Amazon “arc of deforestation” vulnerable to drought
Fire near the BR-319 highway in Amazonas, Brazil. Photo by Carlos Durigan, Director of WCS Brazil (Wildlife Conservation Association) A recently published scientific study, Amazon forest […]
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fOCUS Amazônia – When the Waters
Quando as águas/When the Waters Words & Images Raphael Alves Translation C. Cornell Evers Quando as águas/When the Waters is a photographic project that seeks […]
fOCUS Amazônia – Weather Reports
Seca no Rio Branco Drought on the Branco River Roraima More extreme weather in the Amazon Scientists have been predicting for years that climate change […]
fOCUS Amazônia – When the river of my childhood runs dry
Photography © Raphael Alves When the river of my childhood runs dry/Quando secar o rio da minha infância by Raphael Alves, January 20, 2024 The […]
Close encounters of the first kind
The early years – In 1990, I survived my first encounter with the Amazon jungle. Manaus, Amazonas, June 1990 The narrow, uneven streets of Manaus […]
All eyes on the Amazon: the future of protecting forests in Brazil
“We are protecting nature”, explained André Karipuna, a young charismatic leader of an Indigenous community in the Brazilian Amazon when he recently visited Amsterdam, after […]
Amazone fotograaf Raphael Alves – When the waters
In Manaus, metropool in het regenwoud en hoofdstad van de Braziliaanse deelstaat Amazonas, werd begin 2017 de reizende fototentoonstelling ‘Amazônia | Os Extremos’ – ‘Amazônia […]