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An aerial view shows trees as the sun rises at the Amazon rainforest in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil October 26, 2022. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The European Union on Friday threw its weight behind a plan to protect the Amazon rainforest, pledging to coordinate financial contributions from EU members and making sure the money was spent as intended under its Global Gateway investment scheme. On top of that, the EU will add an undisclosed amount to protect the forest from logging from the EU's Global Gateway scheme of investment in Latin America, where Amazon rainforest protection is one of the flagship projects. More than half of global destruction of old-growth tropical rainforests has taken place in the Amazon and bordering forests since 2002. Rainforests, in particular the Amazon, absorb vast amounts of carbon dioxide and are key in shaping the Earth's climate, making them vital to prevent climate change.

Persons: Bruno Kelly, Belén Carreño, Jan Strupczewski, Mark Potter Organizations: REUTERS, SANTIAGO DE, European Union, Friday, EU, Global, Team Europe, European Investment Bank, Inter, American Development Bank, Santiago de, Thomson Locations: Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil, SANTIAGO, SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain, Italy, Sweden, France, Germany, Netherlands, Latin America, America, Santiago de Compostela, Santiago

☆ Amazon forest carbon emissions skyrocketed under Bolsonaro, study shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] An aerial view shows trees as the sun rises at the Amazon rainforest in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil October 26, 2022. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 23 (Reuters) - Brazilian space research center INPE said on Wednesday that carbon emissions in the Amazon forest soared in 2019 and 2020 compared to the previous decade due to poor enforcement of environmental protection policies. The forest's carbon emissions amounted to 0.44 billion metric tons in 2019 and 0.52 billion metric tons in 2020, compared to an annual average of 0.24 billion metric tons from 2010-2018, according to the INPE study published in Nature magazine. The study attributed the rise in a large part to an increase in deforestation, researcher and leader of the study Luciana Gatti said. The study relied on carbon dioxide samples collected by hundreds of research flights over the region between 2010 and 2020.

Persons: Bruno Kelly, INPE, Luciana Gatti, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Jair Bolsonaro, Fernando Cardoso, Carolina Pulice, Chris Reese Organizations: REUTERS, Nature, Thomson Locations: Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil

An aerial view shows trees as the sun rises at the Amazon rainforest in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil October 26, 2022. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBRASILIA, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Brazil's government is looking to create a regulated carbon market with emissions caps for major companies and protections for indigenous communities involved in carbon-offset activities, a senior official said. After passing Congress, the regulations would require two years of emissions monitoring before the cap takes effect. For example, some developers have approached indigenous communities with unfair contracts offering meager payments, he said. The proposed legislation would establish criteria for such deals, guaranteeing broad consensus and equitable terms for indigenous communities involved.

Persons: Bruno Kelly, Rafael Dubeux, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's, Lula, Dubeux, Marcela Ayres, Bernardo Caram, Brad Haynes, Devika Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Finance, Climate, Thomson Locations: Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil, Rights BRASILIA

[1/2] A general view shows the water conditions of the Piraiba river before a summit of Amazon rainforest nations, in Belem, Para state, Brazil August 5, 2023. Leaders are expected to announce the final agreement, known as the Belem Declaration, late on Tuesday afternoon. Presidents from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru and Venezuela will attend, while Ecuador and Suriname will send other representatives. ACTO Executive Director Carlos Lazary said the final agreement may include Brazil's plans for a regional center in Manaus where Amazon countries can coordinate police operations. Norway and Germany, which have funded Amazon preservation, and France, which controls the Amazon territory of French Guiana, will also participate.

Persons: Ueslei Marcelino, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Jair Bolsonaro, Carlos Lazary, Jake Spring, Brad Haynes, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: REUTERS, Ueslei, Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, CNN Brasil, European Union, Thomson Locations: Belem , Para, Brazil, Ueslei Marcelino BELEM, Brazilian, Belem, Belem Declaration, Bolivia, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Suriname, policymaking, Manaus, Congo, DRC, Indonesia, Norway, Germany, France, French Guiana

☆ Brazil courts private sector help to reforest the Amazon, minister says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Lisandra Paraguassu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] An aerial view shows trees as the sun rises at the Amazon rainforest in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil October 26, 2022. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File PhotoBRASILIA, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Brazil's government wants the private sector to help reforest large swathes of the Amazon, the country's Environment Minister Marina Silva said in an interview, using concessions to replant some 12 million hectares (120,000 square km) of forest by 2030. The plan's outlines were sketched out in a briefing last week by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has vowed to end Amazon deforestation by 2030. Concessions could also be granted to generate other products, like oilseeds, fibers and resins, along with potential carbon credit schemes. The vast Amazon rainforest is a key buffer against climate change.

