Earth Day – The Brazilian Way
This Sunday, the 22nd of April, will mark the 42nd observance of Earth Day. According to Earth Day Network, “More than 1 billion people now participate in Earth Day activities […]
This Sunday, the 22nd of April, will mark the 42nd observance of Earth Day. According to Earth Day Network, “More than 1 billion people now participate in Earth Day activities […]
Luckily there is also positive news about the Amazon rainforest. Market pressure leads São Felix do Xingu (PA) to grow fruits to recover the rainforests that they turned into pasture. […]
In my last article I stated that I prefer to see (water sucking) eucalypti above soya fields. Well, see here the consequences of uncontrolled (i.e. illegal) deforestation of the Amazon […]
Since the beginning of the occupation of the Amazon by non-indigenous people, at least 2.6 billion trees have been cut down, estimates the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE […]
Each year Brazil deforests an area of 20 square kilometres of the savannah region, here called the Cerrado. That’s twice as much as what Brazil is deforesting in the Amazon. […]
It is quite frustrating to have nothing else to write about then the amazing number of corruption scandals in Congress and Senate and the president of the Brazilian Republic himself, […]
The major supermarket chains stepped forward to protect the rain forest. A crucial step. WalMart, Carrefour and Pão de Açúcar will work with certificates of origin for beef which they […]
From economists it is expected that they are in favour of production at any cost and against environmentalists. But it has to be the opposite. The Brazilian economy will suffer […]
In 2008 more than BRL 3 billion (€ 1 billion) in fines was imposed in the Amazônia for environmental crimes. But the question is, who is crazy enough to pay […]
There is still no strategy to defend the Amazônia In just one month, the deforestation of the Amazônia exploded. The National Institute for Spacial Research (Inpe) reported data on deforestation […]