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Brazil Forestry Code Part-Vetoed
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has vetoed part of the controversial Código Florestral (Forestry Code)...
Decision on Forestry Code Due: Daily
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – President Dilma Rousseff is expected to decide today, Thursday, if she is to veto...
Key Meetings at Rio+20 for Brazil
By Nathan M. Walters, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Politicians in Brazil and Rio will be busy with meetings in June during the...
Rio Prepares for the UN Rio+20 Conference
By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Twenty years after the inaugural 1992 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development...
Chevron Racks Up More Fines in Brazil
By Laura Madden, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The American oil company Chevron was fined another R$10 million on December 23rd by the...
Brazil Reacts to Chevron Oil Leak
By Brennan Stark, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – American oil giant Chevron was banned from offshore drilling in Brazilian waters on November 23rd....
Oil Leak 230 Miles Off the Coast of Rio: Daily
By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian branch of the U.S. oil company, Chevron, is working to...
Amazon Deforestation Increases Alarming
By Samuel Elliott Novacich, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Last week the Brazilian Minister of the Environment, Izabella Teixeira, reported that in the...
The Soy Situation
Editorial
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – About 13 million hectares (32 million acres) of tropical forests are disappearing each year, or an area the size...
Amazonas’ World Sustainability Forum
By Sibel Tinar, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The World Forum on Sustainability will be back in Brazil for its second year,...
Amazon Deforestation Slows
By Mira Olson, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – The Brazilian government announced on August 9th that levels of deforestation of the Amazon rain...
Brazil Plans for Deep-Water Drilling Disaster Contingency
By Mira Olson, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian Environmental Minister Izabella Teixeira announced on Monday, July 26th, that the National Contingency Plan...
Brazil Reacts to Gulf Oil Disaster
By Jewellord T. Nem Singh, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - Drilling rig Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in April 20th, taking...