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In pictures: standing with the guardians of the forest

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 21st March 2019

Image for In pictures: standing with the guardians of the forest — Bromelia plant with flower. Reserva Natural Rio Cachoeira, Mata Atlantica, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil.

It’s the International Day of Forests today – an opportunity to shine the light on one of the world’s largest rainforests, the Amazon. Not only does the Amazon play a crucial role in regulating the world’s climate, it is one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet… Read More

In pictures: Love the Amazon on Amazon Day!

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 2nd September 2016

Image for In pictures: Love the Amazon on Amazon Day! — Close up of a green parrot in the branches of a tree.

5th September is the day the largest rainforest in the world is celebrated in Brazil. It’s Amazon Day! With an estimated 16,000 tree species the Amazon is often referred to as the lungs of the planet. It is also home to over 20 million people, including thousands of Indigenous Peoples,… Read More

10 years ago, the Amazon was being bulldozed for soy. Then everything changed.

Posted by Paulo Adario - 16th May 2016

Image for 10 years ago, the Amazon was being bulldozed for soy. Then everything changed. — Soya plantation in the Amazon rainforest. The expansion of the soya industry is one of the main causes of deforestation in the region as huge areas are cleared to meet agricultural demand. Trees stand on the edge of a man made field which has been cut through the natural forest.

This week – after months of negotiation and uncertainty – the Brazilian government, the soy industry and civil society organizations, including Greenpeace, indefinitely renewed an agreement keeping huge swathes of Amazon rainforest from being destroyed for soybean farming. This is big news for the Amazon, for Indigenous Peoples, for farmers,… Read More

In Pictures: Damning the Amazon

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 13th April 2016

Image for In Pictures: Damning the Amazon — All rights reserved. Credit: Valdemir Cunha / Greenpeace

A report published this week by Greenpeace Brazil shines a spotlight on technology giant Siemens’ involvement in a massive hydropower dam planned for the Tapajós River. The dam would not only flood huge parts of… Read More

Brazilian supermarket giant Pão de Açúcar stops buying deforestation beef

Posted by Richard George - 1st April 2016

Image for Brazilian supermarket giant Pão de Açúcar stops buying deforestation beef — All rights reserved. Credit: Ze Gabriel

Great news: Pão de Açúcar – one of Brazil’s major supermarket chains – has finally agreed to stop stocking beef linked to forest destruction. It’s a huge victory for Brazilian consumers, who joined Greenpeace’s campaign in their thousands – but it’s also big deal for the planet. Here’s why. Greenpeace… Read More

How cattle ranches are chewing up the Amazon rainforest

Posted by Jamie Woolley - 31st January 2009

Image for How cattle ranches are chewing up the Amazon rainforest — All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace / Daniel Beltrá

For about three years now, we’ve been working on curbing the impacts of the soya industry on the Amazon rainforest in Brazil which, before the current moratorium was put into place, was replacing the forest with plantations on a massive scale. However, there’s another agricultural sector cutting deep into… Read More