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Human malaria spread from monkeys found in Brazil

Meghie Rodrigues A parasite that causes malaria in monkeys infected 50 people between 2015 and 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, in the Mata Atlântica region. The Mata Atlântica is a region with high-density forests that covers the South and Southeast of Brazil, home to 70 percent of the country’s p

Goldminers “massacre” uncontacted Amazon Indians in Brazil

Public prosecutors in Brazil have opened an investigation after reports that illegal goldminers in a remote Amazon river have massacred “more than ten” members of an uncontacted tribe. If confirmed, this means up to a fifth of the entire tribe have been wiped out. Two goldminers have been

The world protests as Amazon forests are opened to mining

Beatriz Garcia The Amazon, often described as the “lungs of the Earth”, is the largest rainforest in the world. Its extraordinary biodiversity and sheer scale has made it a globally significant resource in the fight against climate change.  But last week the Brazilian president Michel Temer rem

Rio carnival stars environmental disaster

The Minas Gerais disaster, which had irreversible negative effects on human health and the environment, was revived this year in one of the most important spaces in Brazilian popular culture: the carnival of Rio de Janeiro. In 2015, the collapse of a dam at a mine in the Brazilian state of Minas Ger

Incredible new photos of uncontacted Amazon tribe – that could be wiped out

Brazilian government agents are charged with protecting the Yanomami territory. But they are currently facing severe budget cuts amid politicians’ plans to drastically weaken indigenous land protection and rights. Extraordinary new aerial photos show a contemporary uncontacted tribal community est

Five trends that will define the world’s forests in 2016

  Bill Laurance The past year has been a momentous time for the world’s forests, with both good and bad news. Fasten your seat belts, because 2016 promises to be another roller-coaster ride. Here I highlight five factors that could have a big impact on forests this year. For further discussio

Progress can Kill: Survival report reveals world’s highest suicide rate

A new report published by Survival International reveals that the appalling suicide rate among the indigenous Guarani Kaiowá people of southern Brazil is the highest in the world. The rate of self-inflicted deaths within the tribe is 34 times the Brazilian national average, and statistically the h

Social protection can eradicate hunger: FAO

Poverty among those employed in fisheries remains widespread globally At least 368 million children receive food at school each day In Zambia, a cash-grants program led households to increase livestock ownership In rural Brazil, gender inequalities reduced by making mandatory joint ownership of

UN leaders, together with actor and activist Alec Baldwin, announce Equator Prize 2015 winners

The winners- A Brazilian indigenous group that inspired the film Avatar A conservation outfit in Indonesia that is saving sea turtles A movement for pygmy rights in Congo A community-based organization restoring conflict affected areas in Afghanistan   Leaders from the UN joined actor and a

Did you know that 2014 was the International Year of Family Farming? Know their worth!

FAO, the UN fountainhead for securing global food in its recent report on family farms informed that more than 500 million family farms produce about 80 percent of the world’s food in value terms, and collectively they are the largest source of employment worldwide. Yet the highest rate of suicide

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