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COP30: Twelve environmental facts about Brazil in 2025

A Greener Life

Aerial view of the Amazon Rainforest, near Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. The 2015 Mariana dam collapse spilled 43.7 Photo by Neil Palmer (CIAT). This coincides with our recently unveiled COP30 hub , which we invite you to visit. In 2000, the Petrobras oil spill in Guanabara Bay released 1.3

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Governors Lead the Fight on Forests and Climate

Legal Planet

climate conference descends on the small Brazilian rainforest city of Belm in November 2025, it will be tempting to focus on the drama and disunity among major nations. That included the exhilarating success in 2015 , when nearly 200 nations committed to keep global warming in check by signing the Paris Agreement. When the annual U.N.

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Why is EPA at War with Its Own Employees?

Legal Planet

Brazil and COP30 A Reuters investigation by Brad Haynes, Jackie Botts, Ricardo Brito, and Jake Spring finds that many voluntary carbon credit projects meant to conserve forests in Brazil are also profiting people and businesses fined by Brazilian authorities for destroying the rainforest.

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The Problem is Not Brazil. The Problem is COP

Legal Planet

The new four-lane highway at issue would cut down Amazon rainforest “for COP30,” seeming to capture the hypocrisy of Brazil hosting the megaevent. Beto Verissimo, Head of Belem-based rainforest conservation organization Imazon, is the liaison for forests. Jonathan Pershing, a longtime U.S.

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A Streak-headed Woodcreeper Feeds its Offspring Near the Arenal Observatory Lodge, Costa Rica

Reflections of the Natural World

Consequently its IUCN Red List conservation status is evaluated as Least Concern (BirdLife International 2015). ABOUT THE AREA The Arenal Volcano National Park in Costa Rica is part of the Arenal Conservation Area, which includes premontane humid forest, premontane rainforest, and lower montane rainforest.

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HotSpots H2O: In Madagascar, Droughts Caused by Climate Change Contribute to Famine

Circle of Blue

Though its northern and central regions are lush with tropical weather and rainforests, the south is historically dry, comprising vast desert stretches. The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement established a $100 billion yearly budget to aid developing nations combat climate change. In some pockets in the south, this number is one in three.

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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

Legal Planet

The Amazon rainforest on the Urubu River. Climate litigation is gaining momentum in Brazil as a tool to protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal deforestation. The movement follows a worldwide upsurge in climate change-related cases, which have more than doubled since 2015. Photo by Andre Deak via Flickr.