Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
amazon rainforest, Tag
- Greta Thunberg: ‘We are ignoring natural climate solutions’ Thu, 19 Sep 19, 8:00pmFilm by Swedish activist and Guardian journalist George Monbiot says nature must be used to repair broken climate
- 'Defending our existence': Colombian tribe stands in way of oil exploration Tue, 2 Apr 19, 4:00pmIn part three of our series, the Siona people stress opposition to any operations on their territory
- 8,000 barrels of oil spill in the Peruvian Amazon Sat, 15 Dec 18, 6:30amApproximately 8,000 barrels of crude oil have spilled into the Amazon, and the Peru State oil company Petroperu says its because local indigenous people severed the pipeline...
- 'Greenwash': oil giant under fire over plan to protect tropical forests Wed, 21 Nov 18, 2:31amCampaigners say move by Norway’s Equinor is an excuse to keep drilling for fossil fuels
- Amazon coral reef would be ruined by planned oil drilling, scientists say Wed, 18 Apr 18, 3:29amThe 56,000 sq km reef is thought to contain dozens of undiscovered species, in an area where a French company intents to drill for oil
- The Colombian Amazon is now officially a person thanks to a group of youth activists Wed, 11 Apr 18, 1:02amWith a recent ruling, the Colombian Supreme Court has made Colombia the first country in South America to recognize the personhood rights of the Amazon Rainforest...
- Newly discovered Amazon structures change what we know about ancient civilization Thu, 29 Mar 18, 3:58amResearchers at the University of Exeter have discovered 81 earthworks known as geoglpyhs across 1,200 miles of Amazon Rainforest in Brazil. This evidence, outlined in the journal Nature Communications, indicates that the...
- Non-profit uses gunshot detection technology and solar energy to protect the rainforest Fri, 23 Mar 18, 10:56pmSan Francisco-based non-profit Rainforest Connection has created a unique, technologically advanced system to defend the rainforests of Brazil. The high-tech protection system incorporates machine learning and solar energy...
- Non-profit uses machine learning and solar energy to protect the rainforest Fri, 23 Mar 18, 10:56pmSan Francisco-based non-profit Rainforest Connection has created a unique, technologically advanced system to defend the rainforests of Brazil. The high-tech protection system incorporates machine learning and solar energy...
- Peru protects one of world's last great untouched forests Fri, 16 Feb 18, 12:21amIn collaboration with local and international conservation groups, the Peruvian government has established Yaguas National Park in the country's far eastern territory to permanently protect millions of acres of pristine rainforest. “This...
- Peru passes legislation to let roads slice through remote Amazon area Wed, 24 Jan 18, 2:02amPart of Peru's Amazon rainforest could be under threat with a recently passed law. The move would allow roads to be constructed in Purus, a region The Guardian describes as the country's most remote and pristine. It is also...
- The Amazon town, a coral reef, big oil, and a catastrophe waiting to happen Wed, 27 Dec 17, 9:30pmOiapoque, surrounded by mangroves and close to a recently discovered 600-mile reef, is divided over what BP and Total might bring and what they might destroy
- 73 million trees to be planted in largest reforestation project ever Wed, 1 Nov 17, 12:47amConservation International aims to plant 73 million trees in the Brazilian Amazon as part of the largest ever undertaking of its kind. In what is being called the "arc of deforestation" in the Brazilian states of Amazonas,...
- Peru urged to ban oil firms from isolated indigenous peoples' land Fri, 6 Oct 17, 9:25pmIndigenous leaders say operations in the remote Amazon violate rights and risk fatal epidemics
- Peru tribal leaders vow to halt oil output unless indigenous rights respected Fri, 25 Aug 17, 8:42pmAmazon leaders accuse government of blocking consultation on 30-year contract with Canadian oil firm and have given ministers 20 days to apply law