Tag: Amazon

Brazil’s Asymmetrical Challenges & the World’s Covetous Eyes on the Amazon

There are three types of people, a saying goes: those who make things happen, ...

End of Drought in Brazilian Amazon Doesn’t Bring Back the Green

There were widespread reductions in the greenness of Amazon forests in Brazil caused by ...

After Three Decades of Delays and Protests Amazon Hydro Project Ready to Start

In Brazil, building will begin now on what should be the world’s third-largest hydroelectric ...

Brazilian Amazon Little Entrepreneurs Get Their Own Microloans

Brazil is giving the green light to Accion International, a pioneer and leader in ...

If World Wishes to Save Brazil’s Amazon It Has to Trust the Forest’s People

After over a decade of ignored complaints, failed negotiations with the government, and countless ...

Brazil’s Gift to the World in 2009: Lowest Amazon Deforestation in 20 Years

According to Brazil's first National Inventory of Greenhouse Gases, up to 75% of Brazil's ...

Amazon Countries Gather in Brazil But Can’t Reach Concrete Proposal

Gathered in Brazil, nine nations in the Amazon region have called on rich countries ...

Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest Policy Is a One-Way Road to Disaster

Depletion of the Amazon Rainforest is not a new concern facing environmentalists, biologists, ecologists, ...

Brazil Cuts Half New York in Amazon Trees in a Month, And It’s a Record Low

Brazil's Environment minister, Carlos Minc, is celebrating the pace of Brazilian deforestation. The last ...

With Old Woman’s Death Brazil Amazon Tribe Reduced to Five People

Decimated in the 1980s and living isolated in the northern Brazilian state of Rondônia ...