Tag: Amazon
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 ...
Amazon Fair in Brazil Draws Buyers from US, Canada and Japan
US$ 10 million in contracts were generated last week in Brazil during the business ...
Brazilian Amazon Travel Agency Signs Agreement to Fight Child Sex Tourism
If you Google "child sex tourism," you'll read about those who travel abroad to ...
Brazil’s Amazon Handicraft Industry Eyes the US and the Foreign Market
Brazilian entrepreneur Murillo Foresti, a representative of Coexcafe, a company from Canada that imports ...
Brazil’s Ancient Amazon Civilization More Developed than Thought
Scientists have discovered with the help of satellite imagery the remains of ancient once ...
Calling US Hypocrite Is Not the Best Way for Brazil to Save the Amazon
On July 21, 2008, a researcher from the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) met ...
Brazil’s Supreme Has Last Word on War of Amazon Indians vs Landowners
On August 27th, the Brazilian Supreme Court will decide a case that could have ...
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 ...
Green Groups Take Brazil to Court for Approving Amazon Dam
The Environment minister from Brazil, Carlos Minc, announced he had granted a license for ...
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 ...