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Nov 4, 2024 | 
theworlds50best.com | Sarah BRown |Sarah Brown |William Thomas Drew |Emma Sleight |Rachael Hogg
In celebration of Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2024 in Rio de Janeiro this November – the city’s second consecutive year hosting – here’s a round-up of its finest venues, offering a taste of what this buzzing destination has to offer
With tourist numbers in Rio de Janeiro hitting a decade-record high in 2024, Brazil’s second-largest city is proving it’s a top South American destination.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
eco-business.com | Sarah BRown |Sarah Brown
The United Nations framework for reducing emissions by protecting forests in less-industrialised countries, known as REDD+, isn’t doing enough to prioritise Indigenous peoples in the Amazon. That’s the finding from a new study, which proposes a dozen principles for giving local and traditional communities, the long-standing stewards of those very forests, more decision-making power within REDD+.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
eco-business.com | Sarah BRown |Sarah Brown
In November next year, the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP30, will take place in Belém, in the Brazilian Amazonian state of Pará. State Governor Hedler Barbalho has vowed a sustainable transformation of the city to deliver an “extraordinary experience” for attendees, with a strong focus on the forest.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
ippmedia.com | Sarah BRown |Sarah Brown
AMONG the spindly saline roots of the mangrove trees that line western Mexico’s coast, the jaguar is the ecosystem’s apex predator. Yet despite being at the top of the food chain, its existence is threatened by the abundance of another, much smaller species: the whiteleg shrimp.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
goodgoodgood.co | Sarah BRown |Sarah Brown
— Muñoa’s Pampas cat, a small wild feline, is endemic to the Pampas grasslands that sprawl over southern Brazil, Uruguay and northeastern Argentina. — With fewer than 100 individuals left in the wild, experts call Muñoa’s pampas cat one of the most endangered felines in the world and warn it go extinct within 10 years as its natural habitat is cleared for cropland.
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May 31, 2024 | 
viator.com | Sarah BRown |Sarah Brown
1. Start with the iconsThis world-famous monument is a natural start to any trip to Rio.Photo credit: nevin xavier / ShutterstockIt’s hard to think of Rio without picturing the Christ the Redeemer monument. Visit this new wonder of the world by taking a van or train up Corcovado mountain or by hiking through the Tijuca Forest to the entrance instead. Whichever route you take, book a tour or tickets in advance to avoid lines. You can fit in the Selarón Steps and the Maracanã stadium on the same day.
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May 25, 2024 | 
goodgoodgood.co | Sarah BRown |Sarah Brown
— Recent giant anteater sightings in Rio Grande do Sul state indicate the species has returned to southern Brazil, where it had been considered extinct for more than a century. — Experts concluded that the giant anteater ventured across the border from the Iberá Park in northeastern Argentina where a rewilding project has released around 110 individuals back into the habitat.
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May 8, 2024 | 
goodgoodgood.co | Sarah BRown
— Instead of simply harvesting forest-grown crops, traditional communities in the Amazon Rainforest can use the biofactories to process, package and sell bean-to-bar chocolate and similar products at premium prices. — Having a livelihood coming directly from the forest encourages communities to stay there and protect it rather than engaging in harmful economic activities in the Amazon.
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May 7, 2024 | 
democraticunderground.com | Sarah BRown |Sarah Brown
Indigenous leader's killer is convicted in Brazil, but tensions over land remain by Sarah Brown on 7 May 2024 Bar owner João Carlos da Silva was on April 15 sentenced to 18 years in prison for the murder of Indigenous land defender and teacher Ari Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau four years earlier. Aris murder became symbolic of the struggle land defenders in Brazil face when protecting their ancestral territories, including constant threats and sometimes deadly violence.
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Nov 3, 2023 | 
zmescience.com | Sarah BRown |Sarah Brown |Mihai Andrei
After a scorching heat wave fueled a month of wildfires blazing across a wild jaguar haven, the rains of Oct. 24 brought welcome relief to Brazil’s northern Pantanal wetlands. Now, environmentalists are assessing the damage and bracing for further fire risks amid a forecast for more hot weather in one of the biome’s most important protected areas. The fires began Sept. 23 inside a cattle ranch after lightning struck a densely forested area. The fire started small and was expected to burn itself out.
