Nature is climate: We forget that at our peril
The disaster in São Paulo reminds us that we must reinforce the Amazon rainforest and other natural pillars that ‘hold up the sky'
Fish nursery turned into cemetery by Belo Monte dam
The discovery of millions of dead eggs in one of the Amazon’s most biodiverse regions has left indigenous communities distraught and raised fears among scientists of eco-system breakdown.
Opinion
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The new government needs to deal with the crimes of Belo Monte
Researchers of the Amazon region call for urgent alleviation of the socio-environmental impacts on the so-called Big Bend of the Xingu and ask that the families affected by the Belo Monte dam be treated decently
Gold and Beef: Ronaldo’s recipe for disaster
Former Brazil striker claims he ate gold leaf steak with current members of the national team to inspire people, but his choice could hardly have been worse
What we are – and what we could be
In less than three months, SUMAÚMA has published 50 news articles, features, videos and comic strips and is getting ready to do even more in 2023
Lula, listen to
the new generation
The children and adolescents of the city of Altamira, SUMAÚMA’s base and a region violently affected by the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Plant, tell Brazil’s president-elect Lula what they want from him
Raoni wants to
meet with Lula
Brazil's most iconic indigenous leader, the Kayapó learnt from the experience of Belo Monte that pressure must be put on white people's governments - no matter the political party - so that nature and the native peoples are respected
Barbe-coup in Bolsonaroland
Frontline report from a churrasco protest inside the Bolsonarist hotbed of Altamira, where supporters want the army to overturn the election result
To cleanse ourselves of Bolsonaro, we must fight like a forest
The defeat of Brazil’s fascist president represents a window of possibility. To turn it into a horizon of hope, we must act not against Bolsonarism, but for a radical relationship with life
Amazon Fund to resume, Lula at COP27 and Belo Monte in the headlines again
A bullet-point summary of some of the best rainforest reporting on the web
