Mongabay Series:by on 13 April 2021In a landmark decision that could bolster Indigenous land rights in Brazil and serve as a setback to the Bolsonaro administration’s stonewalling of demarcations, the country’s Supreme Court has agreed to review the process around a past case that cancelled the demarcation of an Indigenous territory claimed by the Guarani Kaiowá people.In a unanimous decision last week, judges from the Supreme Federal Court (STF) accepted an appeal by the Guarani Kaiowá Indigenous people, whose decades-long fight for rights to the Guyraroká land was paralyzed by a 2014...…Mongabay Series:by on 13 April 2021In a landmark decision that could bolster Indigenous land rights in Brazil and serve as a setback to the Bolsonaro administration’s stonewalling of demarcations, the country’s Supreme Court has agreed to review the process around a past case that cancelled the demarcation of an Indigenous territory claimed by the Guarani Kaiowá people.In a unanimous decision last week, judges from the Supreme Federal Court (STF) accepted an appeal by the Guarani Kaiowá Indigenous people, whose decades-long fight for rights to the Guyraroká land was paralyzed by a 2014...WW…

by on 16 March 2021On March 12,* sea ice floating atop the Arctic Ocean reached its greatest extent for the year, covering 14.750 million square kilometers (5.70 million square miles). With the exception of last winter, when sea ice reached just 15.047 million square kilometers (5.8 million square miles), sea ice extent in March 2021 was significantly above recent warm years which have put winter sea ice in jeopardy. This year ranks as the 7th lowest maximum extent since the satellite record began in 1978.Last year was the hottest on record, and, accordingly, sea ice saw its at the...…by on 16 March 2021On March 12,* sea ice floating atop the Arctic Ocean reached its greatest extent for the year, covering 14.750 million square kilometers (5.70 million square miles). With the exception of last winter, when sea ice reached just 15.047 million square kilometers (5.8 million square miles), sea ice extent in March 2021 was significantly above recent warm years which have put winter sea ice in jeopardy. This year ranks as the 7th lowest maximum extent since the satellite record began in 1978.Last year was the hottest on record, and, accordingly, sea ice saw its at the...WW…

 The reduction in levels of deforestation and carbon emissions attributable to Brazilian Amazon projects certified under a leading United Nations carbon-offset program have been seriously overstated, according to new research.Analysis of 12 voluntary  projects (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation), that have operated in the world’s largest rainforest since 2008, found that the claimed reductions in forest loss had failed to accurately set baselines for deforestation rates by not properly accounting for successful efforts made separately by the...… The reduction in levels of deforestation and carbon emissions attributable to Brazilian Amazon projects certified under a leading United Nations carbon-offset program have been seriously overstated, according to new research.Analysis of 12 voluntary  projects (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation), that have operated in the world’s largest rainforest since 2008, found that the claimed reductions in forest loss had failed to accurately set baselines for deforestation rates by not properly accounting for successful efforts made separately by the...WW…

Mongabay Series:by on 21 January 2021As a catastrophic second wave of the coronavirus deeply threatens Brazil’s Amazonas state, creating an , the state government has now sent an urgent SOS on behalf of governor Wilson Miranda Lima to a broad range of recipients, including international NGOs. Mongabay is supporting this extraordinary appeal by publishing the letter (see ). The plea reads, in part:[W]e ask for your support in the midst of this emergency fight against COVID-19 in our State. The situation is dire, and our fear is that the same situation we are seeing in the capital Manaus will...…Mongabay Series:by on 21 January 2021As a catastrophic second wave of the coronavirus deeply threatens Brazil’s Amazonas state, creating an , the state government has now sent an urgent SOS on behalf of governor Wilson Miranda Lima to a broad range of recipients, including international NGOs. Mongabay is supporting this extraordinary appeal by publishing the letter (see ). The plea reads, in part:[W]e ask for your support in the midst of this emergency fight against COVID-19 in our State. The situation is dire, and our fear is that the same situation we are seeing in the capital Manaus will...WW…

Mongabay Series: ,by on 18 December 2020 | Translated by“Imagine being a peasant farmer in the Amazon and waking up every morning in fear of criminals who arrive at your home on motorbikes and simulate graves in your backyard,” said Caroline Edelstam, inviting the public to step into the shoes of Osvalinda Alves Pereira during a virtual award ceremony on November 24th.Osvalinda, who lives in Pará state in the Brazilian Amazon, is the first Brazilian to receive the prestigious Swedish Prize, given to those who have contributed exceptionally and with great courage to the defense of human...…Mongabay Series: ,by on 18 December 2020 | Translated by“Imagine being a peasant farmer in the Amazon and waking up every morning in fear of criminals who arrive at your home on motorbikes and simulate graves in your backyard,” said Caroline Edelstam, inviting the public to step into the shoes of Osvalinda Alves Pereira during a virtual award ceremony on November 24th.Osvalinda, who lives in Pará state in the Brazilian Amazon, is the first Brazilian to receive the prestigious Swedish Prize, given to those who have contributed exceptionally and with great courage to the defense of human...WW…

Mongabay Series:by on 4 December 2020Coincidence or not, one day after the of data by Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) — showing that deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has topped 11,000 square kilometers, — the French government officially launched its plant protein development plan, which had been in preparation since at least last January.Julien Denormandie, French Minister of Agriculture and Food, that the goal of the plan is “to recover part of [France’s] agri-food sovereignty, reducing dependence on vegetable protein, and to stop importing...…Mongabay Series:by on 4 December 2020Coincidence or not, one day after the of data by Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) — showing that deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has topped 11,000 square kilometers, — the French government officially launched its plant protein development plan, which had been in preparation since at least last January.Julien Denormandie, French Minister of Agriculture and Food, that the goal of the plan is “to recover part of [France’s] agri-food sovereignty, reducing dependence on vegetable protein, and to stop importing...WW…

by on 26 October 2020At this time of year, in Russia’s far north Laptev Sea, the sun hovers near the horizon during the day, generating little warmth, as the region heads towards months of polar night. By late September or early October, the sea’s shallow waters should be a vast, frozen expanse.But not this year. For the first time since records have been kept, open water still laps this coastline in late October though is already falling there.“In one sense, it’s shocking, but on the other hand, it’s not surprising,” said , a research scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder’s...…by on 26 October 2020At this time of year, in Russia’s far north Laptev Sea, the sun hovers near the horizon during the day, generating little warmth, as the region heads towards months of polar night. By late September or early October, the sea’s shallow waters should be a vast, frozen expanse.But not this year. For the first time since records have been kept, open water still laps this coastline in late October though is already falling there.“In one sense, it’s shocking, but on the other hand, it’s not surprising,” said , a research scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder’s...WW…