By Hélen Freitas and Poliana Dallabrida |
05/12/22
To eliminate all deforestation resulting from their operations by 2025. That was the joint promise made at COP27 (the UN Conference on Climate Change) by 14 world agribusiness giants, including Brazilian companies JBS and Marfrig (animal protein) and Amaggi (soy), in...
By Naira Hofmeister and Isabel Harari |
03/10/22
The European Union (EU) is importing Brazilian biodiesel to reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated by its transportation industry. However, purchases of fuel made from beef tallow have been causing the opposite effect and contributing to global warming. This is...
Diego Junqueira, Gisele Lobato and Marina Rossi |
29/08/22
Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, Brazil’s environment minister, Ricardo Salles, caused outrage for suggesting that the government take advantage of the public health emergency to dismantle environmental protections for the Amazon. Though Salles later resigned,...
By Isabel Harari and Hélen Freitas |
16/08/22
No one walks alone anymore, drives on the roads at night or paints themselves with genipap to go to the cities. In the municipalities of Acará and Tomé Açu, in northeast Pará, indigenous and quilombola communities take turns keeping vigil at the entrance to their...
Por André Campos, Hélen Freitas e Poliana Dallabrida |
24/06/22
Located in the rural area of Correntina, in western Bahia, the community of Capão do Modesto is at the centre of a land conflict that involves death threats, intimidation and destruction of community property. On the other side of this dispute are companies producing...
