Jan 19 City of Manaus in Brazil's Amazon begins COVID-19 immunization By Marcelo Silva de Sousa, Associated Press The Amazonian city of Manaus in Brazil began administering vaccines against the coronavirus, providing a ray of hope for the rainforest’s biggest city whose health system is collapsing. Continue reading
Jan 15 Amazon rainforest city scrambles to provide oxygen to COVID-19 patients By Mauricio Savarese, David Biller, Associated Press Some hope for Manaus, an isolated city of 2 million people, landed in a Brazilian air force plane on Friday with 6,000 liters of oxygen that are being distributed to hospitals. Continue reading
Sep 22 WATCH: Bolsonaro claims Brazil is victim of environmental smear campaign By David Biller, Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro defended his administration’s record protecting the Amazon rainforest, telling the United Nations’ virtual meeting of global leaders on Tuesday that his country has been wrongly portrayed as an environmental villain. Continue reading
Aug 18 Amazon continues to burn in 2020 despite promises to save it By Mauricio Savarese, David Biller, Associated Press This year’s burning season could determine whether Bolsonaro, an avid supporter of bringing more farming and ranching to the Amazon, is willing and able to halt the fires. Continue reading
May 20 Watch 6:54 As Brazil's COVID-19 cases surge, Lula slams Bolsonaro for pandemic response By Amna Nawaz Brazil’s coronavirus crisis is one of the world’s most dire. The country’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, has long minimized the pandemic and the seriousness of COVID-19. Now, a popular former president is re-emerging on the Brazilian political scene -- and levying… Continue watching
Nov 18 Amazon deforestation is worst since 2008, Brazil says By Diane Jeantet, Associated Press The area of deforestation is about the size of the U.S. states of Delaware and Rhode Island combined. Continue reading
Sep 22 Watch 5:56 Peru looks for reforms after mining decimates the Amazon By Leo Schwartz In February, Peruvian authorities were sent in to the Amazon Rainforest to disrupt environmental devastation brought on by illegal gold mining. Satellite imagery now shows a 90 percent decline in new deforestation as the government and environmentalists try to initiate… Continue watching
Sep 21 Watch 8:31 Gold mining leaves heart of Peruvian Amazon a wasteland By Leo Schwartz A decade of illegal gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon has left thousands of acres of rainforest a wasteland. Unpermitted miners cleared vast sections of trees near Peru's border with Brazil and infused the land with mercury, causing an environmental… Continue watching
Sep 05 Watch 9:24 In Brazil, fires and deforestation threaten Amazon species' survival By Amna Nawaz, Mike Fritz In the Amazon rainforest, record-breaking forest fires and ongoing deforestation threaten the survival of thousands of plant and animal species that call the ecosystem home. Scientists seeking to save them are carefully evaluating which areas of the vibrant Amazon biome… Continue watching
Sep 04 Watch 9:54 How Amazon deforestation could push the climate to a 'tipping point' By Amna Nawaz, Mike Fritz The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest and a critical line of defense against climate change. But it’s been steadily deforested since the 1970s, with nearly 20 percent of its land area wiped out. This year, pervasive forest fires destroyed… Continue watching