Sustaining Brazil’s recent deforestation gains will require stronger environmental enforcement beyond the rainforest and resistance to political efforts that could weaken it.
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Brazil holds 12% of the world’s freshwater reserves and yet growing water insecurity reveals some of the country’s deepest sanitation inequalities, which are particularly relevant to Marajó, its largest coastal island.
Some of South America’s tropical forests effectively stopped absorbing carbon during the 2015-2016 El Niño.
When a bird of prey comes calling, a multi-species wave of alarm goes rippling through the rainforest canopy.
A study argues that the use of glyphosate produces a slow form of chemical violence that suffocates people, ecosystems and ways of life. This violence forces riverside communities to leave and makes way for soya to advance.
The US is set to shut down a crucial satellite that monitors how much carbon is in the atmosphere.
A fast-growing digital movement means Indigenous people no longer rely on outsiders to speak for them.
Researchers explain how trees in the rainforest efficiently recycle water through rain to keep themselves hydrated in the dry season.
Rainforest is fast being turned into cattle ranches.
Mining operations can damage both communities and the natural world. Yet, the demand for critical minerals to supply the renewable energy industry is rising.
Green anacondas are the world’s heaviest snakes, and among the longest. it’s remarkable this hidden species has slipped under the radar until now.
We don’t yet fully understand what global climate tipping points mean for Australia. But we know enough to conclude the impacts of passing one or more tipping points must now be considered.
The decision of the people of Ecuador to halt oil extraction in the Yasuní is a trend-setting precedent of global importance and a victory that Canadians should build upon.
Surging deforestation in Bolivia means the country now ranks as one of the highest carbon emitters in the world.
Lula’s international reputation could be key to the country’s success.
A different future will not be possible without reverence, respect, reciprocity and responsibility towards the Earth. On this issue, Indigenous Peoples have a lot to share.
Three reasons for failure, and four reasons to be hopeful.
The clearing of the Amazon rainforest surged to its highest levels in two decades under the Bolsonaro presidency. The newly elected Lula da Silva has vowed to halt deforestation, but it won’t be easy.
A recent paper suggested damaging climate tipping points could be closer than first thought.
Broken Spectre, an immersive, 74-minute-long moving image work, is having its world premiere at the NGV.
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Professor of Conservation Science, Lancaster University
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Senior Research Associate in Tropical Forest Ecology, University of Oxford
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Researcher in Ecology, Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA); Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
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Reader in Ecology and Conservation Biology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Moran Professor of Conservation and Development, University of Cambridge
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Senior Lecturer, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
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Professor, former dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Victoria., University of Victoria
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Associate professor, University of British Columbia
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Executive Director of the Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University; King's College London
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Professor of Tropical Conservation Ecology, University of East Anglia
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Research fellow, The University of Western Australia
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UKRI Future Leaders Fellow / SeniorLecturer, University of Bristol
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Research Associate, Conservation Evidence, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
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Directrice de recherche CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU)