegal mining in the Carida sector in the state of Amazonas. RELATED: FANB Demands […]

Human rights defenders recalled that 34 community leaders have been murdered since 2013. On Sunday, Mariano Isacama-Feliciano, an Indigenous leader of the Amazonian Kakataibo people, was found dead with signs of torture after being missing for 24 days. RELATED: Peruvian Minister Apologizes for Downplaying Sexual Violence Against Indigenous Minors The Peruvian Indigenous leader was known […]

The levels of the same in all the channels of the Amazon are below what expected for the period.

Fire outbreaks cause concern as they occur even as Amazon deforestation continues to decline. In the first half of 2024, the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) recorded 13,489 fire outbreaks in the Brazilian Amazon. RELATED: Indigenous Ecuadorians Demand to Eliminate Gas Torches in Amazon That figure is the highest one since 2004 and represents […]

So far this year, the Pantanal has recorded 3,372 fire alerts, the highest number since 1998. On Wednesday, the scientific platform MapBiomas published a study showing that the Pantanal, a gigantic wetland that Brazil shares with Bolivia and Paraguay, lost 61 percent of its water surface due to drought and fires. RELATED: Fire Destroys 1,500 […]

Over 500 teachers sexually abused Amazonian Indigenous girls and boys, many of whom were infected with HIV. On Thursday, Peruvian Education Minister Morgan Quero apologized for statements in which he described child rape cases in Indigenous communities in the Amazon as “cultural practices.” RELATED: Peruvian Court Condemns Soldiers Who Committed Crimes Against Humanity Last week, […]

On Tuesday, monitoring network MapBiomas published a report showing that Brazil lost 1,829,597 hectares of native vegetation in 2023, which means a decrease of 11.6 percent in deforestation compared to 2022. RELATED:  Brazil: Illegal Deforestation in the Amazon Fell by 63 Percent Two largest biomes, the Amazon and a tropical savanna known as “Cerrado,” accounted for […]

On Tuesday, the Ecuadorian National Mining Company (ENAMI) announced a commercial agreement with the Canadian company Solaris Resources to explore 39,734 hectares in the Amazon jungle where it estimates that there is “great mining potential.” RELATED: UNICEF One of Every Two Children Ecuador Are Abused “The mining sector is moving and we are trying to […]

On Wednesday, Brazilian President Lula da Silva and Colombian President Gustavo Petro met at the Nariño House in Bogota. RELATED:  Colombia Suspends Bilateral Cabinet With Ecuador During their meeting, they addressed issues related to the bilateral trade and investment agenda, the protection of the Amazon, human rights defense, and cooperation in social programs and family […]