Illegal mining returns to Yanomami land and other stories
A two-minute round-up of the latest Amazon news
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Every shade of green, in a country in darkness
In Puerto Rico, the seawater and the insects glow in the dark but the people are fleeing. Natural resources can bring freedom and independence, colonization and submission. Hurricanes and earthquakes are cruel reminders of our hardships. What do we do when the lights go out?
Cookie compensation for indigenous people, and other stories
A two-minute round-up of the latest Amazon news
SUMAÚMA – one year fighting like a forest
This tiny tree only exists because our readers believe SUMAÚMA must exist. And right now, broadening this support is what will determine the continuity of our struggle in the field of journalism
Amazon Summit: forest peoples prevent government backsliding
By bringing nearly 30,000 people to Belém, social movements and leaders of traditional populations demonstrated their power of organization and an awareness of the impacts of climate change. They plan to be stronger still by the time of COP-30 in 2025
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
Helder Barbalho: the ‘King of the North’ uses talk of protecting the Amazon to grow his power
Even though it's his second time leading a state that is one of the worst offenders when it comes to deforestation, garimpo mining operations, and criminal fires, the political heir of the Barbalho clan, one of Brazil's most powerful oligarchies, is managing to sell the image of a ‘green governor’
Criminal gold, açaí price surge and other stories
A two-minute digest of Amazon news stories
Latin America busts 1.5 ºC hopes with fossil fuel investments
Countries are betting on oil and gas in the Amazon and beyond, but not without resistance. Civil society in Ecuador has secured a referendum on exploration in the rainforest, while Colombia’s President Petro is trying to free his country from coal
The threat from the so-called Ferrogrão, the 1988 Constitution in modern tupi and other stories
A selection of news stories about the Amazon news to be read in two minutes
