Environmentalists Applaud No Bids for Oil Fields Near Coral Reefs
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Despite the apparent success of last week’s auction, organized by Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural...
October 13, 2019Topic
environmentalists
Brazil’s Senate Refuses to Vote on Forest Code Bill Which Expires Monday
A scuffle between Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies and Senate may actually benefit the country’s environment norms. The bill, which would...
May 30, 2019
UN, NGO Launch Environmentalist Protection Initiative in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The United Nations Environment along with its partner, Global...
September 4, 2018
Brazil Revokes Order to Allow Mining in Amazon Reserve
The repealed decree would have allowed for the mining exploration of a 47,000 square kilometer reserve with deposits of copper,...
September 26, 2017
Brazilian Judge Suspends Exploration of Reserve in Amazon Region
The decree which would open up indigenous reserve for the exploration of minerals by private companies was met with a...
August 31, 2017
The Death of the Forest is the End of Our Lives
Dorothy Stang, the 73-year-old American killed in the Amazon Basin in 2005, is remembered by a famous picture where she...
June 4, 2013 Kindness Generates Kindness: Pedaling in Rio
Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The bicycle is the most efficient form of locomotion ever invented....
May 7, 2013
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, 2012
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