Tag: Forests
Here Starts the End of Brazil’s Amazon Forest. It’s Called BR-319 Highway
The BR-319 (Manaus-Porto Velho) Highway was built in the early 1970s by Brazil’s military ...
Brazil Determined to Hand Monitoring of Amazon Deforestation and Fire to the Military
In a recent announcement, Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourão defended the creation of a ...
Big Agribusiness Threatens Livelihood of 400.000 Coconut Breakers in Brazil’s Cerrado
Every September for half a century, Maria Antônia Trindade Mendes has started the babassu ...
Amazon Threatened by Presidential Election. Brazil Might Follow Trump Out of Paris Agreement
Almost every Brazilian (91 percent) wants to get closer to nature, while 27 percent ...
Don’t Expect Brazil’s Cerrado Forest to Be Saved by the Corporate World
To the south of the Amazon basin lies a huge savannah known as the ...
Roaming the Brazilian Amazon in Search of the Flying Monkey
The saki, or “flying monkey,” a mid-sized South American primate, gets its nickname from ...
One Quarter of Brazilian Territory Is Covered by Public Forests
Public forests in Brazil cover today 211 million hectares (521 million acres) or 25% ...
Now, 9.6% of Brazil’s Amazon Are Under Federal Protection
Yesterday, June 5, on World Environment Day, the Brazilian government created three new conservation ...
Brazil Trusts Private Sector Can Keep Forests Alive
"This public forests management bill is not a cure-all for our country’s problems of ...
