As Brazil sets the legal basis for its carbon trade, environmentalists are doubtful on whether it will be able to lower the country's emissions - the sixth largest in the world according to the EU ...
Comuna da Terra Irmã Alberta, a small oasis of green fields and trees, sits on the outskirts of São Paulo and is home to 65 small farmers who help supply Brazil’s largest city with fruits and ...
Brazil became in 2008 the world's top consumer of agriculture pesticides (ahead of the US), and continues to use a range of dangerous pesticides banned in other countries, according to a study ...
A law passed by legislators in Brazil's largest farm state Mato Grosso that changes the classification of endangered biomes inside state borders will likely weaken environmental protections there, ...