Persons: Bruno Kelly, Marina Silva, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Silva, Andre Lima, Jair Bolsonaro, Lisandra, Gabriel Stargardter, Brad Haynes, Richard Chang Organizations: REUTERS, country's, Reuters, Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, Thomson Locations: Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil, BRASILIA, Brasilia, Colombia, Peru, Belem

Minister of Indigenous Peoples Sonia Guajajara said more Indigenous people felt comfortable identifying themselves as such. Tebet told reporters the new population numbers will allow for improved budget funding for policies to help Indigenous communities, in education but mainly in health services and basic sanitation to make up for government neglect. Half of Brazil's Indigenous communities live in the Amazon region, some 867,900, with the highest urban concentration in the city of Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state. But the main reason for the exponential growth in numbers, besides higher fertility rates among Indigenous communities, is the rise in visibility of Brazil's Indigenous movement, he said. "When you have strong Indigenous leaders bringing positive connotations to being Indigenous, this encourages people to begin identifying themselves," Barros said by telephone.

Persons: Vanderlecia Ortega dos Santos, Vanda, Ueslei Marcelino BRASILIA, Sonia Guajajara, Guajajara, Simone Tebet, Tebet, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's, Jair Bolsonaro, Lula, Leonardo Barros, Barros, Anthony Boadle, Aurora Ellis, Jamie Freed Organizations: Brazilian Institute of Geography, Teatro, REUTERS, Ueslei, IBGE, Government, Indigenous, Federal University of Viçosa, Thomson Locations: Belem , Para, Brazil, Belem, Portugal, Venezuela, Manaus, Amazonas, Minas Gerais

☆ Uber to offer Tembici's bike-sharing service in Latin America
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SAO PAULO, April 5 (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) on Wednesday announced a deal with Brazilian bike-sharing company Tembici to make electric and common bicycles available on its app in Latin America amid a push for greener initiatives. "This partnership underscores the important role that car-free options are increasingly playing in Uber's strategy to achieve zero carbon emissions," said Annie Duvnjak, Uber's global micromobility general manager. The company expects to end 2023 with 30,000 bicycles on Latin American streets, a third of them electric. Uber said Tembici and Itau bike docking stations would "soon" appear in its app, but did not provide a specific date. ($1 = 5.0961 reais)Reporting by Gabriel Araujo Editing by Marguerita ChoyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Brigham Young University offensive lineman dies in construction accident
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

HONOLULU — Brigham Young University offensive lineman Sione Veikoso was killed in a construction accident in his hometown in Hawaii, family members said. Veikoso, 22, died Friday after a retaining wall he was helping repair during holiday break from school collapsed, his family confirmed. He was reliable and caring,” Veikoso’s cousin Joshua Kava said in a written statement to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Rescuers called them off because of the wall’s instability and manually removed rocks to free two of the men in about 15 minutes. After high school, Veikoso spent two years as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Manaus, Brazil, before enrolling in college.

The pledge was praised widely at last year's COP26 climate summit, particularly as Brazil, Indonesia and Congo all signed on. To fulfill the pledge, the world would need to ensure 10% less area is deforested on average each year from 2021 to 2030. Most countries under the pledge have yet to detail plans for passing stronger forest protections or implementing them. BRAZILThe biggest rainforest country also leads the world in deforestation, as the Amazon falls rapidly to illegal logging, agriculture and land speculation. Deforestation driven by land-clearing for palm oil plantations continued to slow in the first seven months of the year - even as palm oil prices soared.

☆ Brazil votes in heated Bolsonaro vs. Lula presidential runoff
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Anthony Boadle | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Bolsonaro has vowed to consolidate a sharp conservative turn in Brazilian politics after a presidency marred by the pandemic. Lula promises more social and environmental responsibility, recalling the rising prosperity of his 2003-2010 presidency, before corruption scandals tarred his Workers Party. Several polls showed the race between them tightening in the final week, with Bolsonaro eroding a slight lead for Lula. Bolsonaro outperformed opinion polls in the first round of voting on Oct. 2 among a field of 11 candidates. POST-ELECTION CONCERNSBrazil's electoral authorities are preparing for a narrow result, which Bolsonaro may contest if he loses.

