WG7 - Rainforest: Amazon Rainforest

Statista

• January 10, 2024 Statista -  Rio de Janeiro Statistics & Facts
• January 2022 - Sao Paulo 2022 [download the report]
• November 2020 Statista -  Public opinion on the importance of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil in 2020, by area

• January 8, 2024 New York Times Upfront - The Last Survivors : Brazil found the only living members of an indigenous Amazon tribe. Should their land be protected?
• January 2024 National Geographic - Between Two Worlds : To protect its traditional way of life, an Amazon tribe takes up modern tools.

Access World News

• July 28, 2023 Independent - Brazil's Indigenous chief fighting to save Amazon urges President Lula to defend people's rights - An Indigenous leader who became a symbol of the fight for the preservation of the Amazon has called upon Brazil’s president to defend the rights of Indigenous people, including removing “invaders” from their territories and ending ongoing negotiations on carbon credits
• July 6, 2023 Associated Press (AP)  - In Lula's first six months, Brazil Amazon deforestation dropped 34%, reversing trend under Bolsonaro

New York Times (NYT)

• February 14, 2024 NYT - A Collapse of the Amazon Could Be Coming ‘Faster Than We Thought’
• January 29, 2024 NYT - Climate Change Drove Drought in the Amazon
• December 20, 2023 NYT - Brazilian State Seeks Millions in Environmental Damages From Giant Meatpacker
• December 14, 2023 NYT - Brazil’s Congress Weakens Protection of Indigenous Lands, Defying Lula
  • While Brazil vows to fight climate change, lawmakers approved a law making it harder for Indigenous tribes to block deforestation, overriding a veto by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
• November 9, 2023  NYT - Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Falls to a Five-Year Low
• August 19, 2023 - NYT - Brazil Found the Last Survivors of an Amazon Tribe
  • Now What? Pakyi and Tamandua are the final known isolated members of the Piripkura people. They are posing a tricky challenge for Brazil.
• March 27, 2023 NYT - The Amazon’s Largest Isolated Tribe Is Dying : Illegal mines have fueled a humanitarian crisis for the Yanomami Indigenous group. Brazil’s new president is trying to fight back. [Interactive articles]
• August 2, 2022 NYT - The Illegal Airstrips Bringing Toxic Mining to Brazil’s Indigenous Land : The Times identified hundreds of airstrips that bring criminal mining operations to the most remote corners of the Amazon. [Interactive articles]

Statista

• January 10, 2024 Statista -  Rio de Janeiro Statistics & Facts
• January 10, 2024 Statista - Mining In Brazil - statistics & facts
• December 2023 Statista -  Amazon Rainforest in Brazil Report
• November 2022 Statista -  Deforestation area in the Brazilian Amazon from 2000 to 2022
• April 2022 Statista -  Estimated deforested area from mining activity on indigenous lands in the Amazon biome in Brazil from 2016 to 2022

Wall Street Journal (WSJ)

• December 1, 2023 WSJ - Exploding Carbon-Credit Market Helps Brazil Regrow Rainforest : As more companies offset emissions, many are funding projects to reverse rainforest destruction

Washington Post

• December 6, 2023 Washington Post - Opinion | Here’s a realistic path to protecting the Amazon rainforest. [Interactive articles]

Web Sources

• February 14, 2024 Guardian - Amazon rainforest could reach ‘tipping point’ by 2050, scientists warn

• February 14, 2024 Reuters - Global warming, deforestation, fires combined could hasten Amazon demise, study finds
• January 12, 2024 BBC - Amazon rainforest: Deforestation rate halved in 2023
  • Statement from Brazil's environment ministry and mentions President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
• January 8, 2024 YaleEnvironment360: E360 - Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Fell in Half Last Year
  • Link to report - Mercosur files [include description of report]
• June 6, 2023 Brazil Government - Brazil announces measures to expand protection of the Amazon
  • On World Environment Day, President Lula presents a new preservation plan, signs decrees to further protect Brazilian biomes and reaffirms his commitment to reducing deforestation
• October 8, 2023 VOX - It’s clearer than ever that we’re pushing the Amazon rainforest to its dreaded demise
• September 19, 2023 CNN - 'The Amazon is speaking for itself': Brazil President Lula puts climate and inequality at the center of UN address
  • September 19, 2023 Brazil Government - Speech by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the opening of the 78th UN General Assembly
• August 7, 2023 Reuters - Exclusive: Amazon Indigenous chief Raoni warns of disaster if deforestation not stopped
• August 6, 2023 AP - Governments are gathering to talk about the Amazon rainforest. Why is it so important to protect?
• August 4, 2023 CNN - Amazon deforestation at six-year-low in Brazil after plunging 66% in July
• July 10, 2023 NPR - Brazilian leaders praise a 34% drop in the rate of deforestation in the Amazon
• July 28, 2023  AP - Brazil’s Indigenous chief fighting to save Amazon urges President Lula to defend people’s rights
• June 5, 2023  Reuters - Brazil's Lula unveils plan to stop deforestation in Amazon by 2030
• June 2, 2023  Guardian - A visual guide to deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest
• 2023 Associated Press (AP)  The Protein Problem : To Save the Rainforest, Help Its People
• October 31, 2022 Time -  Lula's Victory in the Brazil Elections Is a Win for the Planet