Tag: deforestation

Rio Carnaval Parade Celebrating the Amazon Indians Leaves Big Farm Livid

Rio’s Carnaval festivities were threatened this year by a spat pitting a well-known parade ...

Brazil Is Losing Conservation Reserves. Mining Interests Seem to Be Behind the Move

New legislation in Brazil has been proposed to reduce or eliminate several Amazon conservation ...

Roads, Railways, Waterways, Dams: an Elaborate Plan to Kill the Amazon

The Amazon’s rivers once were sufficient for commerce, now international commodities traders want to ...

Defying Loggers, Brazil’s Amazon People Create Exemplary Green Communities

Established 18 years ago in a location that stretches over the municipalities of Santarém ...

Brazil’s Plan: Deforestation Zero by 2030

Home to the vast Amazon, Brazil has reduced its deforestation rate by more than ...

World Decides to Halt All Deforestation by 2030. Brazil Refuses to Join In

More than 30 countries set the first-ever deadline on Tuesday to end deforestation by ...

Brazil’s Amazon Deforestation Is Protected and Encouraged by the Constitution

In the last few weeks, a series of major events has signaled the urgent ...

Stop Treating Brazil as a Colony in Need of Civilization Lessons!

Legend has it that, while surrounding Madrid with his troops during the Spanish Civil ...

Brazil Celebrates 72% Drop in Deforestation, Credits It to Green Arch

An area of 247 square kilometers (95 square miles) of Brazilian rainforest was cut ...