Tag: deforestation
Under President Bolsonaro, Amazon Deforestation Up 90%
Clear cutting in the rainforest has gone up 88% in June compared to the ...
Brazil Does a U-turn on Environmental Policy and Sides with Big Farmers
Environmental issues have figured prominently in Brazil as of late, and the Brazilian Forest ...
Amazon Threatened by Presidential Election. Brazil Might Follow Trump Out of Paris Agreement
Almost every Brazilian (91 percent) wants to get closer to nature, while 27 percent ...
Worried About the Economy and Corruption Brazilians Have Been Neglecting the Amazon
It’s never easy to predict what will happen next in Brazil. A year ago, ...
Global Forest Watch Detecting Record Forest Loss in the Amazon
Brazil topped the list of the world’s most important Places to Watch for deforestation, ...
Don’t Expect Brazil’s Cerrado Forest to Be Saved by the Corporate World
To the south of the Amazon basin lies a huge savannah known as the ...
Mining Is Responsible for 10 Percent of Deforestation in the Amazon
Nearly ten percent of all the deforestation occurring in the Brazilian Amazon between 2005 ...
Cattle Ranchers in the Amazon Could Earn More Farming. But They Wouldn’t Be Happy
Picture the Brazilian Amazon. You probably don’t see a lot of cows in that ...
The Revocation of Brazil’s Pro-Deforestation Decree Has No Teeth
On August 23, 2017, Brazil’s president Michel Temer issued a decree revoking the RENCA ...
