Tag: Deforestation
Brazil: Elon Musk wants to fight against deforestation and connect the Amazon
The billionaire’s company SpaceX will deploy satellite internet over the Amazon rainforest, which will also help detect illegal deforestation. The American multi-billionaire Elon Musk announced Friday in Brazil the launch…
Mélenchon probably not a candidate for the legislative elections, Boris Johnson weakened, record deforestation in the Amazon … The news of this Friday evening
News Jean-Luc Mélenchon will probably not be a candidate for the legislative elections. Invited to 8 p.m. on France 2, the head of La France insoumise spoke about the launch…
Brazil: Amazon deforestation hits record high in April
Published on 06/05/2022 at 5:50 p.m. Photo credit © Reuters by Jake…
Destruction of the rainforest – Amazon deforestation in Brazil reaches new high again – News
The destruction of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil reached record levels again in April. According to official satellite data from the Brazilian space agency, more than 1,000 square kilometers of…
Eating 20% less meat could halve deforestation, study finds
Replacing 20% of global beef consumption with a plant-based substitute over the next 30 years would halve global deforestation and associated carbon emissions, scientists say. Researchers from the Potsdam Institute…
Environment: the European Commission wants to stop “imported deforestation”
Isabelle Ory, edited by Laura Laplaud 8:45 a.m., November 17, 2021 After the COP26 flop in Glasgow, Brussels wants to fight against deforestation. The European Commission has taken the leaders…
Brazil handles less than 3% of deforestation alerts
The Bolsonaro government’s environmental protection bodies intervened after less than 3% of deforestation alerts in Brazil, where “impunity reigns”according to data made public on Tuesday, May 3 by the NGO…
In the Amazon, deforestation continues with pesticides dropped in the air: “everyone’s health is in danger”
Since 2018, pesticides have been dropped from the air to poison the Amazonian vegetation and thus deforest more easily. Discreet and illegal, this highly toxic method portends disastrous consequences for…
In the Latin American region of Gran Chaco, deforestation is not inevitable
In the region of Salta, Argentina, May 17, 2019. Deforestation of the Gran Chaco still continues and soybean plantations are increasing. JONATHAN FONTAINE / HANS LUCAS Scathing, the sun beats…
Young people about Christmas trees: Oh Christmas tree: Nice tradition or absurd deforestation?
During the Christmas season it is found in many Swiss living rooms: the fresh Christmas tree. What do young people think about it? Wonderful tradition or totally wasteful? Young people…
In Brazil, the deforestation of the Amazon, the result of Jair Bolsonaro’s policy
A deforested area near Sinop, in the state of Mato Grosso (Brazil), in August 2020. FLORIAN PLAUCHEUR / AFP The years go by and look the same, but for the…
Because of use for agriculture: Rainforest deforestation reaches record level
Friday 19th November 2021 Because of use for agriculture Rainforest deforestation hits record high Since Brazilian President Bolsonaro took office, significantly more trees have been destroyed in the Amazon region.…