Tag: Amazon

Brazil’s Fair Wants to Promote the Brand Amazon

The Manaus Free Zone Superintendence (Suframa) will hold, from the 30th of August to ...

WWF Expedition Discovers New Fish, Frog and Tree Species in the Amazon

The Juruena-ApuÀ­ Expedition, organized by the Washington-based  World Wildlife Fund (WWF), reports that it ...

Brazil’s Super Gisele Against the Amazon Wreckers

A campaign to protect the Amazon’s Xingu River from deforestation and pollution has a ...

A Brazilian Study Shows that Half of the Amazon Could Be Gone in 5 Decades

In 50 years the Amazon region ("Amazônia") may be reduced to half its present ...

Brazil Worried International NGO’s Want to Take Over the Amazon

The 10th National Conference of State Legislatures, which began in Brazil Wednesday, May 17, and ...

Brazilian Minister Envisions Doubling Amazon Production Without Deforestation

Brazil’s Minister of Environment, Marina Silva, affirmed Monday, April 17, that it is possible ...

Undercover Investigation Shows How McDonald’s Is Destroying Brazil’s Amazon

Greenpeace exposed this Thursday, April 6, the role played by American-based fast-food chain McDonald’s ...

Brazilian Amazon NGOs Demand Conservation Units

The Amazon Work Group (GTA) – a network consisting of more than 600 non-governmental ...

Brazil Opens Amazon for Logging and Greenpeace Applauds

Brazil has approved a law granting licenses for wood logging in publicly owned sections ...

Brazil Doubles Amazon Research Funds to US$ 57 Million

The Brazilian government plans to invest approximately US$ 57 million this year on scientific ...