Tag: cattle
Mercosur-EU: A Tale Of Two Cattle Breeders, One in Brazil, the Other in Belgium
In the Belgian city of Ciney — a good hour’s drive away from Brussels ...
Rich in Forests, Brazil Is Trying to Build a Strong Bioeconomy
Alongside the Brazilian Amazon’s vast soy and cattle ranching economy – a major driver ...
Lula’s Victory as President Brings Hope that Jaguars Will Once Again Thrive in Brazil’s Pantanal
We cruised the murky brown shallows of the Corixo Negro, the Black Channel, in ...
How Brazil Is Privatizing Public Forests and Opening the Door for More Deforestation
Imagine that several state legislators decide that Yellowstone National Park is too big. Also ...
Only Now the World Is Starting to Learn How Vital Is Brazil’s Cerrado to Our Planet
On May 6, 2015, the Brazilian government officially recognized a special economic region, one ...
Brazil’s Amazon Needs New Development Model With Less Cattle and Soy and More Use of Biodiversity
President Jair Bolsonaro’s push to develop the Amazon through expanded mining and farming has ...
Cattle Ranchers in the Amazon Could Earn More Farming. But They Wouldn’t Be Happy
Picture the Brazilian Amazon. You probably don’t see a lot of cows in that ...
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 ...
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 ...
Indians Are the Best Answer to Save the Amazon. But There Is Less Room for Them in the New Brazil
Inside Brazil’s Indigenous Reserve 124, Chief Geraldo Apurina walks along a muddy footpath, past ...
