The Amazon rainforest is home to the most diverse ecosystem on earth, as well as millions of indigenous peoples. It is under grave threat from being cleared and burned primarily for cattle pastures. Deforestation not only destroys biodiversity...
This map shows the extent of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.
Between 1996 and 2006 the area of cattle pastures in the Brazilian Amazon grew by approximately 10 million hectares – an area about the size of Iceland.
Original vegetation in the state of Mato Grosso. 185,587km² of the once lush rainforest in the state of Mato Grosso (an area twice the size of Hungary) has so far been destroyed, primarily because of cattle expansion.
This map shows how the main roads that were opened up in the 1970s link with extensive networks of unofficial roads (not shown on official charts), and how this has led to cattle ranching expanding into remote areas hundreds of kilometres from...
This map shows the extent to which cattle pasture is the main use of deforested land in Mato Grosso.
121 communities have been mapped in the region of Belterra and Santarém. Research collected for the map between May 2007 and June 2008 shows damage has spread along the highways carved through the forest, even though there's a moratorium on...
The Greenpeace Forests for Climate proposal for a hybrid market-linked fund would provide the financing needed to help protect the world's remaining tropical forests. The proposal aims to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation...
A costly and hazardous obstacle to climate protection. The French EPR Reactor is a new reactor design developed by the French company Areva in co-operation with the German firm Siemens. Serious doubts have been raised about the safety and cost...
The great illusion of nuclear energy Today, the world is confronted with dangerous climate change that threatens the lives of millions of people and the ecological integrity of the entire planet. To avoid the most dangerous effects of climate...
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