Carnival 2024: Afro-Brazil and the Indigenous Amazon meet up at this year’s parade
In developing its carnival theme, the Salgueiro samba school drew on the knowledge of Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa, whose visit to the Rio de Janeiro community forged a bridge between favela and forest, reviving the transgressive power of Brazil's most popular festival
COP28 is a bubble of white men that activists and Indigenous and Black people are trying to break through
Fossil fuels are the challenge at this year’s climate conference, but the slow pace of negotiations has socioenvironmental and antiracist movements frustrated, as deaths due to the impacts of global heating mount across the planet
In the transition from oil, Brazil insists on trailing behind
Brazil could fulfill its climate commitments and reduce its dependence on fossil fuels but instead of asserting itself as an ecological power, it plans to produce more oil for export, which risks a new era of energy dependence
Starlink: ‘Elon Musk’s internet’ brings euphoria and fear to the Amazon
Indigenous peoples and traditional communities enjoy the advantages of the technology that is making rapid inroads into the region, while trying to tighten security and raise awareness about the risks. The government is studying ways to block Starlink signals in illegal mining areas
Foz do Amazonas: Mines and Energy department head manufactures ‘legal dispute’ to force oil exploration
With a complicit Attorney-General's Office, Silveira is trying to turn a technical ruling affecting the Amazonian ecosystem and quality of life for future generations into a question of ‘arbitration’
Luciana Gatti: ‘The Amazon is no longer offsetting human damage’
The scientist Luciana Gatti, who discovered the forest’s declining capability to absorb carbon dioxide emissions caused by human action, shows in a new study that in climatic terms the effects of deforestation under Bolsonaro were the equivalent to the most extreme El Niño ever recorded
Amazon Summit: Oil projects keep flowing despite civil society opposition
A lone voice in the defense of generations to come, Colombian President Gustavo Petro has proposed a ban on new oil contracts in the planet’s largest tropical rainforest, but Lula and the leaders of the other six countries who will be in Belém do not appear to support him
Carbon Cowboys: Pará’s Public Defender accuses local government of land theft
A lawsuit points to misappropriation of public areas in five state agroextractive settlements, with involvement by companies and the city hall
Carbon cowboys: Prosecutor’s Office issues guidance on forest peoples’ rights
Document says there should be government agency oversight of carbon credit contracts, prior consultation, a clear division of benefits, and public announcements of the process
‘Carbon cowboys’ ride into an Amazonian storm
A SUMAÚMA investigation reveals carbon credit companies are trying to secure deals on protected and disputed public lands, including indigenous territories, prompting concerns about ‘green land grabs.’ While the money from carbon credit deals can bring benefits, public prosecutors have accused some agents of contract abuses in their dealings with forest populations. Against this backdrop, there is a growing clamour for the government to establish ground rules
