https://news.mongabay.com/list/brazil/ Environmental science and conservation news Fri, 17 Nov 2023 04:37:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/05/16160320/cropped-mongabay_icon-32x32.png https://news.mongabay.com/list/brazil/ 32 32 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/french-banks-accused-of-money-laundering-linked-to-amazon-deforestation/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/french-banks-accused-of-money-laundering-linked-to-amazon-deforestation/#respond 16 Nov 2023 19:04:28 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275545 - Between 2013 and 2021, the four French banks involved invested a total of nearly $70 million in bonds issued by leading meat companies in Brazil generating about $11.7 million in profits.
- This is the first time that French banks have received a criminal complaint for money laundering, receiving stolen goods related to funding deforestation and profiteering from it.
- An analysis of JBS and Marfrig slaughterhouses in Pará and Mato Grosso found that more than 50% and 40% of suppliers, respectively, showed evidence of irregularities, including deforestation and intrusion into Indigenous lands and protected forests.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/french-banks-accused-of-money-laundering-linked-to-amazon-deforestation/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/can-blockchain-clean-up-the-gold-industry-in-brazil-and-across-the-globe/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/can-blockchain-clean-up-the-gold-industry-in-brazil-and-across-the-globe/#respond 14 Nov 2023 17:03:06 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275333 Gold, whose value has spiked by more than 55% since the 2008 financial crisis, is notoriously difficult to trace. Once mined, it can follow a maze-like path to market, passing through intermediaries that mix and melt it with other sources, often erasing signatures of its origin in the process. The result? Illicit gold routinely slips […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/can-blockchain-clean-up-the-gold-industry-in-brazil-and-across-the-globe/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/shell-affiliate-accused-of-violating-indigenous-rights-in-carbon-credit-contracts/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/shell-affiliate-accused-of-violating-indigenous-rights-in-carbon-credit-contracts/#respond 14 Nov 2023 14:42:29 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275364 - The company attempted to double its forest area with six projects on Indigenous lands to offset the emissions of large global polluters.
- At the Alto Rio Guamá Indigenous Territory in the state of Pará, Indigenous people allege that the carbon credit-generating company pressed communities to sign blank sheets of paper; Funai’s legal office received an offer of 50 million reais ($10.1 million) in advance for the signatures of Kayapó communities.
- Negotiations were led by a former Lava-Jato prosecutor who had also worked for Indigenous causes; after Indigenous rights violations were reported, Carbonext requested that the contracts be annulled; the Federal Prosecutor’s Office says the company may be investigated for possible damage and violations to the Indigenous communities involved.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/shell-affiliate-accused-of-violating-indigenous-rights-in-carbon-credit-contracts/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/what-does-oil-palm-require-to-reach-international-markets/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/what-does-oil-palm-require-to-reach-international-markets/#respond 14 Nov 2023 14:00:47 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275300 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023 and 2024.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/what-does-oil-palm-require-to-reach-international-markets/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/palm-oil-cultivation-in-colombia-ecuador-peru-and-brazil/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/palm-oil-cultivation-in-colombia-ecuador-peru-and-brazil/#respond 13 Nov 2023 16:53:12 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275306 - Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023 and 2024.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/palm-oil-cultivation-in-colombia-ecuador-peru-and-brazil/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/deforestation-in-the-brazilian-amazon-falls-22-in-2023/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/deforestation-in-the-brazilian-amazon-falls-22-in-2023/#respond 11 Nov 2023 00:21:47 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275286 - INPE’s analysis of satellite imagery found that forest clearing in the Brazilian Amazon totaled 9,001 square kilometers, an area approximately the size of Puerto Rico.
- INPE’s estimate is preliminary. Final data for the “deforestation year” is expected to come out in the second quarter of 2024.
- Nevertheless, the data is seen as a sign that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s efforts to curb deforestation is having an effect after a period of rising forest loss under Jair Bolsonaro.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/deforestation-in-the-brazilian-amazon-falls-22-in-2023/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/study-links-pesticides-to-child-cancer-deaths-in-brazilian-amazon-cerrado/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/study-links-pesticides-to-child-cancer-deaths-in-brazilian-amazon-cerrado/#respond 10 Nov 2023 17:30:06 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275270 - The researchers estimate that 123 childhood deaths during the 2008-19 period are associated with exposure to pesticides from the soy fields, amounting to half the deaths of children under 10 from lymphoblastic leukemia in the region.
- Experts say that the research is just the tip of the iceberg, and many other diseases and deaths may be associated with chemicals used in crops; further studies are needed.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/study-links-pesticides-to-child-cancer-deaths-in-brazilian-amazon-cerrado/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/amazon-deforestation-has-a-regional-not-just-local-impact-study/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/amazon-deforestation-has-a-regional-not-just-local-impact-study/#respond 10 Nov 2023 08:00:46 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275189 - Researchers analyzed satellite readings of surface temperatures at 3.7 million different data points across the Amazon where forest loss had occurred between 2001 and 2020.
- They found that localized deforestation had a strong impact on regional warming.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/amazon-deforestation-has-a-regional-not-just-local-impact-study/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/we-just-want-to-be-left-in-peace-in-brazils-amazon-soy-ambitions-loom-over-indigenous-land/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/we-just-want-to-be-left-in-peace-in-brazils-amazon-soy-ambitions-loom-over-indigenous-land/#respond 09 Nov 2023 23:56:57 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275205 - The destruction is trickling into protected areas too, including Capoto/Jarina Indigenous Territory, home to Brazil’s most famous Indigenous leader.
