Tag: deforestation
Brazil Has a Plan to Cut Deforestation by 70% in a Decade
The Brazilian government has just announced a plan to cut destruction of its Amazon ...
Brazilian Farmers Get Paid for Reforesting
Brazilian farmers from six cities in the interior of the state of Minas Gerais, ...
Brazil’s Plans for the Amazon Are Not as Green as Lula Paints Them
Criticism of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s handling of deforestation in the ...
Brazil Wants the World to Chip In to a US$ 23 Billion Amazon Protection Fund
The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has called on developed countries ...
Brazilian Senate Starts Enquiry on Foreign Ownership of Amazon
The Brazilian Agriculture and Agrarian Reform Senate Commission seems more dedicated than ever to ...
Brazil Needs Help of the Rich to Stop Amazon’s Destruction
The international conservation organization World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is warning that a ...
Brazil’s Voracity for Soy Is Breeding Unemployment and Prostitution
"We saw 50 tons of fish die in the Madeira in 2005. And we ...
Brazil Court Shuts Down US Soy Giant Cargill for Destroying Amazon
Brazil's Environmental Agency IBAMA has shut down a huge soy processing and shipping facility ...
Multinationals Boycott Soy from Brazil’s Deforested Amazon
In a significant development for rainforest protection, Greenpeace and major UK food companies have ...
Brazil’s Petrobras Has Big Plans to Take on the World
Brazilian oil giant Petrobras expands investments and seeks joint venture in the US. Nestor ...