Amazon deforestation soars
Latest figures show that forest felling in the Brazilian Amazon has increased by almost a third. Jan Rocha reports.
BRAZIL – EXPULSION OF KAYAPO INDIANS
Kayapó indians, protesting about the construction of the Belo Monte dam on the Xingu river, have been evicted by the military. The eviction has been caught in powerful pictures.
Amazon: Worrying times
Scientists working on a giant research project in the Amazon basin are reaching disturbing conclusions, including the prediction that by the end of this century the Amazon basin could be receivng 40 percent less rainfall and temperatures could have inc