Tag: Amazon

To Achieve Bolivar’s Dream Brazil Must First Tame the Amazon

Simon Bolivar was not the first to dream of a united Latin America, and ...

Looking for Love, Enlightenment and Justice in the Land of Brazil – Chapter II

Hotel Arara loomed in the recesses amongst the towering foliage at the Rio Negro’s ...

Deforestation Down in Amazon, Says Brazil. Photos Tell Another Story

Carlos Minc, the Environment minister of Brazil, claims increased policing have brought a sharp ...

A Market Value on the Rainforest Is the Best Hope for Brazil’s Amazon

Brazil is home to one-third of the world’s rainforest and half of the Amazon. ...

Cutting Brazil’s Amazon Leads to Boom and Bust Economy

A study of 286 Amazon municipalities found that deforestation brought quick benefits that were ...

In the Light of the Kerosene in the Brazilian Amazon

Pará, Brazilian Amazon, 1936 – The trouble began with the pounding of the drums. ...

UN Urges Brazil and Neighbors to Join Efforts to Save the Amazon

The just-released United Nations Environment program (UNEP) shows two sides of the human effect ...

Brazil Earmarks Half a Billion Dollars to Defend the Amazon

According to reports by Brazilian daily O Estado de S. Paulo, Brazil plans to ...

Brazil Has a Plan to Cut Deforestation by 70% in a Decade

The Brazilian government has just announced a plan to cut destruction of its Amazon ...

Amazon Fair in Brazil Draws Buyers from US, Canada and Japan

US$ 10 million in contracts were generated last week in Brazil during the business ...