- How Your 401(k) Is Helping Destroy the Amazon Rainforest | The growing financialization of Brazilian agribusiness is enabling foreign investment in the industry most responsible for deforestation. https://theintercept.com/2021/11/23/brazil-amazon-deforestation-greenwashing-bonds-investment/ 3 comments environment
- Illegal gold mines destroying Amazon rainforest: study - An increase in small-scale gold mining has taken a toll on the Amazon, increasing deforestation and polluting waterways, according to a new report. Mining in protected indigenous areas has increased exponentially. https://www.dw.com/en/illegal-gold-mines-destroying-amazon-rainforest-study/a-46671784 5 comments worldnews
- The War for the Rainforest | Set aside for an isolated Indigenous group, the Brazilian preserve Ituna-Itatá has now been heavily deforested — a grim illustration of the intractable forces destroying the Amazon. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/magazine/amazon-rainforest-ituna-itata.html?amp%3Bsmid=url-share&unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iWka3DODm8ciOEcDIGS-kHAIqNmbsk02XGBTd5HPrg1Sedui-5DIkpkDgi0q4eN3pQZJiF_4aSCYlQL5bOfF7Yp7W2tKWCjNOZ0wLD44h-IaTTqDK3A1nZ1dxJioZdnaQr9jiQXxK-TFLR-0tcuif8qFYk6EWlbHFSCuPfjCx1-OdWUPFqLukRtBbYvCXyElsWc6rkAbAxTFVrCKXt-6m4849tdU8gFaOe9d1VzPZqj3shCTzBgP4yrBJYuRoXLl7kMsbTFqReEyMDe1OyrVtSpSxzdRMO-b1yvvVOT 21 comments environment
- Amazon deforestation accelerated more than 60% last month. That amounts to about one and a half soccer fields of rainforest being destroyed every minute of every day. https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/02/americas/amazon-brazil-bolsonaro-deforestation-scli-intl/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_source=twcnn&utm_content=2019-07-02t23%3A41%3A02&utm_medium=social 10 comments worldnews
- 'The Future of Earth Is at Risk': New Drone Footage of Deforestation in Amazon Shows Cost of Meat Industry | "Global demand for meat is destroying the Amazon rainforest." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/09/20/future-earth-risk-new-drone-footage-deforestation-amazon-shows-cost-meat-industry 19 comments worldnews
- Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon last month shattered the record for April, destroying more than 1,000 square kilometers of the world's biggest rainforest, nearly double the previous high. The record is the third record in four months https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220506-brazil-deforestation-shatters-april-record 53 comments worldnews
- Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon set a new record for January just three weeks into the year, a worrying sign of the surging destruction of the world's biggest rainforest. Nearly 140 square miles of forest cover was destroyed in the Brazilian Amazon from January 1 to January 21 https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220202-deforestation-in-brazilian-amazon-hits-january-record 6 comments environment
- Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon set a new record for January just three weeks into the year, a worrying sign of the surging destruction of the world's biggest rainforest. Nearly 140 square miles of forest cover was destroyed in the Brazilian Amazon from January 1 to January 21 https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220202-deforestation-in-brazilian-amazon-hits-january-record 37 comments worldnews
- Brazilian authorities launch probe into ‘Amazon’s largest single deforester’: Bruno Heller has destroyed 16,100 acres of rainforest for cattle ranching — an area larger than Manhattan https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/brazilian-authorities-launch-probe-into-amazons-largest-single-deforester/ 56 comments worldnews
- 'Out of Control': Brazilian Amazon Deforestation Hits Highest Level in a Decade. From August 2020 to July 2021, 10,476 square kilometers of Amazon rainforest were destroyed, a 57% increase over the previous 12-month period. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/20/out-control-brazilian-amazon-deforestation-hits-highest-level-decade 945 comments worldnews
- Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon hit a record last month, the government reported with figures that belie President Jair Bolsonaro's pledge to crack down on such destruction. The rainforest that was destroyed marked a new high for the month of April and a 42.5 percent year-on-year rise https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210507-deforestation-of-brazilian-amazon-hits-record-in-april 19 comments worldnews