Tag: deforestation

Forest on fire in Brazil

Brazil to Privatize Amazon’s Deforestation Monitoring. Deforesters Applaud

In the midst of the intense political turmoil unfolding in Brasília, a government move ...

Indian protests in Brasília against government - Mídia Ninja

A Few Reasons Why Michel Temer Should Step Down as President of Brazil

If you ask Google to translate the Portuguese word “temer”, the result is “to ...

Chief Geraldo Apurina, wife and children in front of their house - Chris Arsenault/Thomson Reuters Foundation

Indians Are the Best Answer to Save the Amazon. But There Is Less Room for Them in the New Brazil

Inside Brazil’s Indigenous Reserve 124, Chief Geraldo Apurina walks along a muddy footpath, past ...

A beetle from Brazil's Atlantic Forest

Sense of Impunity Leads to 60% Increase in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Deforestation

On May 29 the NGO SOS Mata Atlântica and the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas ...

Caboco on a fishing trip - Photo by Maximo Anderson

In a Brazil Where Worst Is Always Coming to Worst, These Men Stand Their Ground

Brazil has made headlines recently for almost entirely negative reasons — whether it is ...

Cutting down the Amazon - SEMA

Bad Times Being Used as Excuse to Dramatically Increase Cutting Down the Amazon

From sweeping cuts of funds to protect forests, to the loosening of conservation of ...

Cattle raised in the Brazilian Amazon

In Brazil, Land Speculators Know Well They Are Above the Law

On the Amazon frontier, where many people operate outside the law, you often hear ...

Ana Luiza Junqueira Vilela Viacava jailed for land grabbing in the Amazon - Federal Police/Publicity

Vilela: A Brazilian Family Synonymous with Terror in the Amazon

Every month, a group of wealthy women representing some of Brazil’s most exclusive and ...

Amazon being burned - GaiaNet

Norway Threatens to Cut Aid If Brazil Can’t Stop Amazon’s Deforestation

Oil-rich Norway, which in many parts of the world emerged as the champion of ...