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    Rendering of an oil derrick in the rainforest. AI-generated.

    Brazilian Hypocrisy: Green Talk and Brown Actions

    Brazil’s massive 13 December 2023 auction of oil and gas drilling rights betrays a ...

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    Philip M. Fearnside
    A protester stands in front of the hotel where Brazil held an auction for oil and gas concession areas in Rio. Thomson Reuters Foundation /André Cabette

    Activists Mad at Lula and Brazil for Over 600 Oil Concessions After All Promises at COP28

    Brazilian President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva urged countries to “work towards an economy ...

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    Andre Cabette Fabio
    An illustrated portrait of Fernando dos Santos Araújo. Illustration by Gabi Hawkins

    The Fear of Being Killed Is Not Enough to Deter Those Fighting for Justice and Land in the Amazon

    Fernando dos Santos Araújo woke up alongside his love, Bruno Pereira Gomes, on May ...

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    Yessenia Funes
    Harvest time at a palm oil plantation in Pará, Brazil. Photo by Miguel Pinheiro/CIFOR.

    They Call Themselves Green, But Palm Oil in the Amazon Means Deforestation and Human Rights Violations

    Guided by an Indigenous leader, we drove down dusty roads in the Turé-Mariquita Indigenous ...

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    Karla Mendes
    Commodities on the move on the completed southern section of the BR-163 Highway - Roosevelt Pinheiro / Agência Brasil

    For the Military, the Brazilian Indian Is a Savage and an Obstacle to Progress

    The media portrayal of Brazil’s annual fire season — which in 2020 is trending ...

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    Peter Speetjens
    A fire in a deforested area in Amazonas state, Brazil. Image by Bruno Kelly/Amazônia Real

    Brazil Determined to Hand Monitoring of Amazon Deforestation and Fire to the Military

    In a recent announcement, Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourão defended the creation of a ...

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    Jenny Gonzales
    Waiãpi indigenous children in Amapá state, Brazil. Image by Sam Cowie/Mongabay.

    Amazon Indians Fear Coronavirus Amid a Campaign to Convert Them to Christianity

    Indigenous leaders in Brazil are acting to avert the devastating impact coronavirus could have ...

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    Sam Cowie
    Women strip away the outer husk of the babassu palm nut. Image by Peter Caton courtesy of ISPN

    Big Agribusiness Threatens Livelihood of 400.000 Coconut Breakers in Brazil’s Cerrado

    Every September for half a century, Maria Antônia Trindade Mendes has started the babassu ...

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    Sarah Sax and Maurício Angelo
    Victoria Regia and the Amazon

    Amazon Threatened by Presidential Election. Brazil Might Follow Trump Out of Paris Agreement

    Almost every Brazilian (91 percent) wants to get closer to nature, while 27 percent ...

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    Jenny Gonzales
    Aerial view of Belo Monte dam, in Pará state - Photo: Osvaldo de Lima

    Brazil’s Belo Monte: Another Proof Hydropower Isn’t Green or Sustainable

    There are few dams in the world that capture the imagination as much as ...

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    Ed Atkins
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