Environment
Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 00:00
It will reduce the size of buffer zones around rivers, and weaken the amount of land that owners must leave forested
Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 00:00
Dilma had promised to veto any bill that would have offered deforesters sweeping amnesty, but the Senate version of the law might give her enough wiggle room to support it
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - 00:00
The bill poses a political dilemma for President Rousseff, correspondents say, as she aims to both support economic development but also uphold environmental pledges
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - 00:00
The Brazilian Senate voted 59-7 Tuesday to approve new environmental legislation that would loosen restrictions on deforestation in the Amazon and give amnesty to those who illegally cleared land before July 2008.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 00:00
The destruction between August 2010 through July 2011 was about 2,410 square miles
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 00:00
Conga has become a battleground for Peru's disgruntled left, which expected to wield far greater influence in Humala's administration
Friday, December 2, 2011 - 00:00
The Brazilian government has ordered Chevron to shut one of its 11 production wells in an important offshore field where the company suffered an oil leak last month
Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 00:00
Proteger y fortalecer los recursos naturales con que cuenta nuestro pais es la principal mision que tienen los 450 hombres y mujeres que conforman el nuevo Batallon Ecologico del Ejercito
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 00:00
On 2011, the Brazilian House of Representatives (or Deputies) passed a law that reduces the requirement for Legal Reserves and Areas of Permanent Protection
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 00:00
Brasilia would not accept rich countries stepping back to "lower levels of commitments"