Amazon Rainforest
Pesticides released into Brazil’s Amazon to degrade rainforest and facilitate deforestation
Environment
January 19, 2022
Pesticides released into Brazil’s Amazon to degrade rainforest and facilitate deforestation
by Jenny Gonzales – MongaBay – Creative CommonsChemicals created to kill agricultural pests are being sprayed by aircraft into native forest areas.Glyphosate and 2,4-D, among others, cause the trees to defoliate…
FOREST Act bill would hold global suppliers accountable for illegal deforestation
Environment
October 10, 2021
FOREST Act bill would hold global suppliers accountable for illegal deforestation
by Maxwell Radwin – MongaBay – Creative CommonsA new bill in the U.S. congress would create legislation to prohibit agricultural commodities like palm oil, cattle, soybeans, rubber, pulp and cocoa from…
Fires in the Amazon have already impacted 90% of plant and animal species
Environment
September 21, 2021
Fires in the Amazon have already impacted 90% of plant and animal species
by Suzana Camargo – MongaBay – Creative CommonsNew study addresses the effects of fires on biodiversity loss in the world’s largest forest during the last two decades.Researchers measured the impacts on…
Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest Suffered 500 Major Fires In Just Three Months
News
August 28, 2020
Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest Suffered 500 Major Fires In Just Three Months
AMAZON RAINFOREST, BRAZIL – The Brazilian Amazon Rainforest is currently experiencing an alarming and unprecedented surge in large-scale fires. Recent satellite data from the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP)…
