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Amazon Wildfires: 4 Things We Still Need to Know

Posted on September 18, 2019September 30, 2019 by David Morton Rintoul in Conservation, Nature

While attention seems to be moving on from the Amazon wildfires, we pose 4 questions that haven't been answered.

Tagged Amazon, Bolsonaro, Brazil, Ibama, National Space Research Institute, Organized Crime, Oxford, Tipping Point, University of Sao Paolo, WildfiresLeave a comment
Environmental human rights defenders

Beyond the Amazon

Posted on August 30, 2019September 30, 2019 by David Morton Rintoul in Humanity

Environmental human rights defenders face persecution all over Latin America, not just in Brazil.

Tagged Agribusiness, Amazon, Brazil, Environmental Human Rights Defenders, Hydroelectric Dams, Indigenous Communities, Latin America, Logging, Resource Extraction, WildfiresLeave a comment
Environmental human rights defenders

Environmental Human Rights Defenders

Posted on August 30, 2019November 22, 2020 by davidmrintoul in Humanity, Rights

Environmental human rights defenders face persecution all over Latin America, not just in Brazil.

Tagged Agribusiness, Amazon, Brazil, Environmental Human Rights Defenders, Hydroelectric Dams, Indigenous Communities, Latin America, Logging, Resource Extraction, WildfiresLeave a comment
Wildfires in Brazil

Wild Claims about Wildfires in Brazil

Posted on August 28, 2019September 30, 2019 by David Morton Rintoul in Conservation, Nature

People are shedding more heat than light on the issue of Amazon wildfires. We fact check a few claims in the media.

Tagged Africa, Amazon, Angola, Bolsonaro, Brazil, Congo, Rain Forest, Sub-saharan, Wildfires, ZambiaLeave a comment
July Heat Wave Mark Twain

Mark Twain and the July Heat Wave

Posted on August 7, 2019September 30, 2019 by David Morton Rintoul in Climate, Nature

S​ome of us complain about the heat every summer, but this July gave everyone some good reasons to get vocal about the climate emergency. Find out more.

Tagged Climate, Environment, Forest Fires, Global Warming, Heat Wave, Mark Twain, Paris Agreement, Scientific American, United Nations, Wildfires1 Comment

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