Environment
Agribusiness Lobby Strips Brazil of a Puerto Rico of Conservation Areas
With Brazil in political turmoil, the bancada ruralista agribusiness lobby that dominates Congress has ...
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 ...
On Brazilian Indian Matters the Fox Now Is Running the Henhouse
The Tapajós River Basin lies at the heart of the Amazon, and at the ...
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 ...
Yellow Fever Is Wiping Out Brazil’s Howler Monkeys
The deadly yellow fever — an infectious disease caused by a mosquito-borne virus — ...
Brazil’s Former Minister Wants Farmers and Environmentalists United to Save the Amazon
Former Brazilian Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira has made an impassioned plea for a “new ...
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 ...
Brazil Cuts Poverty, But Human Rights Are Still a Serious Problem
Virtually all of the 169 recommendations made to Brazil by the UN Human Rights ...
Once Expelled from Belo Monte, Brazil’s River People Are Back to Their Old Spot
All is not quiet on Brazil’s western frontier. Families that were displaced from their ...
Cattle Industry Is Big Driver of Amazon Deforestation, But Is Doing Little to Change This
In almost every aisle of the grocery store, you can find products from the ...
