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
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
Em novo parecer, órgão volta a recomendar que petroleira não explore a Foz do Amazonas e impõe dilema a seu presidente, Rodrigo Agostinho, que deve dar a palavra final. Lula quer o petróleo
Equipe tem que se manifestar sobre documentos enviados pela Petrobras em novembro antes de qualquer decisão sobre perfuração de poço no litoral do Amapá
The northern region waits anxiously to see whether Petrobras will be awarded a license for the FZA-M-59 block, which could open the way for oil drilling in areas where there is a heightened risk of an oil spill reaching mangrove forests
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
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
In denying the oil giant Petrobras a license to drill at the mouth of the Amazon, the president of Brazil’s environmental agency has shown that the Lula administration is willing to maintain its commitment to protecting the rainforest and combatting global heating. The greatest backlash has come from an ally, the government’s leader in Congress, heralding the onset of “friendly fire.”
Ibama chief Rodrigo Agostinho says Petrobras oil project is “infeasible” from an environmental standpoint, in line with technical report first covered exclusively by SUMAÚMA. The decision is a boost to Environment Minister Marina Silva
A technical report states that Petrobras' request is unfeasible from an environmental point of view, but the decision is up to the Institute’s President, Rodrigo Agostinho
Eighty organizations have written to government ministers and public officials warning about the risks of exploration and the need to establish sound technical and scientific precautions to avoid catastrophe.