Brazil’s INPE space research agency data showed deforestation soaring 29.5% to 9,762 square kilometers for the 12 months through July 2019 Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose to ...

Brazil’s Amazon state of Rondonia has passed a law in favor of cattle ranchers who converted a large area of rainforest ...

A justice on Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered the federal government to seize private properties when owners are found ...

The Amazon rainforest is one of the world's greatest natural resources, both in terms of the resources it contains and its ...

The expectation that illegally used land will become sanctioned has been the main driver of deforestation in the Amazon. Land-grabbers clear land in hopes it will eventually be legalized due to ...

Legal loopholes The expectation that illegally used land will become sanctioned has been the main driver of deforestation in the Amazon. Land-grabbers clear land in hopes it will eventually be ...

and receive a Canada Proud Manitoba Strong mug and sticker FREE! Enjoy unlimited reading ... who had illegally converted swathes of Amazon rainforest into pasture land. SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP ...

lawmakers in the Brazilian state of Rondonia have passed legislation in favor of hundreds of cattle ranchers who had illegally converted swathes of Amazon rainforest into pasture land. The new ...

Brazil’s Amazon state of Rondonia has passed a law in favor of cattle ranchers who converted a large area of rainforest inside ... which requires them to halt deforestation and submit a plan ...