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Changes this to global crisis page
| Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva' s announced the first environmental measure of his government. The Brazilian leader has highlighted the urgent need for protection of two the world's most treasured icons: big leaf mahogany and the Amazon rainforest. By choosing mahogany as "a demonstrative case", Lula's government hopes to create the new basis of the logging activities in the Amazon and to mark his position in favour of a new development model, based on environmental sustainability and social responsibility. more... |
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Manaus, Brazil - The official demarcation process by the Brazilian government to protect the "homeland" of the Deni Indian in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon began today. Demarcation of the land will be identified by signs and a visible border that will encompass over 1500 square kilometres of the Amazon, and render the Deni lands legally defensible. The process, which has just begun, is expected to take 80 days. more... |
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Historic victory for mahogany and ancient forests
An historic victory was achieved when CITES delegates voted in favour of a proposal that would lead to controlled, sustainable trade in big leaf mahogany. Similar proposals had been submitted for the last 10 years and this year a proposal from Nicaragua and Guatemala was finally accepted. The protection of mahogany will have massive implications for the protection of the Amazon and forests in Latin America. Similar action is now required on threatened tree species in other parts of the world. more... |
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