Tag: Amazon

We Saw Brazil’s Future and It’s Not Green But Grey

9,000 square miles of Amazonian rainforest were destroyed in 2004, an urgent call to ...

Brazilian Police Investigate Internet Site Selling Amazon Land

The Brazilian Federal Police is trying to find out who is behind a website ...

Brazil Creates 20-Million-Acre Amazon Reserve

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva considered “cruel and cowardly” the assassination of ...

The Long Court Battle Between Chevron and the Amazon Indians

A new scientific analysis submitted to Ecuadorian courts by technicians from ChevronTexaco-in a historic ...

‘Sons of the Jungle’ Vow Fight for Freedom in Brazil

The social movements that participated in the 4th Pan-Amazonian Social Forum (PASF), which took ...

Brazil Uneasy About US Soldiers on Its Borders

“Another Amazon is possible” will be the slogan in Manaus from today (18 January) ...

Brazilian Women Denounce Eco and Work Violations in the Amazon

In an open letter approved by around 300 female rural workers at the most ...

Soybean Accelerates Brazil’s Deforestation

The Socio-Environmental Institute (ISA) and the Brazilian NGO Forum published a study demonstrating a ...

For Brazil, Amazon is for All to Use and to Help

Brazil’s Minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, emphasized the importance of cooperation between all ...

Brazil: Amazon Countries Join OAS in Defense of Environment

The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (OTCA) and the Andean Development Organization (CAF) intend to ...