Climate Migration: Açai growers flee salty Amazon water
2 years, 2 months ago

Climate Migration: Açai growers flee salty Amazon water

Associated Press  

MACAPA, Brazil — Where the mother of all rivers meets the Atlantic Ocean in coastal Brazil, it’s not a single channel, instead it braids around 230 kilometers of islands including the Bailique Archipelago. Children walk on a walkway in the middle of the Vila Progresso community, on the island of Brique, in the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. Alcindo Farias Junior, who works in the production of acai, shows fruits reached by the salty waters, in an area close to his house, in the community of Vila de Sao Pedro in the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. Raimundo Brazao dos Santos transports acai palm hearts collected for sale in an island in the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Passenger boats stopped at dawn in front of Vila Progresso community, on the island of Brique, in the Bailique Archipelago, district of Macapa, state of Amapa, northern Brazil, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022.

Climate Change Climate Amazon State Sept Northern Fernandes Santos Salty Archipelago Sea Erosion Amapa Progresso Vila De Sao Pedro Farias Junior Marajo Water Macapa Açai Growers Flee Northern Brazil Elinho Bailique Brique Vila Progresso Water Macapa Brazil Macapa Brazil Sabrina Fernandes  açai  amazon  water  macapa  brazil  state  northern  archipelago  amapa  climate  sept  ap  growers  flee  migration  salty  photoeraldo  bailique

History of this topic

Severe droughts threaten the sustainable catch of the Amazon’s giant fish
2 months ago

Severe droughts threaten the sustainable catch of the Amazon’s giant fish

Associated Press  

AGUA CLARA, Brazil — Two years of record-breaking drought have dealt a heavy blow to what is arguably the Amazon’s most successful sustainable economy: the managed fishery for the giant pirarucu. It helped the Amazon’s largest fish escape risk of extinction and is now an important source of income for locals in 10 sustainable conservation units and eight Indigenous territories, …

‘Many different Amazonias, Amazonians’: The cultures of Brazil’s Amazon
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Many different Amazonias, Amazonians’: The cultures of Brazil’s Amazon

Al Jazeera  

Renowned for its stunning biodiversity, the Amazon rainforest region is also home to a vast array of people and cultures. “People usually think that the environment doesn’t contain and include people, but it does,” said soil scientist Judson Ferreira Valentim, who lives in Brazil’s Acre state. “There are many different Amazonias and many different Amazonians.” From small villages of thatched …

In the Amazon, communities next to the world’s most voluminous river are queuing for water
1 year, 2 months ago

In the Amazon, communities next to the world’s most voluminous river are queuing for water

Associated Press  

CAREIRO DA VARZEA, Brazil — As the Amazon drought rages on, public authorities in Brazil are scrambling to deliver food and water to thousands of isolated communities throughout a vast and roadless territory, where boats are the only means of transportation. Packages with food for riverside communities due to the ongoing drought sit on a dock, in Careiro da Varzea, …

In Brazil’s Amazon, rivers fall to record low levels during drought
1 year, 2 months ago

In Brazil’s Amazon, rivers fall to record low levels during drought

Associated Press  

BRASILIA, Brazil — The Negro River, the Amazon’s second largest tributary, on Monday reached its lowest level since official measurements began near Manaus 121 years ago. A little boy walks across a dry, cracked area of the Negro River near his houseboat during a drought in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. Boats and houseboats are stuck in …

Amazon's Indigenous people urge Brazil to declare climate emergency as rivers dry up
1 year, 2 months ago

Amazon's Indigenous people urge Brazil to declare climate emergency as rivers dry up

The Hindu  

Indigenous inhabitants in the Amazon are asking the Brazilian government to declare a climate emergency as their villages have no drinking water, food or medicine due to a severe drought that is drying up rivers vital for travel in the rainforest, their leaders said on Tuesday. The drought and heatwave has killed masses of fish in the rivers that Indigenous …

Photos: Amazon rainforest faces a severe drought affecting thousands
1 year, 3 months ago

Photos: Amazon rainforest faces a severe drought affecting thousands

Al Jazeera  

The Amazon rainforest in Brazil is in the grips of a severe drought that may affect around 500,000 people by the end of the year, limiting their access to food, drinking water and other supplies. Their rotting corpses have contaminated the water supply in some areas, officials told the news agency Reuters, with more than 110,000 people facing repercussions. And …

In the Amazon, Brazilian ecologists try new approach against deforestation and poverty
1 year, 7 months ago

In the Amazon, Brazilian ecologists try new approach against deforestation and poverty

Associated Press  

CARAUARI, Brazil — In a remote corner of the Amazon, Brazilian ecologists are trying to succeed where a lack of governance has proved disastrous. Fernanda de Araujo Moraes, center, president of the local riverine association, holds a child at her home in Lago Serrado community, near Carauari, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A family prepares food at a home in …

Discover Related