Source: Lecourrier.Vn

Date: 09/05/2020

Le smog dû aux incendies de forêt en Indonésie pourrait compliquer les efforts de ce pays dans sa lutte contre la pandémie de COVID-19, car son gouvernement n'a pas de plan d'urgence pour d'autres maladies respiratoires, ont averti les experts indonésiens de la santé le 8 mai.

Destruction in Brazil’s portion of the Amazon rose 30% in March, compared to the same month a year ago, according to the country’s space research agency, INPE.

In the first three months of the year, Amazon deforestation was up 51% from a year ago to 796 square kilometers (307 square miles), an area roughly the size of New York City.

As indigenous groups lock down in villages, trespassers are taking advantage of their absence to steal their land

By Richard Pearshouse, Amnesty International’s head of crisis and the environment, and Jurema Werneck, executive director of Amnesty International Brazil