Amazon forest

Four Indigenous children who had been missing for more than a month in the Colombian Amazon rainforest after a small plane crash have been found alive, said President Gustavo Petro. "Today we have had a magical day," Petro said to the media. "They are weak. Let's let the doctors make their assessment," he added. The president earlier posted a photo on Twitter and confirmed the survived adults and kids.

Amazon rainforests have lost scores of green cover as deforestation increased by 17% in 2020. A University of Maryland report pointed that around 2.3 million acres of land, equivalent to El Salvador, has lost the forest cover. Losing over 1.5 million hectares of primary forest, Brazil accounted for the highest deforestation while Bolivia and Peru followed next. The study cited slash-and-burn agriculture, wildfires and cattle ranching as major… read-more

Brazilian President Bolsonaro slammed US Presidential candidate, Joe Biden, on September 30, over his offer to help Brazil with $20 billion to save the Amazon forests. Calling it a ‘bribe' and a shameful act, Bolsonaro tweeted that Brazil no longer accepts bribes, and its “sovereignty in non-negotiable.” Reportedly, Biden had mentioned about the $20 billion fund when speaking about climate change in the first Presidential debate at Ohio, on… read-more