by Helen Mittmann | Oct 31, 2013 | Blog
According to a new study, the Amazon rainforest’s dry season is lasting three weeks longer than it did 30 years ago and it’s likely the climate change crisis is to blame. While rain falls year-round in this beautiful rainforest ecosystem, the Amazon depends on...
by amazonaid | Oct 30, 2013 | Blog
“The greatest scientists are always artists as well,” said Albert Einstein, a man whose passion for physics was matched only by his intense love of music. He emphasized throughout his life that scientific discovery was not a result of technical skill, but a product...
by amazonaid | Oct 29, 2013 | Blog
http://youtu.be/D8amzv_kwMs A new study published this week by the Carnegie Institution for Science revealed the true cost of the gold mining epidemic in the Madre de Dios region. Said lead author and friend of AAF Greg Asner, “Our results reveal far more rainforest...
by amazonaid | Oct 23, 2013 | Blog
The World Bank estimates that every two seconds, an area of forest the size of a football field is clear-cut by illicit loggers around the globe. Illicit logging is an epidemic, particularly in Peruvian regions of the Amazon where as much as 80% of the areas logging...
by Helen Mittmann | Oct 16, 2013 | Blog, Mercury
Last Thursday, the United Nations launched a groundbreaking treaty—the Minamata Convention—designed to limit mercury pollution internationally. The treaty was signed by delegates of 140 nations after four years of negotiations, and will regulate the use of mercury in...