Although Lula's 2003-2010 presidency effectively reduced destruction of the rainforest, he embraced traditional industrial development with little regard for emissions. In the United States, the progressive Green New Deal languished in Congress, while President Joe Biden adapted some of the ideas for his climate agenda. Marcio Astrini, the head of environmental lobby group Climate Observatory, said Lula's proposals were a promising blueprint, but added: "Whether it will happen in practice is another matter." By contrast, Bolsonaro's campaign has said little about his environmental proposals for a second term. [1/3] Macaws sit on a tree at the Amazon rainforest in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil October 26, 2022.

[1/4] An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon rainforest in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File PhotoSAO PAULO, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Brazil's presidential election on Sunday may determine the fate of the Amazon jungle, the world's largest rainforest, after deforestation soared in the past four years under President Jair Bolsonaro. Destruction in the Amazon rainforest last year hit the highest level since 2006, according to the government's space research agency INPE. Lula took office in 2003 with levels of Amazon deforestation near all-time highs. By 2010, his last year in office, deforestation had fallen by 72% to near record lows.

☆ Global wildlife populations have sunk 69% since 1970 - WWF report
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Gloria Dickie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report, which used 2018 data from ZSL on the status of 32,000 wildlife populations covering more than 5,000 species, found that population sizes had declined by 69% on average. One population of pink river dolphins in the Brazilian Amazon plummeted by 65% between 1994 and 2016, the report said. Its findings were broadly similar to those in WWF's last assessment in 2020, with wildlife population sizes continuing to decline at a rate of about 2.5% per year, Terry said. "Nature was in dire straits and it is still in dire straits," said Mark Wright, director of science at WWF-UK. Still, the wide-ranging declines have prompted desperate pleas for increased support for nature.

Indigenous Sonia Guajajara, head of the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) organisation and candidate for federal deputy, takes part in an interview in Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Amanda PerobelliSAO PAULO, Sept 22 (Reuters) - A record number of indigenous leaders, most of them women, are running for federal office in Brazil's election next month, in a backlash against the policies of President Jair Bolsonaro. "This election is crucial," said Sonia Guajajara, head of Brazil's main indigenous umbrella organization, the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB), who is running for Congress. "Today, it is the women who are taking up the fight and leading the struggle of indigenous people in Brazil." Four decades passed before the election of another indigenous representative in Congress – a woman, Joenia Wapichana, from the state of Roraima.

☆ Inundaţii severe în Brazilia, după ce afluenţi ai Amazonului au atins niveluri record
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-02 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Râurile din jurul metropolei braziliene Manaus, capitala statului federal Amazonas, au atins niveluri record şi au provocat inundaţii severe în urma unor ploi torenţiale, informează DPA.Rio Negro, care se varsă în Amazon, lângă Manaus, a înregistrat cel mai ridicat nivel al său din 1902, ajungând la cota de 29,98 metri, a relatat marţi site-ul de ştiri G1.Râul ajunsese la cota de 29,97 metri în urma unor inundaţii majore în 2012, potrivit agerpres.ro Nivelul desemnat drept "inundaţii grave" este cel aferent cotei de 29 de metri, iar specialiştii se aşteaptă ca nivelul apelor să depăşească de această dată cota de 30 de metri.Peste 24.000 de familii şi 15 districte din Manaus au fost afectate de intemperii, mulţi dintre locuitori fiind nevoiţi să îşi părăsească locuinţele, conform G1.Poduri din lemn - cunoscute sub numele de "marombas" - cu o lungime de peste 9.000 de metri au fost construite în zonele cele mai afectate.Părţi din zona portului şi centrul istoric al Manausului se află sub apă. De asemenea, apa a intrat în magazine şi a inundat piaţa principală a oraşului.Apele ieşite din matcă au provocat inundaţii în aproape tot statul Amazonas.Intemperiile au provocat pagube în circa 60 dintre cele 62 de municipalităţi ale statului şi au afectat peste 450.000 de persoane. Amazonul a atins, de asemenea, niveluri maxime în oraşe cum ar fi Itacoatiara.

