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, 2011Topic
Environment
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
Garbage Outgrowing Rio’s Landfill
By Oliver Bazely, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Close to the international airport, a few kilometers outside the...
October 26, 2010
Electoral Pollution Afflicts Cities
By Sibel Tinar, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – As President Lula signed the Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos (National...
August 3, 2010
Brazil’s Green Building Plan
By Christine Wipfli, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - With an annual population growth rate of 1.26 percent, the Brazilian...
March 2, 2010
Controversial Belo Monte Dam Approved for Amazon
By Mira Olson, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - The IBAMA (Brazilian Environmental Agency) issued a provisional license on February...
February 9, 2010
Climate Change Report Commissioned
By Philip Sever, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - The prefeitura announced last Monday that a group will be created...
April 7, 2009