Amazzonia, il futuro delle terre in una sentenza

2021-09-13T06:15+0200vasroma (it)

Si sta tenendo a Brasilia il raduno dei Popoli indigeni: circa 6.000 i partecipanti appartenenti a 176 diversi popoli indigeni del Brasile, che hanno deciso di attendere insieme l’esito del giudizio della Corte suprema federale del Brasile sul futuro delle terre indigene protette del Paese.

Brazil’s Amazon deforestation remains high despite slight fall

2021-09-10T17:00+0200aljazeera-en (en)

Deforestation in Brazil ’s Amazon rainforest fell in August compared with the same period a year earlier, continuing a downward trend while remaining higher than before right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro took office. Forest clearances in August totalled 918 square kilometres (354 square miles), down....

Studies show that logging and the impact of logging on Amazon’s biodiversity

2021-09-09T18:36+0200floridanewstimes (en)

Melbourne, Florida. –NS New research , Co-authored by two researchers at Florida Institute of Technology, this month Nature Provides the first quantitative assessment of how environmental policies on deforestation, in addition to forest fires and droughts, have affected the diversity of Amazon’s flora and fauna.

Difesa dell’ambiente Dietro la deforestazione in Brasile c’è l’ombra dell’industria... Il Brasile è primo esportatore mondiale di carne bovina, e una buona percentuale arriva in Europa e anche in Italia. Da tempo le associazioni... 8 Settembre 2021

2021-09-08T14:21+0200ohga (it)

Il Brasile è primo esportatore mondiale di carne bovina, e una buona percentuale arriva in Europa e anche in Italia. Da tempo le associazioni ambientaliste denunciano come i principali responsabili degli incendi che devastano le foreste del Pantanal e la savana del Cerrado siano i produttori di....

MIL-OSI USA: Study Shows the Impacts of Deforestation and Forest Burning on Biodiversity in the Amazon

2021-09-07T14:29+0200foreignaffairs-nz (en)

Source: US State of Connecticut. A new study, co-authored by a team of researchers including UConn Ecology and Evolutionary Biology researcher Cory Merow provides the first quantitative assessment of how environmental policies on deforestation, along with forest fires and drought, have impacted the diversity of plants and animals in the Amazon.

Study Shows Impacts of Deforestation and Forest Burning on Biodiversity in Amazon

2021-09-07T13:30+0200miragenews (en)

Since 2001, between 40,000 and 73,400 square miles of Amazon rainforest have been impacted by fires. Ring of fire: Smoke rises through the understory of a forest in the Amazon region. Plants and animals in the Amazonian rainforest evolved largely without fire, so they lack the adaptations necessary to cope with it.