Tag: amazon
US Prize Winner Brazilian Environmentalist Favors Family Farming in the Amazon
TarcÀsio Feitosa, a social activist from the Terra do Meio ("Middle Ground") region of ...
McDonald’s Vows to Investigate Charges that It Is Destroying Brazil’s Amazon
In an official note, the McDonald’s global fast-food chain informs that it will "immediately" ...
Not Since the Dinosaurs Demise Species Had It So Bad, Say Experts in Brazil
Brazil announced plans to expand protection of the Amazon rain forest, as cabinet ministers ...
World May Lose Over 40% of Brazil’s Amazon by 2050
Unless Brazil enforces existing conservation laws and takes steps to prevent deforestation on private ...
Up the Amazon, Sipping Caipirinhas and Meeting Magic Dolphins
Even from Brazil, getting to the Amazon isn’t always easy. From our home in ...
Brazil’s Tourism Minister Wants to Ease Visa Requirements for Americans
The Amazon is considered one of humanity’s greatest natural treasures, but tourism in the ...
Robots Roam Where Humans Can’t Go in Brazil’s Amazon
In an area of approximately 370 square kilometers (143 square miles) of Amazon rain ...
Forest Products Brought US$ 3.8 Billion to Brazilian Economy
Brazil’s production of forest products totaled US$ 3.8 billion (R$ 8.5 billion) in 2004. ...
International Experts Study in Brazil the Amazon Drought
Brazilian specialists from the National Water Agency (ANA) and researchers from France, Bolivia, and ...
90% of Amazon Timber Is Illegal and Brazil Buys Most of It
Ninety percent of all the timber currently produced in the Amazon is of illegal ...