Tag: deforestation

Cattle raising in the Amazon is responsible for 65% of the forest destruction

Eating Less Beef Seems to Be the Only Way to End Amazonian Deforestation

Beef production has become a major driver of tropical deforestation, responsible for as much ...

Hamburgers can help stop the rainforest deforestation

Burger King Vows to Stop Amazon Deforestation by 2030. That’s Too Late, Say Critics

The owner of Burger King has pledged to eliminate deforestation from its supply chains ...

Cow on grass land. Author: Alex Andrews

Brazil Keeps Fining Pedro Cordeiro, a Crook and Land-grabber. But Does He Even Exist?

In April 2017, Brazilian environmental agents fined Pedro Cordeiro US$ 9.2 million for converting ...

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 ...

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 ...