Locations: Manaus, federal Amazonas, Amazon, Amazonas.Intemperiile

☆ Autoritățile din Brazilia avertizează femeile să amâne să rămână însărcinate din cauza agresivității COVID-19
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-17 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

„Dacă este posibil, întârziați sarcina până la un moment mai bun”, a transmis vineri Raphael Parente, oficial din Ministerul Sănătății. El a spus că face această recomandare atât din cauza situației critice din spitale, cât și din cauza variantei braziliene a virusului Covid-19. Brazilia a apelat la ajutor internațional pentru furnizarea de urgență a materialelor sanitare necesare. Între timp, președintele Jair Bolsonaro s-a opus restricțiilor și a organizat evenimente cu mulțimi mari de oameni în care de cele mai multe ori nu s-a purtat mască sanitară. În această săptămână, vaccinările au fost oprite în mai multe orașe din Brazilia, din cauza acestor întârzieri.

Persons: Raphael Parente, Jair Bolsonaro, Sao Paulo Organizations: Ministerul Sănătății Locations: Brazilia, Manaus, SUA, Sao

☆ Tulpinile de COVID-19 existente și riscurile pe care le prezintă
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-17 | by ( Maria Svet | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +5 min

Este vorba despre tulpinile: britanică, sud-africană și braziliană. Se caracterizează printr-o creștere semnificativă atransmisibilității, fapt care a provocat creșterea incidenței, a spitalizărilor și a presiunii asupra sistemul medical din Marea Britanie, începând cu a doua jumătate a lunii decembrie 2020. Irlanda, unde la fel, a fost identificată tulpina britanică, a înregistrat o creștere semnificativă a numărului de cazuri și a spitalizărilor, fapt care a crescut presiunea asupra sistemului de sănătate. În 19 ianuarie 2021, tulpina sud-africană a fost identificată în 10 țări din UE (Uniunea Europeană)/ SEE (Spațiul Economic European). Totodată, există și câte 2 cazuri confirmate de tulpina sud-africană și braziliană.

Organizations: Britanie, Uniunea Europeană, Sănătății Locations: Marii Britanii, Britanie, pandemiei, Irlanda, Africa de Sud, UE, Brazilia, Amazonas, Japonia, Coreea de Sud, Manaus, României, România

Tulpina britanicăÎn Regatul Unit a apărut o nouă variantă a SARS-CoV-2 (cunoscută sub numele de 20I / 501Y.V1, VOC 202012/01 sau B.1.1.7) cu un număr mare de mutații. Tulpina sud-africanăÎn Africa de Sud, o altă variantă a SARS-CoV-2 (cunoscută sub numele de 20H / 501Y.V2 sau B.1.351) a apărut independent de cea britanică. „Cea din Marea Britanie este mai transmisibilă, dar cea din Africa de Sud are transmisibilitate similară cu tulpinile clasice, iar simptomele sunt la fel. Totuși, potrivit secretarului în sănătate din Marea Britanie Matt Hancock, tulpina din Africa de Sud pare să se răspândească mai repede decât cea din Marea Britanie. Conform Ministerului Sănătății din Japonia, mutația a fost descoperită la un călător care a ajuns la Aeroportul Narita, lângă Tokyo, din Filipine.

Persons: ., Răzvan Cherecheș, României, Sun, Britanie Matt Hancock, P, Nuno Faria, Tatiana Bucearschi Organizations: British Medical Journal, Universitatea Babeș - Bolyai, Ministerul Sănătății, Hot News, Imperial College, Sănătății, Aeroportul, Republic World, Ministerului Sănătății Locations: Republica Moldova, Regatul Unit, Africa de Sud, Cluj - Napoca, Britanie, România, Brazilia, Tokyo, Japonia, SUA, Manaus, Londra, New Scientist, Aeroportul Narita, Filipine, Germania, Chișinăului, Chișinău, Berlin, Moldova

De asemenea, s-a constatat că această tulpină este cu aproximativ 40% – 70% mai contagioasă în comparație cu alte variante dominante de coronavirus de până la apariția acesteia. Tulpina sud-africanăÎn Africa de Sud, o altă variantă a SARS-CoV-2 (cunoscută sub numele de 20H / 501Y.V2 sau B.1.351) a apărut independent de cea britanică. „Cea din Marea Britanie este mai transmisibilă, dar cea din Africa de Sud are transmisibilitate similară cu tulpinile clasice, iar simptomele sunt la fel. Totuși, potrivit secretarului în sănătate din Marea Britanie Matt Hancock, tulpina din Africa de Sud pare să se răspândească mai repede decât cea din Marea Britanie. Conform Ministerului Sănătății din Japonia, mutația a fost descoperită la un călător care a ajuns la Aeroportul Narita, lângă Tokyo, din Filipine.

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