Deforestation trends in Brazil, decline in the Amazon, increase in the Cerrado
Deforestation has shown contrasting trends in the Amazon and Cerrado regions in Brazil during the first half of 2023. While...
July 9, 2023Topic
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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon sets new monthly record in June – INPE
Deforestation alerts in the Legal Amazon in June reached 1,061 km², the fourth record-breaking high month since the beginning of...
July 9, 2021
Bolsonaro tries to clear his environmental villain image in the USA
The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, will participate this Thursday in the climate change summit convened by his US counterpart,...
April 21, 2021
Amazon deforestation rose 17% in ‘dire’ 2020, data shows
Deforestation in the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest, rose by 17% last year, with wildfires, beef production and logging causing...
April 7, 2021
Bunge bought soy from biggest destroyers of Brazilian savanna in 2020
Global commodities trader Bunge bought soybeans from farms responsible for deforesting an area twice as large as Manhattan in Brazil’s...
March 30, 2021
Brazil working with Biden on climate, Amazon deforestation, says Foreign Minister
The Brazilian government and the Biden administration are working together on climate change, an area that appeared to be the...
March 5, 2021
U.S. Senator wants to trace agricultural products associated with illegal deforestation
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Two days ago, Brian Schatz, democratic U.S. senator for Hawaii, revealed plans to introduce legislation...
March 4, 2021
Interview: Brazil Will Suffer Economically Unless it Cooperates in Environmental Area
One of the main allies of French president Emmanuel Macron on the environmental area, European deputy Pascal Canfin, 46, says...
February 1, 2021
Amazon Biome Hurtles Toward Death Spiral as Deforestation Jumps in 2020
An area the size of Israel was deforested in the Amazon biome last year as destruction surged 21% in the...
January 28, 2021