No Consensus Yet for Rio+20 Doc: Daily
The final stage of negotiations over the UN’s Rio+20 Outcome Document has ended without achieving a universally-agreed set of goals...
June 17, 2012Topic
Amazon
Belo Monte Protests as Rio+20 Starts: Daily
Around 300 native Indians staged an audacious protest in Altamira, Pará, yesterday, against the building of the Belo Monte hydroelectric...
June 16, 2012
Ecologically Sustainable Tourism in Brazil
With Brazil hosting the Rio+20 in June, there is more focus on preserving the natural environment that makes up a...
June 12, 2012
Brazil Forestry Code Part-Vetoed
President Rousseff has vetoed part of the controversial Forestry Code legislation which regulates how much of Brazil’s Amazon region must...
May 29, 2012
Decision on Forestry Code Due: Daily
President Dilma Rousseff is expected to decide on Thursday if she is to veto - fully or in part -...
May 24, 2012
Opportunities for Brazil at Rio+20
The UN’s biggest ever event on sustainable development, Rio+20, is set to bring together global leaders in Brazil to agree...
May 15, 2012
Hidden Pousadas Brazil’s Special Collection
British entrepreneur Alison McGowan, owner of Hidden Pousadas Brazil, explains how she cornered a truly booming market of travelers' accommodation.
December 6, 2011
Amendments to Forestry Code Move Forward
The Federal Senate’s Environmental Commission concluded voting on the new Brazilian Forestry Code last Friday, sending environmentalist into protest.
November 29, 2011
Amazon Gets Support From +Unidos
The +Unidos Group has joined and expanded a program to preserve biodiversity in the Amazon run by USAID.
November 22, 2011