In this interview, Ehuana Yaira talks about the indivisible relationship between the Forest and the female body. The Yanomami artist and writer was the first member of her people to give a public talk in Europe, as part of the series “Rainforest is Female,” held at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
In the Xipaya Indigenous Territory, the Iriri River is suffering the effects of climate change, as its waters change color and its fish die. We Indigenous people are living in a time of uncertainty
While the forests of the outside world face a growing risk of desertification, our symbolic forests, the habitat of the mental creatures who populate the individual and collective unconscious, are turning to deserts before our eyes
The near certainty that global temperatures will rise above 1.5C, means further climate impacts will be irreversible. A slim chance remains but human societies will have to make a much greater effort than they have so far
Countries fail to include issues in negotiations that are essential to containing the climate’s collapse, such as eliminating fossil fuels and pushing for more ambitious national goals to cut planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions
The government misses out on US$25,5 billion in annual federal tax on agribusiness, equal to the budget for the Bolsa Familia social program and mostly benefitting multinationals whose profit come from exports
In a speech on the climate, Lula recalled the agreement signed two years ago and said there is ‘no postponing’ the transition away from oil, gas and coal, but the summit's final statement suggested otherwise
A pre-COP30 meeting in Bonn laid bare a diplomatic battle on finance that could upend negotiations and prevent advances against oil and in favor of the forests
Poorer nations and civil society organizations tell the Brazilian government that lodging costs are not conducive to social participation in the meeting on the climate emergency
It has spurred social and environmental activists and Indigenous leaders to protest in Rio de Janeiro and in Bonn, at a decisive conference to prepare for the meeting in Belém
With less than five months until Brazil hosts COP30, the Lula administration steps up its attack on Nature by soliciting exploration bids across the country. Only legal challenges stand in its way
The hydroelectric complex on the Xingu River is a daily source of problems for Indigenous and other traditional peoples who face food insecurity. Almost ten years after the plant came onstream, Norte Energia hasn’t fully complied with environmental licensing requirements
Under pressure from the Lula administration and Congress, the head of the environmental agency has overruled 29 technical experts and approved the penultimate requirement for Petrobras to drill offshore from the Amazon