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A new environmental licensing law has been criticised by environmentalists as Brazil prepares for COP30.
By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Almost 98% of the farms that are blocked by Brazil's "Soy Moratorium," a corporate agreement ...
Environmentalists warn that reconstructing BR‑319 without safeguards could increase deforestation rates fourfold. "We are ...
A new and alarming pattern of destruction is emerging in the rainforest, challenging Brazilian authorities ahead of COP30.
This year's United Nations climate conference in November is in Belem, Brazil, a city facing high poverty and infrastructure ...
Forests in the Brazilian Amazon damaged by fire remain about 2.6°C (4.7°F) hotter than neighboring intact or selectively ...
The upcoming COP30 conference in Belem, Brazil, aims to confront climate change challenges by placing attendees in close ...
HUMAITÁ, Brazil — Dorival Costa has no qualms about scorching the earth. The 70-year-old farmer in the Brazilian Amazon has just set fire to 5 acres of rainforest that he will convert into ...
When then-presidential candidate Joe Biden offered Brazil $20 billion last year to protect the Amazon, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro rejected it with scorn. Now, Brazilian activists worry ...
In the Amazon, Brazilian ecologists try new approach against deforestation and poverty Jose Alves de Morais maneuvers a boat in Carauari, Brazil, on Sept. 1, 2022.
Citation: Finer M, Villa L (2021) Amazon Fire Tracker 2021: Brazilian Amazon Fire Season Begins. Amazon Conservation Association’s Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP).
When then-presidential candidate Joe Biden offered Brazil $20 billion last year to protect the Amazon, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro rejected it with scorn. Now, Brazilian activists worry ...