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Deforestation in bigger Earth's rainforest decreased by 22% as of July 31, 2023 compared to the previous year.This was revealed by the analyzes of the data collected and processed by the Brazilian National Space Research Institute (INPE), which reported that deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has reached 9,001 square kilometers, or share below 10,000 units for the first time since 2018.From July to October 2023, the updated data reveal that the deforested area suffered a 52% decrease compared to the previous year and, furthermore, according to estimates, the decrease in tree loss has reduced the country's greenhouse gas emissions by 7.5%, a fact that is anything but insignificant if you consider that Brazil is the sixth largest producer of emissions in the world.Marina Silva, Brazilian Environment Minister, said:«Behind all this there was a political decision.When we change this reality we are changing the image of the country." Deforestation in the Amazon (left and red)...

More or less a year ago, on 15 June 2022, the lifeless bodies of the journalist from Guardian, Dom Phillips, and Bruno Pereira, the Brazilian expert from the body for the protection of indigenous peoples.They had disappeared about ten days earlier in the Yavarí valley, in the Amazon forest, during a trip to investigate the exploitation of the forest and the growing threats to which indigenous populations are subjected. Brazil, journalist Dom Phillips and activist Bruno Pereira killed while investigating illegal exploitation of the Amazon A year later, their killings appear to be increasingly linked to the interests of groups dedicated to illegal activities that the two were investigating.The Yavarí valley – one of the most isolated places on the planet, a reserve of 85 thousand square kilometers covered by the Amazon forest, without roads, where you can move by navigating the river and within which approximately 23 indigenous groups live who have no externa...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. After more than half a century of research into nuclear fusion, a major breakthrough comes from the United States that could pave the way for enormous amounts of clean energy in the future.Researchers at the US National Ignition Facility, in California, said their fusion experiments released more energy than was pumped out by the lab's huge, high-powered lasers.This is a historic achievement, known as ignition or energy gain.Until now, in fact, experiments conducted around the world had required more energy than they had generated.However, writes the Guardian, this does not mean that we are in an energy utopia.This technology is still far from being ready to be transformed into power plants, it will not have any immediate effects on the climate crisis, but, as mentioned, it is a big step for science and research which demonstrates that fusion is a viable path to meet the planet's gr...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. The “window” to meet the commitments of the Paris Agreement “is closing rapidly”, he warns the latest report of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) on the "emissions gap" compared to the objectives to keep the increase in temperatures within 1.5°C of the pre-industrial era. Despite ambitious commitments, progress has been "limited" in the year since the last United Nations Climate Conference in Glasgow.The drop in emissions associated with the Covid-19 pandemic proved to be "short-lived". In 2021 CO2 emissions have returned to 2019 levels and global coal emissions have exceeded 2019 levels.While emissions of methane and nitrous oxide have remained relatively stable, emissions of fluorinated gases continue to grow. While there has been some progress in reducing the growth rate of emissions, global greenhouse gas emi...

In Ecuador, almost 60% of the population set a world precedent by choosing in a referendum to block oil exploitation from one of its most important deposits, located in the Yasuní National Park, the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon.The result of the referendum - which took place yesterday in parallel with the presidential elections, which will result in a run-off between the candidates Luisa González and Daniel Noboa - represents a sensational victory for the environmentalist coalition Yasunidos, which promoted the consultation, and all the indigenous movement against the excessive power of the oil companies. The referendum had been called for ask to the 13.45 million Ecuadorian voters if they wanted the exploitation of oil in the Yasuní, which has been underway for some years, whether to continue or not.The question read:“Do you agree that the Ecuadorian government keeps the ITT crude, known as block 43, underground indefinitely?”.An issue that has...