'In Danger' Status Sought Over Brazil’s Failure to Address Fires, Livestock Expansion PARIS— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned today for “in danger” status for the Pantanal World Heritage ...

Poconã, Brazil — The Pantanal wetlands in western Brazil are famed as a paradise of biodiversity, but these days they have enormous clouds of smoke billowing over them, as raging wildfires reduce vast ...

PARIS, France, August 21, 2022 (ENS) – As this year’s fire season intensifies, wildfires in Brazil are jeopardizing the world’s largest tropical wetland, the Pantanal, and its rare and imperiled ...

Almost half of the fire outbreaks recorded by Inpe this year in the biome were detected in the first 20 days of August. São Paulo, 21 August -- As the hot, dry days progress, the Brazilian Pantanal ...

In 2020, the Pantanal, the largest tropical freshwater wetland in the world and a biodiversity hotspot, was swept by high-intensity fires that destroyed native vegetation in an area totaling 44,998 ...

Brazil’s oil drive in run up to Cop30 slammed by indigenous activist - INTERVIEW: Young indigenous activist Taily Terena, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A small aircraft has crashed in Brazil, killing four people including the distinguished Chinese architect and urbanist Yu Kongjian, Brazil’s vice president said on Wednesday. The ...

PARIS— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned today for “in danger” status for the Pantanal World Heritage site in Brazil, which has been ravaged by severe, human-caused fires in recent years.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A small aircraft has crashed in Brazil, killing four people including the distinguished Chinese architect and urbanist Yu Kongjian, Brazil’s vice president said on Wednesday. The ...