AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoClimate Finance & Carbon Removal: Google struck its biggest carbon-removal deal yet, backing Terradot’s enhanced rock weathering project in southern Brazil that pairs methane cuts from rice farming with long-term CO2 removal across 200,000+ hectares. Environmental Justice & Safety: Global Witness reports Colombia and Brazil are the deadliest countries for land and environmental defenders, with Latin America accounting for 85% of killings in 2025. Biodiversity & Water: Scientists documented the longest movement ever recorded for an obligate freshwater stingray, after a tagged giant ray in Argentina’s Paraná River traveled 170 km—challenging assumptions that freshwater rays stay put. Food Systems & Rights: UN experts warned that penalizing peasant seed systems threatens the global food supply, saying criminalizing seed saving and sharing undermines drought- and flood-resilient farming. El Niño Impacts: Coverage highlights El Niño’s mounting strain on Central America’s water and food, with reports of dead animals and harvest losses. Mining & Land Conflict: New reporting flags gold mining expansion on Indigenous lands in Brazil’s Amazon, adding pressure to already tense resource frontlines.
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