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Conservationists worry that further deforestation will follow from Brazil now allowing squatting on Amazon land – regulations that encompass parcels equal to the combined size of Germany and Italy.
Posted on 01 July 2009 | 0 comments | Read more
La Paz, Bolivia - An international group of scientists has called for more studies into the impacts of large hydro-energy projects in the Amazon and other tropical regions.
Posted on 09 June 2009 | Read more
Elements of the soy industry have agreed to take a milestone step toward improving their production practices, which have led to widespread deforestation, displacement of small-farmers and indigenous peoples, and loss of natural habitats.
Posted on 28 May 2009 | 4 comments | Read more
Responsible ecotourism in the Amazon tributary of the Aripuana River, could help reduce deforestation and protect one in 10 known species on Earth.
Posted on 24 March 2009 | 2 comments | Read more
Geneva, Switzerland - The statue of Christ overlooking Rio de Janeiro will slip suddenly into darkness. So will the Golden Gate bridge, the Eiffel tower and South Africa’s Table Mountain.
Posted on 23 March 2009 | 0 comments | Read more
Wood and construction companies in Sao Paulo -- Brazil’s most industrialised and populous state -- have committed themselves to the use of legal and certified wood in a move which could help preserve the country’s endangered Amazon forests.
Posted on 18 March 2009 | 2 comments | Read more
The global call to action on climate change has been answered from east to west as a record 538 cities and towns in 75 countries sign up to turn their lights off at 8.30pm on 28 March for Earth Hour 2009.
Posted on 19 February 2009 | 0 comments | Read more
Global payments for ecological services rendered by the Amazon such as the carbon retaining in its forests could go a long way to preserving them, a new study has found.
Posted on 10 February 2009 | 1 comments | Read more
With eight weeks still to go, citizens, businesses and public authorities in 375 cities across 74 countries have already committed to turning off their lights for one hour at 8.30pm on 28 March in a graphic show of support for decisive action on climate change.
Posted on 05 February 2009 | 7 comments | Read more
Brazil's revised National Climate Change Plan, which for the first time defines goals for reducing massive emissions from deforestation in the Amazon, is commendable but still short on ambition and detail, WWF-Brazil said today.
Posted on 03 December 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
