Tag: environment

Brazil Creates Fund to Collect Fines for Eco Damages

Brazil’s National Environmental Compensation Fund was launched Thursday, March 16, by the Brazilian Minister ...

Brazil Hosts Over 100 Environment Ministers for Global Eco Conference

Beginning Monday, March 13, two meetings sponsored by the United Nations in Curitiba will ...

Brazil Tells in Peru What It’s Doing to Reduce Amazon Deforestation

Brazil’s Minister of Environment, Marina Silva, who is participating in an ecological conference (called ...

Brazil to Host International Environment Conference

Brazil’s Ministry of Environment (MMA) took advantage of the recent presence in Venezuela of ...

Brazil’s Environment Institute Grants Record Number of Licenses

The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) issued a record-breaking number ...

Genetically Modified Crops Heat Up Brazil’s Environment Meeting

The transposition of the São Francisco River and transgenic foods are the issues generating ...

Brazil to Use Deforested Areas for Sustainable Development Programs

Brazil’s Minister of Environment, Marina Silva, affirmed, yesterday, June 29, that a sustainable development ...

Diesel Oil Spill Threatens Brazil’s Swamps

More than 60 thousand liters of diesel oil leaked from the tank cars of ...

Brazil Exceeds Government’s Goal for Reforestation

Until the end of 2005, Brazil will have exceeded the goal of 500 thousand ...

Brazil Creates Water Fee to Pay for Sanitation

Brazil’s National Water Resource Council (CNRH), an organ linked to the Ministry of Environment, ...