Infovia 04 submarine cable program approved: On November 26th, the Brazilian Ministry of Communications approved the second phase of the Infovia 04 submarine cable program in the Amazon rainforest region, which will connect Vilademoura and Boavista, as part of the larger “Connect North” program, and which aims to Provide high-speed Internet to approximately 460,000 people…

The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) will launch an initiative in 2024 to restore degraded or destroyed woodlands in the Amazon rainforest covering 60,000 square kilometers by 2030, Reuters reported on December 1, 2023. The initiative, which will provide up to 1 billion reais ($205 million) in funding in 2024, will also seek to capture 1.65…

The Brazilian Federal Government launched Operation Amapá Oasis on August 1 in the city of Macapá, capital of the state of Amapá, with the aim of protecting the Amazon rainforest from the threat of fire during the Brazilian dry season. More than 700 firefighters are expected to be mobilized in seven municipalities in the state…

In August 2024, the World Bank issued a US$225 million Amazon Reforestation Bond to support forest restoration and conservation projects in the Amazon region, promoting ecological balance and sustainable development in the region.

In November 2024, a 28-year-old South Korean man was arrested by police at Peru’s Lima airport after trying to smuggle out of the country hundreds of animals strapped to his body, including 320 Taranto venomous spiders, 110 centipedes, and nine bullet ants, all from the Amazon rainforest, with the Taranto venomous spider on the Peruvian…

Covering an area of about 5.5 million square kilometers and spanning a number of countries, including Brazil, Peru and Colombia, the Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world and is known as the “lungs of the Earth”. However, in recent years, due to human activities such as illegal logging, mining, and agricultural…

 2024 On November 7, the“Rainforest and You”International Symposium on Tropical Rainforest National Parks with the theme of“Protecting Tropical Rainforests, Harmonizing with Nature”opened in Bisha Lizi Autonomous County, China. Experts and scholars related to national parks from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore and other countries, as well as representatives of a number of…

 Brazilian government officials said on November 6, 2024, that deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest region fell 30.6% in the most recent statistical year (August 1, 2023-July 30, 2024), with the lowest scale of deforestation recorded in nine years. During this period, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon was 6,288 square kilometers. In the Cerrado savanna region,…

In October 2024, river levels in the Amazon Basin dropped to record lows. This widespread drying was closely linked to the El Niño phenomenon that lasted from the second half of 2023 to the first half of 2024, which led to an intensification of the drought in the Amazon basin, especially during the dry season,…

Since July 2023, the state of Amazonas has suffered from a persistent drought. By October 2023, the depth of part of the Negro River in the Amazon rainforest near the city of Manaus had shrunk to 12.7 meters, the lowest level in 120 years of measured records. Continued dry weather has resulted in a high…