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.
Articles on Brazilian Amazon
Displaying all articles
The primate species identified in the Sete de Setembro Indigenous Land have symbolic meanings that are deeply associated with the cultural, ecological and mythological elements of the Paiter-Suruí people’s cosmology
To guarantee the preservation of protected areas, public policies must be adapted to local realities, incorporating traditional knowledge as an essential part of the solutions to environmental problems
Nearly 95% of deforestation in the Amazon occurs within 3.5 miles of a road or near a river. Brazil’s plans to ramp up exports may be on a collision course with the forest.
With decades of images and data from the same locations, these satellites can show changes over time, including deforestation, changes in waterways and how loss of trees corresponds to urban heat.
Tropical forest covers 12% of the planet’s land surface yet hosts around two thirds of all terrestrial species. Amazonia, which spans the vast Amazon River basin and the Guiana Shield in South America…
Because Brazil’s economic prosperity in the last two decades is increasingly linked to the Amazon’s good health, restoring the country’s economy is a critical first step toward ending deforestation.
Top contributors
-
Adjunct Professor, George Washington University
-
Associate Professor of Geography, Indiana University
-
Assistant Professor
-
Professor of Hydrology, University of Washington
-
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Washington
-
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Washington
-
Phd candidate, ecology and biodiversity, University of São Paulo State
-
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Manchester Metropolitan University
-
Graduate Research Assistant in Computational Hydrology, University of Washington
-
Professor Emeritus of Latin American Studies and Geography, University of Florida
-
Professor Adjunto IV no Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologia das Águas (ICTA), Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará (UFOPA)
-
Doutor em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA)
-
Professora Adjunta III de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA)
-
Mestre em Biociências e técnico de laboratório em Química, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará (UFOPA)
-
Biólogo e Primatólogo, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi