Environment
How Ecotourism Is Saving the Brazilian Jaguar from Extinction
From villain to hero, the jaguar (Panthera onça) stands at the cusp of a ...
Tired of Being Denied Territory, Amazon Peoples Are Drawing Their Own Maps
In 1707, a Jesuit missionary from the Czech Republic named Samuel Fritz published one ...
For Amazon’s Largest Restoration Ever the Forest Will Get 73 Million New Trees in Six Years
A major initiative for the restoration of degraded areas in the Brazilian Amazon calls ...
The Revocation of Brazil’s Pro-Deforestation Decree Has No Teeth
On August 23, 2017, Brazil’s president Michel Temer issued a decree revoking the RENCA ...
Zero Deforestation Is the Only Answer in this Side of the Amazon
Perched at the easternmost edge of the Amazon rainforest is Maranhão, one of Brazil’s ...
Want Sustainable Development for the Amazon? Let the Indians Take Care of It
The Brazilian government has earmarked a vast tract of Amazonian land for mining. The ...
Brazil President Spending Billions in Amendments and Decrees to Hang Onto the Presidency
What does it cost to hang onto the office of President? In Brazil, President ...
Brazil Ends Natural Reserve the Size of Norway and Is Accused of Crime Against the Amazon
A decree from President Michel Temer abolished the protected status of the National Reserve ...
China Cleans Air at Home While Exporting Pollution to Brazil and Elsewhere
While China moves forward with its national policy to reduce coal consumption and increase ...
The Gold Rush in the Amazon Is Poisoning Fish and People with Mercury
Holding a plastic bottle of toxic mercury with his bare hands on an illegal ...
