Amazon Rain Forest

View In: Amazon Rain ForestDonations meant to preserve the Amazon rainforest in Brazil may be spent paving the road, which can worsen the forest's... Via: @Snoro@mastodon.social

Inside Climate News
View In: Amazon Rain Forest“The first time I heard about carbon credits, I didn’t understand what they were about at all,” says Queila Couto, a lawyer, while staring into the Itacuruçá River in the Brazilian state of Pará, “and it was bad.” Couto is a quilombola, an Afro-Brazilian descendent of escaped slaves, many of whom establishe...

View In: Amazon Rain ForestBrazil plans to propose a “huge” fund to pay for the conservation of tropical forests at the United Nations COP28 climate change summit that begins later this month in Dubai, the country's top climate negotiator said on... Via: @Snoro@mastodon.social

View In: Amazon Rain ForestDeforestation in the Amazon causes land surfaces up to 100 kilometers away to get warmer, according to a new study. The research, by a team of British and Brazilian scientists, led by Dr. Edward Butt at the University of Leeds, suggests that tropical forests play a critical role in cooling the land surface—and that effect can play out over considerable... Via: @Snoro@mastodon.social

Climate crisis | The Guardian
View In: Amazon Rain ForestResearch highlights benefits forests bring surrounding regions in terms of cooler air and more rainfallDeforestation has a far greater impact on regional temperatures than previously believed, according to a new study of the Brazilian Amazon that shows agricultural businesses would be among the bigges...

View In: Amazon Rain ForestSão Paulo, Oct 25 (EFE).- The expansion of mining activities in the Amazon River basin, the world's largest, threatens over 33% of the region's untouched tropical rainforests spanning eight countries, according to a study released by the NGO Earth InSight. The study released Tuesday reveals that over 170 million hectares of these pristine forests “overlap... Via: @Snoro@mastodon.social