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COP30: What Belém and the Sociobio Restaurant Taught Me About Climate Action
Do you remember the iGiveTrees team? If not, please visit the page to see who’s written this guest post: Leonardo Andrade. He’s a dear friend who helped to conduct bilingual team meetings and meet in person with planting partners in Brazil,…
Read MoreOutrage & Optimism at COP30 Amazonia
“[H]umanity was guided for most of its existence by the ideal of being. It is very recent that we have begun to be guided by the ideal of having. Mercantilism shifted the ideal of being to the ideal of having….
Read MoreDrawdown at COP30 Amazonia
This year’s major United Nations climate talks, COP30, fell short of many expectations. Despite being held in Belém, Brazil, known as the “gateway to the Amazon,” issues such as stopping deforestation and transforming global food systems received relatively little attention….
Read More2015 International Day of Trees News Snips
The flying river is a movement of large quantities of water vapor transported in the atmosphere from the Amazon Basin to other parts of South America. The forest trees release water vapor into the atmosphere through transpiration and this moisture…
Read MoreThe squeeze: Brazil cuts off credit to illegal loggers – AlertNet
With fines for illegal deforestation rarely paid, Brazil is using a novel approach to save the Amazon: block those who clear land illegally from accessing credit. And, refreshingly, the system seems to be working. By Daniel Cooney for http://blog.cifor.org/
Read MoreWorld to Brazil’s President Dilma: Save the Amazon
Originally Posted on Avaaz.org: 15 August 2011 The Amazon is in serious danger: Brazil is on the verge of gutting its forest protection laws — unless we act now, vast tracts of our planet’s lungs could be opened up to clear-cutting devastation. This threat…
Read MoreScience has been nearly silent in Brazil’s Forest Code debate
A recent push to revise Brazil’s forest code has emerged as one of the more contentious political issues in the country, pitting agribuisness against environmentalists trying to preserve the Amazon rainforest. Historically, the forest code has required private landowners to maintain a substantial proportion of natural forest cover on their properties, though the law has often been ignored…
Read MoreRainforest ECO – A Story of Homecoming
This story was recently posted on DC Cordova’s blog, for her new Entrepreneur Stimulus series…
Read MoreNetworking for the Amazon in Sao Paulo
It’s been an amazing week of making connections for the Amazon rainforest. Yesterday I had a meeting with a Brazilian furniture designer, Fabiola Bergamo, who has been making trips into remote reserves to work alongside of native craftsmen to build…
Read MoreInvitation to Hileia Reserve
Dear Alana, It was a pleasure to speak with you this afternoon and to hear about your plans to establish a business with an admirable vision. I am also very pleased to hear that you are considering a visit to…
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