Flávio Bolsonaro Backs Fracking and Agency Review
Flávio Bolsonaro's plan would merge Ibama, Funai and ICMBio tasks and allow shale-gas fracking. Runoff vs Lula is 25 October;...
October 9, 2026Topic
amazon deforestation
Brazil freezes assets in major move against Amazon deforestation
The Brazilian government has seized assets amounting to 95.6 million reals (approximately 19 million dollars) from businesses and individuals implicated...
August 18, 2023
Amazon presidents gather in Brazil to halt rainforest destruction
Brazil's President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, spearheads a summit with Amazonian nations in Belém, Brazil, with an agenda to...
August 7, 2023
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon down 7%: enforcement action leads to historic reduction
The Brazilian Amazon lost 7,952 square kilometers of vegetation between August 2022 and July 2023, a decline of 7% compared...
August 3, 2023
U.S. Treasury Secretary highlights Amazon protection for Brazil’s entry into OECD
The U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen signaled the importance of initiatives to protect the Amazon when she spoke with...
February 3, 2022
Brazilian meat industry defends itself from environmental criticism after the recall of products in Europe
Large Brazilian meat processing companies defended themselves on Thursday, December 16th, against accusations of contributing to..
December 17, 2021
COP26: Brazil’s Bolsonaro will not attend conference because “everyone would throw stones at him”
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will not attend the UN climate summit (COP 26) because "everyone would throw stones at him"
October 29, 2021
Brazil has lost 15% of its water surface area in 30 years
Brazil is drying up. Satellite image analyses of the Brazilian territory between 1985 and 2020 show that in only 35...
August 23, 2021
Brazil’s VP says country won’t meet deforestation reduction target
Brazil will not be able to achieve the goal of reducing deforestation in the Amazon by 10% in the reference...
August 2, 2021