Environment
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 00:00
Ministers held an emergency meeting on violence in the Amazon, where three activists were killed last week.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 00:00
Police said Sunday they are investigating the death of a farmer whose body was found near where a land activist and his wife were recently killed.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 00:00
More than 1,000 rural activists, small farmers, religious workers and others fighting the region’s rampant deforestation have been slain in the past 20 years, but only a handful of killers have ever been successfully prosecuted.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 00:00
Protegidos pela policia do Para, eles estão alojados em locais não divulgados, onde permanecerão pelo menos ate que a situação no assentamento se acalme.
Friday, May 27, 2011 - 00:00
By reducing set-asides, the new rules would immediately allow ranchers to cut down some 10% of existing trees.
Friday, May 27, 2011 - 00:00
Campesinos reclaman al Presidente Alan Garci­a que cancele las licencias de operaciones mineras en la region por la posible contaminacion del lago Titicaca.
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 00:00
Jose Claudio Ribeiro da Silva, 52 and his Maria do Espirito Santo da Silva, 51, were stopped in their vehicle by unknown gunmen, taken out and shot.
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 00:00
The main point of the legislation, which has yet to be approved by Brazil's Senate and president Dilma Rousseff, is to give amnesty to farmers who have illegally cleared land before July 2008.
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 00:00
The measure passed easily 410-63, but is expected to face a tougher fight in the Senate.
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 00:00
Brazil's Congress has passed a controversial forestry bill that environmentalists warn will speed up the clearing of the Amazon.