- Indigenous advocates blame land speculation on the back of plans to pave a stretch of the MT-322 highway, which runs across the Capoto/Jarina and Xingu Indigenous Park.
- Indigenous people worry the road will ease access into their territories, opening them up to land-grabbers, wildcat miners and organized crime groups.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/we-just-want-to-be-left-in-peace-in-brazils-amazon-soy-ambitions-loom-over-indigenous-land/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/oil-palm-in-the-pan-amazon/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/oil-palm-in-the-pan-amazon/#respond 09 Nov 2023 11:09:44 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275123 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023 and 2024.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/oil-palm-in-the-pan-amazon/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-swine-and-poultry-adding-value-to-farm-production/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-swine-and-poultry-adding-value-to-farm-production/#respond 08 Nov 2023 23:14:42 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275112 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023 and 2024.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-swine-and-poultry-adding-value-to-farm-production/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/can-digital-twins-help-save-the-amazon-commentary/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/can-digital-twins-help-save-the-amazon-commentary/#respond 02 Nov 2023 18:51:03 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274957 - Considering the degree of threat facing the Amazon and its global importance, it is critical to develop better methods for monitoring and comprehending this ecosystem.
- Carlo Ratti, the director of MIT’s Senseable City Lab, and Robert Muggah, the co-founder of the Igarapé Institute, argue that creating a “digital twin” of the Amazonian ecosystem could potentially serve as a means to aid its preservation while fostering a regional bioeconomy.
- This post is a commentary. The views expressed are those of the authors, not necessarily of Mongabay.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/can-digital-twins-help-save-the-amazon-commentary/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-industrial-infrastructure-for-grains-and-cereals/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-industrial-infrastructure-for-grains-and-cereals/#respond 01 Nov 2023 16:00:44 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274813 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-industrial-infrastructure-for-grains-and-cereals/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/amazon-drought-much-damage-still-to-come-commentary/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/amazon-drought-much-damage-still-to-come-commentary/#respond 01 Nov 2023 07:00:32 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274890 - Together, these drought conditions extend to almost the entire Amazon, and they are expected to last until at least mid-2024.
- These phenomena are all aggravated by global warming.
- This is a commentary and does not necessarily reflect the views of Mongabay. It is an updated translation of a text by the authors that is available in Portuguese on Amazônia Real.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/amazon-drought-much-damage-still-to-come-commentary/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/in-venezuela-a-mysterious-fire-sparks-concerns-for-rare-mountain-wildlife/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/in-venezuela-a-mysterious-fire-sparks-concerns-for-rare-mountain-wildlife/#respond 31 Oct 2023 22:38:31 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274887 - A photography expedition encountered a mysterious fire that may have been manmade, a lightning strike — or something much more spectacular.
- More resources are needed to educate tourists and locals about the tepuy ecosystem, as well as to monitor human behavior there, experts said.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/in-venezuela-a-mysterious-fire-sparks-concerns-for-rare-mountain-wildlife/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/amazon-recovery-offers-hope-of-big-rewards-but-poses-equally-big-challenges/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/amazon-recovery-offers-hope-of-big-rewards-but-poses-equally-big-challenges/#respond 31 Oct 2023 18:31:46 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274870 - Reforestation pledges have promised to replant more than 12 million hectares (30 million acres) in the coming decade.
- Carbon credit enthusiasts say they believe the market could inject billions into the region and pay for reforestation.
- Experts are skeptical that either of these plans would work at the scale needed, as landowners often see value in clearing the forest.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/amazon-recovery-offers-hope-of-big-rewards-but-poses-equally-big-challenges/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-global-markets-for-soybean-and-corn-crops/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-global-markets-for-soybean-and-corn-crops/#respond 31 Oct 2023 15:30:31 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274809 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-global-markets-for-soybean-and-corn-crops/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/jaguar-haven-in-brazils-pantanal-burns-amid-new-normal-of-wildfires/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/jaguar-haven-in-brazils-pantanal-burns-amid-new-normal-of-wildfires/#respond 30 Oct 2023 18:48:03 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274800 - After a month of roaring fires, a downpour of rain put out the worst of the flames, but experts are warning of further fire risks from underground embers and hot days ahead.
- The fires spell disaster for the Pantanal’s ecosystems, which are struggling to recover from an onslaught of unpredictable and increasingly frequent fires that experts associate with climate change.
- Environmentalists have called for more effective preventive measures, increased government investment, and stronger coordination between state and federal authorities to strengthen Pantanal protection.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/jaguar-haven-in-brazils-pantanal-burns-amid-new-normal-of-wildfires/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/intensive-agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-soy-maize-and-other-field-crops/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/intensive-agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-soy-maize-and-other-field-crops/#respond 25 Oct 2023 22:18:16 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274538 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/intensive-agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-soy-maize-and-other-field-crops/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/livestock-farming-in-the-andean-amazon-and-the-rest-of-the-amazon/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/livestock-farming-in-the-andean-amazon-and-the-rest-of-the-amazon/#respond 24 Oct 2023 21:37:43 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274523 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/livestock-farming-in-the-andean-amazon-and-the-rest-of-the-amazon/feed/ 0