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, 2012Topic
deforestation
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
Amazon Deforestation in Brazil Up 127 Percent
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest increased by over 127 percent between 2000 and 2010, despite some progress in recent months.
October 11, 2011
Amazon Deforestation by Cattle Ranchers: Daily
Cattle ranchers are responsible for 62 percent of land deforested in the region, compared with just five percent attributed to...
September 3, 2011
Amazon MST Leader Killed in Pará, Brazil
A leading figure in Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST), was assassinated last Thursday evening in the Northern state of Pará.
August 30, 2011
Amazon Deforestation Increases Alarming
In the nine month period from August of 2010 to April of 2011, deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest had...
May 24, 2011
The Soy Situation
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – About 13 million hectares (32 million acres) of tropical forests are disappearing each year,...
May 24, 2011
Amazon Deforestation Slows
By Mira Olson, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – The Brazilian government announced on August 9th that levels of...
August 17, 2010