As realidades das mudanças climáticas e do uso da terra são gritantemente evidentes na Amazônia.
- Researcher in Ecology, Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA)
- Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
The realities of climate and land use change are jarringly obvious in Amazonia.
A new study finds 70% of Amazonian dung beetles were killed by the severe fire and droughts of 2015 to 2016. By spreading seeds and poop, dung beetles fertilize forests and aid regrowth of vegetation.
Brazil has been throwing money at Amazonian cattle farmers, hoping they’ll adopt ‘greener’ crops like fruit or corn. A new study shows why loans won’t fix the environmental issue presented by ranches.
Brazil claims mining and logging will boost the economy and help it protect the environment. But there is little evidence this works.
Scientists from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe take on the White House with facts from the ground they stand on.
Lee: ‘Business will be far from usual in a world of four, five or six degrees of warming.’
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