Tag: deforestation
Deforestation Is to Blame for Brazil Amazon’s Drought, Says Greenpeace
The serious, prolonged drought that is chastising the state of Amazonas is related to ...
FAO’s Map Is Not Pretty Picture for Brazil and the Amazon
Expanding livestock production is one of the main drivers of the destruction of tropical ...
Brazilian Ministers Tell Their Vision of a Sustainable Amazon
Brazil’s Ministers of National Integration, Ciro Gomes, and Environment, Marina Silva, went to the ...
Cattle Raising Is Making Brazil’s Reserve into a Huge Grazing Land
Satellite images reveal that approximately 3% of the 950,570 hectares that form the Chico ...
Brazil: UN Has Project to Rescue the Amazon
With the environment of the Amazon Basin increasingly under siege from deforestation, mining, urbanization ...
Brazil to Use Deforested Areas for Sustainable Development Programs
Brazil’s Minister of Environment, Marina Silva, affirmed, yesterday, June 29, that a sustainable development ...
Amazon Deforestation Is to Blame for 75% of Brazil’s Air Pollution
Experts and representatives of the federal government indicated the Amazon’s deforestation as the main ...
Lula Has Foreign Accomplices in the Destruction of the Amazon
News reports on May 19 announced that more than 10,000 square miles of the ...
Inspection Not Enough to Stop Amazon Deforestation, Says Brazil Minister
The number of cleared areas in the Amazon went up 6% in one year, ...
Amazon Deforestation in Brazil Back to Alarming Level
With 26,000 square kilometers lost last year – more than half the size of ...
