Environment
Fired from His Work with Indians, Vanished Amazon Expert Bruno Pereira Had Gone Back to the Field
Sent to a desk job after President Jair Bolsonaro’s election, indigenous protector Bruno Pereira ...
How Brazil Is Privatizing Public Forests and Opening the Door for More Deforestation
Imagine that several state legislators decide that Yellowstone National Park is too big. Also ...
Brazil Loses 16% of Its Water. Blame it on the Amazon Deforestation
Recurring drought, regular power outages and a devastated farming industry – these are the ...
Through Green Land Grabbing, Farmers in the Amazon Steal from Indians and Trick the Law
As global demand for food commodities has swelled, so has the practice of “land ...
Brazil Vows to Stop Deforestation. But Can You Trust President Bolsonaro?
On the second day of COP26 – the UN climate negotiations in Glasgow – ...
Builders of Railroad in Brazil Call It Progress. The Price Is Too High Say Locals
It happened eight years ago: Elicarlos Ferreira da Silva and his family were returning ...
Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Will See More Changes in Five Decades than in the Last 21,000 Years
Brazil’s Atlantic Forest is one of the most biologically diverse places on Earth. Roughly ...
Hunted for Centuries and Almost Extinct the Right Whale Is Making a Comeback in Brazil
Whale season started this month on the Brazilian coast and is expected to last ...
Getting Rid of President Bolsonaro Won’t Solve the Deforestation Problem in the Amazon
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon made global headlines in 2019, thanks to massive wildfires ...
The Solution to Brazil’s Deforestation: Fixing the Country’s Economy
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro participated in a virtual climate summit convened by the U.S. ...