Bolsonaro asks countries to help fight illegal wood trade
Agency Brazil - 20/11/2020
In a live broadcast, the president said that the government will intensify inspection.
President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday (19) that the fight against illegal wood trade in Brazil depends on international collaboration involving other countries, especially…
Foreign diplomats guarantee that trip to the Amazon will start dialogue with Brazil
Lusa - Brasil - 06/11/2020
The South African ambassador to Brazil assured, on Thursday, on behalf of 12 foreign diplomats, that the trip organized by the Brazilian Government to the Amazon will be the beginning of a dialogue with the South American country.
“I am not giving this speech on behalf…
Brazil takes diplomats to fly over the Amazon, but avoids burnt areas
Lusa - Brazil - 05/11/2020
The Brazilian vice president told Lusa on Tuesday that he took foreign diplomats to fly over the Amazon to show that 84% of the forest is preserved, but the regions most affected by the fire were avoided.
On a three-day trip to the Brazilian Amazon, organized by the…
Portugal among countries invited by the Brazilian Government to travel to the Amazon
Lusa - Portugal - 30/10/2020
The Brazilian government has invited 10 heads of foreign diplomatic missions, including that of Portugal, to travel to the Amazon next week, to verify the “preservation of that forest”, the local press reported on Thursday.
According to the G1 news portal, South…
In 15 days, Amazon already has more fire than in all October 2019 and 2018
Folha de S.Paulo - Brazil - 17/10/2020
Fires are constantly growing compared to 2019; October last year, however, had the historic low for the month
October burnings in the Amazon already exceed the fire records of the same entire month in the last two years.
The Queimadas Program, by Inpe (National…
US lawmakers call for shake-up of Big Tech 'monopolies'
AFP - International - 07/10/2020
A House of Representatives panel in a report Tuesday accused four Big Tech firms of acting as “monopolies,” calling for sweeping changes to antitrust laws and enforcement that could potentially lead to breakups of the giant firms.
But the report by the House…
'Black rain', the phenomenon that can reach São Paulo this weekend
Istoé - Brasil - 19/09/2020
The phenomenon of ‘black rain’ results from the arrival in São Paulo of the smoke from burning in the Pantanal that joins the high load of atmospheric pollution produced in the city.
According to researchers, although the accumulation of particulate material in the…
This year, the Brazilian Amazon recorded the highest number of fires since 2010
Lusa - Brazil - 11/09/2020
Between January 1 and September 9 this year, the Brazilian Amazon recorded 56,425 fire spots, the highest number for the period since 2010, according to data from the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) of Brazil.
This is a growth of about 6% compared to the same…
Unlikely allies in the fight against railways in the Amazon
Plataforma - Macau - 03/09/2020
With feathers on his head and ink on his body, the Indian chief Beppronti Mekragnotire does not appear to have anything in common with Sergio Sorresino, but they have a common feature: none of them wants a railway line that crosses the Amazon rainforest.
In addition, on…
Bolsonaro says he can't kill the cancer NGOs are for the Amazon forest
Lusa - Brasil - 04/09/2020
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro defended his government’s policies for the Amazon, insisting that there is a “campaign” against Brazil because of the fires in the region, and once again attacked NGOs.
“You know that NGOs, to a large extent…
