Protect the Amazon rainforest

As the largest remaining rainforest on Earth, the Amazon rainforest is one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world; almost half of all known species live in the Amazon. Sadly, it's also experiencing one of the highest rates of deforestation on the planet. While our Amazon campaign has had some remarkable successes over the past few years, there is still much more to do to protect the Amazon.

Campaign updates

Brazilian government to investigate land reform scandal

Our exposé earlier this week about how a Brazilian government agency is handing out areas of the Amazon rainforest to logging companies under the guise of a...
Posted by jamie - 23 August, 2007 - 16:13

Amazon forest carved up in resettlement scam

It was almost too good to be true. When the Brazilian government announced last week that deforestation rates in the Amazon had dropped for the third year...
Posted by jamie - 21 August, 2007 - 10:18

Good news for the Amazon, and the climate

Just as we were heading out for a Friday evening pint we got word from our office in Manaus that we had something to celebrate. The Brazilian government...
Posted by tracy - 13 August, 2007 - 11:09

Amazon soya moratorium celebrates first anniversary

Memories of the giant chickens that invaded branches of McDonald's last year might be fading fast, but it's one year since a moratorium was agreed on...
Posted by jamie - 24 July, 2007 - 16:13

Controversial soya port closed in the Amazon

In the heart of the Amazon rainforest a huge soya processing factory and port owned by the giant US company Cargill has just been closed down by the Brazilian...
Posted by jamie - 26 March, 2007 - 08:00

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