Tag: deforestation
Zero Deforestation Is the Only Answer in this Side of the Amazon
Perched at the easternmost edge of the Amazon rainforest is Maranhão, one of Brazil’s ...
Under Pressure to Curb Deforestation, Brazil Sends Mixed Message to the World
Last week saw a busy, but contradictory, stream of actions likely to impact Amazonian ...
Eating Less Beef Seems to Be the Only Way to End Amazonian Deforestation
Beef production has become a major driver of tropical deforestation, responsible for as much ...
Burger King Vows to Stop Amazon Deforestation by 2030. That’s Too Late, Say Critics
The owner of Burger King has pledged to eliminate deforestation from its supply chains ...
After US$ 1.1 in Aid, Norway Says Brazil Needs to Clean Its Act or It Won’t Get a Cent for Amazon
Brazilian President Michel Temer was greeted with protests when he arrived in Norway for ...
Brazil Keeps Fining Pedro Cordeiro, a Crook and Land-grabber. But Does He Even Exist?
In April 2017, Brazilian environmental agents fined Pedro Cordeiro US$ 9.2 million for converting ...
Brazil to Privatize Amazon’s Deforestation Monitoring. Deforesters Applaud
In the midst of the intense political turmoil unfolding in Brasília, a government move ...
A Few Reasons Why Michel Temer Should Step Down as President of Brazil
If you ask Google to translate the Portuguese word “temer”, the result is “to ...
Indians Are the Best Answer to Save the Amazon. But There Is Less Room for Them in the New Brazil
Inside Brazil’s Indigenous Reserve 124, Chief Geraldo Apurina walks along a muddy footpath, past ...
Sense of Impunity Leads to 60% Increase in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Deforestation
On May 29 the NGO SOS Mata Atlântica and the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas ...