Spectacular Ice Age Rock Paintings Found In Colombian Rainforest
Deutsche Welle – Animals that have long since become extinct, such as giant sloths, Ice Age horses, or the palaeolama, a type of ancient camel, are also depicted.
TAG: Amazon Rainforest
Brazilian Amazon Drained of Millions of Wild Animals by Criminal Networks
Sharon Guynup – A new 140-page report is shining a bright light on illegal wildlife trafficking in the Brazilian Amazon. It is heart-breaking.
Scientists Predict the Amazon Rainforest May Disappear Within the Next 50 Years
Mandy Froelich – The team recalled that the Amazon rainforest was recently crippled by a wildfire that engulfed 906,000 hectares, or 2.2 million acres, of the forest.
Amazon Deforestation Rate Highest in 11 Years
Olivia Rosane – The deforestation rate in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is at its highest in more than a decade, CNN reported Tuesday.
Amazon Rainforest Could Reach “Irreversible Tipping Point” in Only Two Years
Elias Marat – By 2021, the rainforest could cease to produce its own rain and simply degrade into dry savannah and grasslands.
Seven South American Nations Sign Agreement To Preserve Amazon Rainforest
John Vibes – The newly formed alliance will also be setting up a database to share information about logging, mining, and deforestation.
Brazilian Official Who Fought to Protect the Amazon ‘Assassinated’ in Front of His Family
John Vibes – Maxciel Pereira dos Santos was shot twice in the head on Friday while riding a motorbike through the Amazon.
Formerly Enemies, Brazil’s Indigenous Groups Unite to Defend Amazon From President Bolsonaro
Elias Marat – “Today we have only one enemy, which is the Brazilian government, the president … and the invasions of non-indigenous people.”
As Amazon Rainforest Burns, World Expresses Disgust Over Notre Dame Fire Double Standard
Elias Marat – As people across the globe are increasingly realizing: “The world isn’t dying, it’s being killed!”
The Amazon Rainforest Fires Turned Day Into Night in Brazil’s Largest City
Elias Marat – Environmental advocates blasted Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who joked about “setting the Amazon aflame.”
Suspicion Grows As Experts Suggest That Amazon Fires Were Intentional
John Vibes – Many are beginning to ask questions about who is responsible for such massive fires in the Amazon.
The Amazon Rainforest is on Fire and Hardly Anyone’s Talking About It
Jake Johnson – The Amazon rainforest has been devastated for weeks by fires so intense they can be seen from space.
Record Number of Fires Burning in Amazon Rainforest
Olivia Rosane – There are a record number of wildfires burning in the Amazon rainforest.
Scientists Warn Amazon Is Reaching Deforestation “Tipping Point”
John Vibes – The Brazilian government is harvesting the Amazon rainforest at a dangerous rate.
Report Shows Corporations and Bolsonaro Teaming Up to Destroy the Amazon
Joe Catron – While Bolsonaro teams up to destroy the Amazon, pro-environment groups are teaming up to stop him.
Deforestation of Brazilian Amazon Rainforest Surges to Record High, Further Devastation Looms
Elias Marat – The Brazilian Amazon rainforest has suffered a surge in deforestation in recent months.
Viral Image Shows the Impact Oil Drilling is Having on the Amazon’s Waterways
Anna Hunt – Oil development in the Amazon continues to rise.
The 6 Biggest Threats to the Amazon Rainforest
Michael Whitehouse – The Amazon rainforest is facing utter destruction.
Shocking Aerial Footage of the Amazon Forest in Peru
Video – This aerial footage of the Amazon forest throughout the region of Marde de Dios, Peru, will likely leave you speechless. It shows the expansiveness and the devastation caused by deforestation and mining of the region.
The Plant Most Fundamental to Life on Earth
Anna Hunt – Reforesting trees is vital to the survival of life on planet Earth.