Live cattle export related to deforestation of Brazilian Amazon – MFA study
The export of live cattle, of which Brazil is one of the world leaders with 400,000 head shipped per year,...
June 14, 2021Topic
deforestation
Brazil’s May deforestation alerts reach highest level since 2016
The Brazilian Amazon lost 1,180 square kilometers of forest in May, the largest devastated area for that period since 2016,...
June 4, 2021
U.S. and Mexico to join efforts to tackle deforestation and migration issues
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador held a virtual meeting on Friday, May 7th,...
May 7, 2021 Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon breaks record in April
The Brazilian Amazon lost 580.55 kilometers of forest in April, a new record for the month and the largest devastated...
May 7, 2021
US wants Brazil to act alone in fighting deforestation before committing to collaborate
Joe Biden's administration believes there will be global participation to prevent deforestation in Brazil but expects the country to present...
April 21, 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
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
Fully Brazilian-made Amazonia-1 satellite to orbit on February 28th
Brazil is about to launch the first Earth observation satellite entirely designed, integrated, tested and operated by the country. The...
February 22, 2021
Federal government to focus deforestation efforts on 11 critical municipalities – Brazil’s VP Mourão
Vice-President Hamilton Mourão said on Wednesday, February 10th, that 70% of environmental crimes in the Amazon occur in 11 municipalities...
February 11, 2021