Tag: deforestation
In a Brazil Where Worst Is Always Coming to Worst, These Men Stand Their Ground
Brazil has made headlines recently for almost entirely negative reasons — whether it is ...
Bad Times Being Used as Excuse to Dramatically Increase Cutting Down the Amazon
From sweeping cuts of funds to protect forests, to the loosening of conservation of ...
In Brazil, Land Speculators Know Well They Are Above the Law
On the Amazon frontier, where many people operate outside the law, you often hear ...
Vilela: A Brazilian Family Synonymous with Terror in the Amazon
Every month, a group of wealthy women representing some of Brazil’s most exclusive and ...
Norway Threatens to Cut Aid If Brazil Can’t Stop Amazon’s Deforestation
Oil-rich Norway, which in many parts of the world emerged as the champion of ...
Cattle Industry Is Big Driver of Amazon Deforestation, But Is Doing Little to Change This
In almost every aisle of the grocery store, you can find products from the ...
Rio Carnaval Parade Celebrating the Amazon Indians Leaves Big Farm Livid
Rio’s Carnaval festivities were threatened this year by a spat pitting a well-known parade ...
Brazil Is Losing Conservation Reserves. Mining Interests Seem to Be Behind the Move
New legislation in Brazil has been proposed to reduce or eliminate several Amazon conservation ...
Roads, Railways, Waterways, Dams: an Elaborate Plan to Kill the Amazon
The Amazon’s rivers once were sufficient for commerce, now international commodities traders want to ...
China’s Appetite for Soy Is Turning Brazil’s Amazon into a Shantytown
Over the last 40 years, the north of the state of Mato Grosso has ...
