The Amazon: is this the Third World War?
What is happening in the Amazon is a war -- against the rainforest, its original inhabitants, and also against the rest of the world. Perhaps this is the Third World War, the war to end all wars?
An Amazon view of Brussels
Letter from Elisa. Rios de Encontro. 4 June 2019
Dear Friends,
When I was leaving Marabá, I realised I was entering on a new phase of...
We are the Amazon
After the
Catholic Church started the preparation for its Amazon Synod, Christian Aid’s Latin
America and the Caribbean division worked with faith-based organisations across
the region. Together...
Brazilian Amazon: 3 massacres in 12 days
The Amazon has seen 3 probable massacres in 12 days — likely a record for the region — as violence has exploded...
The Synod on the Amazon
A synod is a meeting of representatives of Church
communities to discuss issues of doctrine or Church governance. So far, for most people, so boring. ...
The Amazon comes to Cologne
Letter No 2 from Elisa Dias, Cabelo Seco, Marabá, 13 June 2019
Dear Friends,
My experience in Belgium was really extraordinary. We learned so much in...
The Amazon: Learning for a different future
A webinar about ways of teaching nad learning about the future of the Amazon, held in the Cabelo Seco community, Marabá, Pará, Brazil
Bolsonaro’s Brazil 2019: death by 1,000 cuts
While the media focused in 2019 on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s incendiary remarks, or on the Amazon fires, he has quietly instituted...
Defending the rivers of the Amazon
Amazon Watch and International Rivers have teamed up to create a state-of-the-art 10-minute Google Earth 3-D tour and video narrated by actress...
Former ministers blast Bolsonaro’s environmental assaults
A new manifesto by eight of Brazil’s past environment ministers has accused the rightist Bolsonaro administration of “a series of unprecedented actions...