El Brasil de los Agrocombustibles – Caña 2008
Esta investigación sobre la caña, un cultivo en expansión frente al boom del etanol en el mundo, trae un alerta sobre el contraste entre riqueza y pobreza que caracteriza al sector sucroalcoholero: por un lado, altas inversiones de grupos nacionales e internacionales garantizan el desarrollo de tecnología de punta; por otro, el avance del monocultivo […]
El Brasil de los Agrocombustibles – Soja y Ricino 2008
Con la publicación de este primer volumen del informe “El Brasil de los Agrocombustibles – Impactos de los cultivos sobre la tierra, el medio ambiente y la sociedad”, Repórter Brasil da inicio a un proyecto de largo aliento que investigará, durante dos años, los efectos causados por los cultivos utilizados para la producción de agroenergía […]
Brazil of Biofuels – Sugarcane 2009
The year of 2009 was marked by strong activity in Brazil’s sugar-alcohol industry. After a deep crisis in the previous year, when companies suffered with credit restriction, several of them saw their balance sheets recovery in a scenario of permanent increase in the domestic demand for ethanol. In spite of the changes, environmental and social […]
Brazil of Biofuels – Sugarcane 2008
This research on sugarcane, an expanding crop facing the ethanol global boom, brings an alert on the contrast between the wealth and poverty that characterizes the sector: on the one hand, high investments from national and international groups guarantee cuttingedge technology development; on the other, the advance of monoculture generates environmental problems and thousands of […]
Brazil of Biofuels – Palms, Cotton, Corn and Jatropha 2008
The release of this report on palms, cotton, corn and jatropha – agricultural crops used or potentially useful to the production of biodiesel or ethanol – marks another step in the investigation work of Repórter Brasil. Readers will encounter in these pages analysis, case studies and reports on the socio-economic, environmental, land related and labour […]
Brazil of Biofuels – Soy and Castor Bean 2008
In the process of elaboration of this report that analyzed the impacts of soy and castor bean cultures, we visited the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Tocantins, Pará, Ceará, Bahia, Piauí and Maranhão as well as Paraguay. This report consolidates the opening of a new frontier in […]
