Tag: environment
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 ...
Brazil’s Unholy Alliance with the President to Privatize the Amazon
Brazilian de facto President Michel Temer’s decree 9142 abolishing the Amazon National Reserve of ...
The Revocation of Brazil’s Pro-Deforestation Decree Has No Teeth
On August 23, 2017, Brazil’s president Michel Temer issued a decree revoking the RENCA ...
World’s Religious Leaders Get Together in Norway to Rescue the Rainforest
Religious leaders from around the world are meeting for the first time with conservationists ...
Brazil to Privatize Amazon’s Deforestation Monitoring. Deforesters Applaud
In the midst of the intense political turmoil unfolding in Brasília, a government move ...
Brazil Gets Title of World’s Number One Killer of Indians and Environmentalists
Over the last 15 years, Brazil has seen the highest number of killings of ...
Indians, Environment, Social Movements, They Are All Losers in the New Brazil
“The first five months of 2017 have been the most violent this century,” Cândido ...
In a Brazil Where Worst Is Always Coming to Worst, These Men Stand Their Ground
Brazil has made headlines recently for almost entirely negative reasons — whether it is ...
Bad Times Being Used as Excuse to Dramatically Increase Cutting Down the Amazon
From sweeping cuts of funds to protect forests, to the loosening of conservation of ...
Brazil’s Former Minister Wants Farmers and Environmentalists United to Save the Amazon
Former Brazilian Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira has made an impassioned plea for a “new ...
