Tag: Brazil

"The scope of illegal mining in the Amazon, especially in indigenous territories and protected natural areas, has grown exponentially in recent years, with the rise in the price of gold."

"It was a leak of significant proportions, with an impact on the mangroves."

While the new data still represents a 72 percent drop from 2004 when implementation of combative deforestation measures were put in place, the increased rate in the past 10 years has many worried.

It remains to be seen if Fernando Haddad can rally the country to prevent a Bolsonaro presidency.

What that Protestant Reformation can teach us about the durability of far-right movements – and the order they seek to replace.

This commitment will spare millions of egg-laying hens a life of extreme confinement in battery cages so small that the birds can barely move or stretch their wings.

The decision prohibits the registration of new products containing the herbicide and suspends existing registrations within the next 30 days.

That amounts to 40 football fields worth of trees cut every minute of last year in a devastating blow to biodiversity and the global climate.

The dream of more just and equal societies that the far from radical Lula represented for many seems further away than ever.

With the mission of reducing the cities' environmental footprint (especially water consumption), Brazil's goal is to aid local produce farmers and foster humane and healthy eating habits for students.