A letter in defence of the Amazon that came out of a virtual meeting in May 2021.
Tag: Deforestation
Tainted Beef: France’s Casino Group linked to deforestation and illegal cattle ranching inside protected areas in Colombia
Tainted Beef, a new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency, reveals how beef from illegal cattle ranching inside protected areas is sold in Colombia’s supermarkets.
The Brazilian Amazon is a carbon source not a sink
A new paper in Nature Climate Change found that the Brazilian Amazon released more carbon than it stored between 2010 to 2019.
Peru cancels its World Bank FCPF Carbon Fund programme
Peru failed to meet a deadline to sign an Emission Reductions Payment Agreement with the World Bank.
Robert Walker predicts Amazon tipping point by 2064
A recent paper in the journal Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development predicts that vast areas of the Amazon could reach a tipping point as soon as 2064.