Tag: deforestation

Brazil’s Amazon Deforestation Is Protected and Encouraged by the Constitution

In the last few weeks, a series of major events has signaled the urgent ...

Stop Treating Brazil as a Colony in Need of Civilization Lessons!

Legend has it that, while surrounding Madrid with his troops during the Spanish Civil ...

Brazil Celebrates 72% Drop in Deforestation, Credits It to Green Arch

An area of 247 square kilometers (95 square miles) of Brazilian rainforest was cut ...

Brazil May Reduce Deforestation by 90% in 10 Years, Says Environment Minister

Brazil may surpass the goal of reducing Amazon deforestation by 80% by 2020 and ...

Brazil Says Amazon Deforestation Reached 20 Year Low

The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, announced that deforestation rates in ...

Brazil to Profit Up to US$ 16 Billion from New Global Emissions Reduction

Numbers presented by the Brazilian Association of Carbon Market Companies (Abemc) show that the ...

In Brazil While Some Cut Deforestation Others Cut More of the Amazon

With the current climate talks now underway in Poznan, the Brazilian government has finally ...

Amazon Burns a New York City of Trees in a Month. A 20% Reduction, Brazil Says

Brazil's Amazon deforestation totaled 876.80 square kilometers (338.53 square miles) in June, an area ...

Brazil’s Deforestation Falls 20%, But It’s Up 6% in Protected Areas

According to a report published on Sunday, July 6, by Rio's daily O Globo ...

Less Profit to Cut Brazilian Amazon Reduces Deforestation by 1/3

Destruction of Brazil's Amazon rainforest has dropped by nearly a third during the last ...