Investments Against Deforestation Decline in Brazil
The Rousseff Administration spent less than a third of that invested during President Lula’s second term in combating deforestation in...
April 1, 2015Topic
deforestation
Deforestation Alerts Rise Over 90% in Brazil’s Amazônia
From August 2014 until January 2015 alerts regarding deforestation in Brazil’s Amazônia region have grown by 90.5 percent in comparison...
March 4, 2015
Soybean Moratorium Renewed in Brazil’s Amazon Region
With the pact, the soybean industry has actually increased production yields without deforesting the Amazon region.
November 26, 2014
Brazil Speaks on Economics of Climate Change
Despite investments in the environment, Brazil has been feeling the effects of climate change.
September 23, 2014
Deforestation in Amazon Increased: Daily
A recent report shows the deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest increased by 28 percent between August 2012 and July...
November 18, 2013
Land Dispute Deaths Up Ten Percent
The number of people murdered in Brazil over land and environmental disputes rose by more than ten percent in 2012,...
March 5, 2013
Brazil 2012: Reviewing the Year in Politics
From municipal elections to the mensalão, from dams to deforestation, for the slowing economy and the booming middle class, 2012...
December 25, 2012
Norway Pays to Slow Deforestation: Daily
Norway is to give Brazil’s Amazon Fund US$180 million in recognition of its success in bringing deforestation to record-low levels...
December 9, 2012
Brazil Loses 80% of Coral Reefs: Daily
Around eighty percent of Brazil’s coral reefs have been lost over the last half century due to pollution and illegal...
September 25, 2012