Tag: Amazon

Amazon Deforestation in Brazil Back to Alarming Level

With 26,000 square kilometers lost last year – more than half the size of ...

Brazil Opposes International Accord on Forests

The United Nations Forum on Forests met today to continue its discussion on the past, ...

Brazil Says Idea of Internationalizing the Amazon Never Goes Away

The doctrine of “collective public goods,” such as drinking water and forest resources, and ...

Brazil Ready to Fight Foreign Threats to Amazon, Says Admiral

The Armed Forces of Brazil are capable of handling the threat of foreign military ...

Brazil’s Timber Blocked by Greenpeace in Portugal

The cargo ship Skyman had nearly made its delivery of more than a quarter ...

A Global Effort to Protect the Amazon Forest

In the Brazilian Amazon basin there are currently 42 conservation units (UC’s), encompassing approximately ...

We Saw Brazil’s Future and It’s Not Green But Grey

9,000 square miles of Amazonian rainforest were destroyed in 2004, an urgent call to ...

Brazilian Police Investigate Internet Site Selling Amazon Land

The Brazilian Federal Police is trying to find out who is behind a website ...

Brazil Creates 20-Million-Acre Amazon Reserve

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva considered “cruel and cowardly” the assassination of ...

The Long Court Battle Between Chevron and the Amazon Indians

A new scientific analysis submitted to Ecuadorian courts by technicians from ChevronTexaco-in a historic ...