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In Brazil there is a mission that is the result of collaboration between researchers and indigenous populations and which aims to protect Amazonian primates: this is the Reconecta Project, which was conceived by the biologist and winner of the 2024 Whitley Prize Fernanda Ambra and involves the construction of "bridges" aimed at connecting the crowns of the trees located on both sides of the road that runs through the states of Amazonas and Roraima, thus allowing the fauna local area to cross avoiding the risk of investment, which is in fact one of the main causes of death for primates in the region.Working on the project is «a wealth of knowledge and a wonderful learning experience» according to the biologist, who underlined the importance of involving traditional communities as «they know exactly what is needed to protect the forests». Brazil is facing an environmental dilemma that is anything but indifferent in that it has one of the largest road net...

In Brazil, the police launched a large operation (called Operation Greenwashing), the largest of its kind ever built in the country, to dismantle "a criminal organization" that for over a decade allegedly sold carbon credits from illegally invaded areas for a total value of 34 million dollars (approximately 180 million reais).The operations are the result of an investigation lasting over a year which shows the links between REDD+ projects and a scam for the recycling of illegally obtained timber.At the center of the investigations are the Fortaleza Ituxi, Unitor and Evergreen project, all related to the Ituxi Group, one of the largest carbon credit projects in the Brazilian Amazon.The group is chaired by Ricardo Stoppe, whose suspicious activities had already ended up at the center of a journalistic investigation.The credits sold by the group were purchased not only by various Brazilian companies, but also by some international ones such as Toshiba, Spotify and Boeing. Stoppe...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. While world leaders were gathered for the United Nations General Assembly and the subsequent “climate ambition summit”, over 70 thousand climate activists they filled the streets of New York on Sunday 17 September, to ask the President of the United States, Joe Biden, to stop the approval of new fossil fuel projects.The demonstration was supported by more than 700 global climate organizations who participated in protests in numerous other countries. “Thousands of people around the world are returning to the streets to demand that we stop what is killing us.We need to think about who will be living on our planet in 30, 40, 50 years.And negative responses are not contemplated,” he said Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during the rally. Among the participants was 8-year-old Athena Wilson of Boca Raton, Florida.She and her mother Maleah flew from Florida to New York.We...

In the last six years, 800 million trees have been cut down to satisfy the world's hunger for meat

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is growing falling for the eighth consecutive month.THE data, published by the National Space Research Institute (INPE) of Brazil, highlight how in November the deforestation amounted to 201 square kilometers, with a cumulative loss that in the last 12 months amounts to 5,206 square kilometers, 51% less compared to the figure noted during the same period last year.Since January 2023, deforestation has reached 4,977 square kilometers, marking a significant reduction compared to last year.Of course, the forest surface continues to decrease, still prey to timber and raw materials companies that cut it down, but the pace has dropped significantly thanks to the new protection measures implemented by the Brazilian government, the first step towards a reversal trend that now appears possible;also in light of President Lula's commitment to completely stamp out the business and criminal organizations that operate in the illegal deforestation of the forest w...