Environment Deforestation in Brazil has rocketed since Bolsonaro became president | New Scientistnewscientist.com - By Adam Vaughan Satellite images suggest that deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest has shot up since Jair Bolsonaro became president in January, despite …
MMrs A Spinaadded this to Y7 Environmental IssuesManaus The jungle metropolis: how sprawling Manaus is eating into the AmazonThe Guardian - Sam Cowie in ManausInformal settlements are expanding, with a new occupation attempt every 11 days, and the threat to the rainforest is severe Antonio Pinto’s makeshift home on the outskirts of Manaus is an open-air shack,
ReutersJair Bolsonaro Bolsonaro calls for tighter control of Brazil deforestation dataReuters - Reuters EditorialFILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro looks on during a National Soccer Day Cerenomy in Brasilia, Brazil July 19, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAmazon BRAZIL: President criticizes Amazon deforestation report - Supply Chain Solutions Centeredf.org - supplychain.edf.org Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro again criticized a state agency that monitors the Amazon, saying yesterday that its latest report on increased …
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Gizmodoadded this to EartherEnvironment The Extinction Crisis Keeps Getting More Dire, With 28,000 Species At-RiskGizmodo - Yessenia Funes The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) updated its Red List of Threatened Species last week—and habitat loss, hunting, and climate …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoGreat Wall of China How To Visit 30 Beautiful Places Before They Disappearyahoo.com - Lia Sestric You might think you have the rest of your life to see the world’s most exceptional destinations firsthand. But while it’s probably true that the …
Beetles French forests scarred as heatwaves bring bark beetle infestationtrust.org - Thomson Reuters Foundation Bark beetles normally reproduce twice a year but were able to reproduce three times in 2018 due to hot, dry weather, hitting forests and the timber …
Associated PressJair Bolsonaro Brazil leader criticizes agency over deforestation reportAssociated Press - By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSARIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro again criticized a state agency that monitors the Amazon, saying Sunday that its latest report on increased deforestation damages Brazil’s reputation
Jamaica Strides made in climate-change mitigationjamaica-gleaner.com The launch of the support for REDD+ Readiness Preparation Support project last week has indicated Jamaica’s acknowledgement of the damning effects of …
Daily Mailadded this to Top StoriesJair BolsonaroBrazil's far-right president Bolsonaro declares 'the Amazon is ours' as he dismisses his own government's deforestation asdailymail.co.uk - Shari Miller Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has dismissed his own government's data on tracking deforestation levels as 'lies' and told European countries to …
Forests Yes we can, indeed we must, restore foreststhehindu.com - D. Balasubramanian Global warming, largely caused by industrial development and consumer demands, has been causing havoc across the world. Temperatures are shooting up, …
Environment Brazil's President Claims Rain Forest Deforestation Report Is Falsenewsy.com - Ethan Weston The space agency — which monitors deforestation via satellite — said its accuracy rate is over 95 percent. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has …
ThePrintadded this to Top StoriesMoon Landing Apollo 11 made us believe we could do anything – that will be our downfalltheprint.in - Eric Olson The Apollo project gave us the astonishing spectacle of a blue marble rising over the sterile surface of the moon. Of course, the moon was already …
Environment Billion tree project to cope with deforestation, global warming: President Alviarynews.tv - Web Desk KARACHI: President Dr Arif Alvi here on Saturday said that billion tree tsunami project will cope with the issues of deforestation and global …
Carbon This is how trees could help solve the climate crisisweforum.org - Thomas Crowther There are 300 additional gigatonnes of carbon in the atmosphere as a result of human activity since the start of the industrial revolution. As the …
BiaValle added this to Brazil BitesJair Bolsonaro Bolsonaro declares 'the Amazon is ours' and calls deforestation data 'lies'The Guardian - Dom Phillips in BrasíliaThe Amazon belongs to Brazil and European countries can mind their own business because they have already destroyed their own environment, said Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, who also described
BBC Newsadded this to Top StoriesWorld News Amazon deforestation: Brazil's Bolsonaro dismisses data as 'lies'bbc.co.uk Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has accused his own country's national space institute of lying about the scale of deforestation in the Amazon.
The Wall Street Journal.Jair Bolsonaro Brazil’s Bolsonaro Plans to Name His Congressman Son as Ambassador to U.S.The Wall Street Journal. - Paulo TrevisanoCritics have called such a move nepotism, but the president defended his son as qualified for the role BRASÍLIA—Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Friday he plans to name his son, currently a congressman,
Matador Networkadded this to All StoriesVegetables If everyone ate the recommended amount of fruits and veggies, there wouldn’t be enough to go aroundmatadornetwork.com - Eben Diskin Although we are constantly reminded that we need to eat the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables each day, it turns out that if everyone …
The Guardianadded this to EnvironmentEnvironment Give endangered jaguars legal rights, Argentina campaigners ask courtThe Guardian - Uki Goñi in Buenos AiresArgentina’s supreme court has been asked to recognize the legal rights of the South American jaguar, of which fewer than 20 individuals remain alive in the country’s Gran Chaco region. The largest cat
The Telegraphadded this to NewsMike Ashley The best of The Telegraph in audio: Are smartphones making us more or less productive and how green is fake meat?The Telegraph - By Telegraph ReportersEvery Friday the Telegraph will bring you a selection of our best articles, comment pieces and features in audio form to be listened to at your convenience. To listen, click the 'play' button of the recording
The New York Timesadded this to OpinionAmazon Rainforest How to Save the Amazon Rain ForestThe New York Times - By LISA VISCIDI and ENRIQUE ORTIZThroughout the Amazon region, human activities like agricultural production, infrastructure development and logging are leading to alarming levels of deforestation. After impressive advances like the of
Ericadded this to Global Depletion Biological Species Manmade ruin adds 7,000 species to endangered 'Red List'France 24Mankind's destruction of nature is driving species to the brink of extinction at an "unprecedented" rate, the leading wildlife conservation body warned Thursday as it added more than 7,000 animals, fish
GGizmodoJair Bolsonaro In First Half of July, the Amazon Lost Nearly 400 Square Miles of ForestGizmodo - Yessenia Funes The Brazilian Amazon Rainforest is experiencing serious devastation under the country’s new far-right president Jair Bolsonaro. The month of July …
ScrollUN Security Council Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is deforesting the Amazon and there is little the UN can doscroll.in - Ash Murphy, The Conversation Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil is at its highest rate in a decade, according to new satellite data. This comes after President Jair …
Reutersadded this to EnvironmentalEnvironment Brazil deforestation soars in July, threatening EU trade dealReuters - By Jake SpringBRASILIA (Reuters) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest accelerated in the first half of July, outstripping the full month last year and raising red flags for a regional trade deal with the European
The EconomistForests Why half the scientists in some eastern European countries are womenThe Economist Between 1990 and 2015, EU countries reforested an area the size of Portugal ON THE NORTHERN edge of Provence, a mountain pass winds its way out of a …
BBC NewsPalm Oil Orangutan numbers stable but palm oil still a threatBBC NewsThere's some good news about the survival rates of orangutans in protected forests on the Malaysian island of Borneo. Numbers have stabilised over the last 15 years, according to a new study by the World
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoEnvironment Domini Raises Investor Support for No-Deforestation Billyahoo.com - Business Wire Last week Domini Impact Investments called on members of the California State Senate to pass legislation that would ensure that public purchasing …
