The repaved road would trigger an explosion of deforestation in Amazonas. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro is pushing to resurrect a dilapidated highway project that seeks to build a highway through the heart of the South […]
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro blamed media for being “deceitful” and hyping the destruction of the Amazon rainforest during a speech at the United Nations. In his 30-minute-long address, Bolsonaro denied that the Amazon was “being […]
Panamanian Environment Minister Milciades Concepcion warned that just three of his country’s 10 provinces have good forest coverage after decades of deforestation. According to the official estimate, 50 percent of Panama’s forests have been lost, […]
President Lenin Moreno participated in the Climate Action Summit convened by the United Nations Secretary-General in New York, United States. The Ecuadorian president made a call on developed countries to commit and share responsibilities. In […]
Thousands of people from all over the world took to the streets to join the “Third World Climate Strike,” a protest triggered by the Fridays for The Future (FFF) movement, which demands from governments concrete […]
Several leaders of South American nations will meet in Colombia to participate in an emergency summit on the preservation of the Amazon. The presidents invited to the southern city of Leticia include Ecuador’s Lenin Moreno, […]
On September 5th, also known as Amazon’s Day, social and environmental movements, professors, and students will hold protests in several Brazilian cities in rejection of President Jair Bolsonaro’s policies which encourage the conversion of the […]
Representatives of Ecuador’s Indigenous peoples staged on Wednesday a sit-in before the National Assembly’s building in Quito, demanding the government of President Lenin Moreno to enforce local and international legislation protecting their rights and the […]
Around 2,000 new fires have been recorded in the Amazon, despite the Brazilian government’s 60-day burning ban issued on Aug. 29. The Brazilian National Space Research Institute (INPE) released satellite data showing that two days […]
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