Juarez Transamazônico, the ‘baby of the future,’ looks for his past
The first Brazilian to be born along the dictatorship's symbolic highway through the Amazon has resurfaced to become the poster-child of an unsustainable Brazil
‘Seeing our house, our work, go underwater. Here, it was a life saver‘
Liziane Dutra’s family lost everything to flooding in Rio Grande do Sul and went to live in a building occupied by unhoused people. Now, they may be evicted
A suspeita ‘adoção’ de um bebê Yanomami e outras histórias
Uma seleção de notícias sobre a Amazônia para ser lida em dois minutos
‘When the water rose, we didn’t think it would be that serious. Seeing the Market closed is truly sad’
Caroline Kader’s family has worked in Porto Alegre’s Mercado Público for four generations and is, for the second time, experiencing loss from a major flood
British carbon cowboys ride roughshod over Amazon communities
Groups in Pará have accused a UK-linked company and a former São Paulo police officer of irregularities and abusive contracts related to public lands
Scientists: Arc of deforestation is most vulnerable to drought
A new study shows impacts vary enormously from region to region, highlighting diversity within the Amazon. This should help policymakers to set priorities for fighting deforestation and preventing a tipping point
A rede de mentiras sobre a Amazônia e outras histórias
Uma seleção de notícias sobre a floresta tropical para ser lida em dois minutos
‘Fake news’ about the climate is hampering aid efforts
Right-wing denial of human-caused global heating started as a tactic for industry to evade responsibility in the 1970s
‘That night, everything I am was left behind’
Cartoonist Talita Grass’s home was subsumed by the flooding in Rio Grande do Sul and now she is trying to recover her things from the mud’s destruction
Make climate polluters pay
As Rio Grande do Sul faces up to gigantic clean-up costs, it should look at the example just set in Vermont which has passed a new law to make oil firms responsible for damages caused by floods and other manifestations of global heating
