Dry forests and savannas vital for Brazil's climate goals
Brazil must protect and restore its dry forests and savannas to achieve its climate goals, new research shows.
Earth Sciences
Mar 15, 2023
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Climate change, rampant urbanization fuel Brazil storm disasters
Climate change and unchecked construction in flood- and landslide-prone areas are making disasters like the violent storm that killed at least 48 people in southeastern Brazil ever more frequent, according to a leading expert.
Environment
Feb 23, 2023
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Brazil's Amazon deforestation down 61% in January
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest was down 61 percent in January—Leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's first month back in the job—compared with the same period last year, according to an official report ...
Environment
Feb 10, 2023
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How US cotton exports change in line with competition, trade policy
While the t-shirt you are wearing is likely to be made in China, Vietnam or Pakistan, it may be produced from cotton grown much closer to home. The U.S. is a major world supplier of cotton, exporting much of the production ...
Economics & Business
Feb 6, 2023
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Fatal police shootings in US are more prevalent and training is more limited than in other nations
Police in the U.S. deal with more diverse, distressed and aggrieved populations and are involved in more incidents involving firearms, but they average only five months of classroom training—the briefest among 18 countries ...
Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2022
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Brazil buzzing over potential of its native bees
Brazilian part-time beekeeper Luiz Lustosa lifts the lid on a wooden hive. The reaction is instant, and angry, as thousands of bees envelop him in a buzzing cloud.
Ecology
Jul 22, 2022
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The Amazon rainforest is disappearing quickly and threatening Indigenous people who live there
Forests throughout the world are shrinking year after year—and Brazil is the epicenter. According to the World Wildlife Fund, more than a quarter of the Amazon rainforest will be devoid of trees by 2030 if cutting continues ...
Environment
Jun 20, 2022
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Deforestation surges in Brazil Atlantic Forest: report
Deforestation surged 66 percent last year in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, according to a new report, compounding fears over the rampant destruction of the Amazon rainforest further north.
Environment
May 26, 2022
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Indigenous lands block Brazil deforestation: study
Brazil's indigenous reservations have acted as a barrier against deforestation over the past three decades, although destruction of the Amazon rainforest has accelerated recently under President Jair Bolsonaro, according ...
Environment
Apr 19, 2022
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Record 1st-quarter deforestation in Brazilian Amazon
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon set a new quarterly record in the first three months of 2022 compared to a year earlier, official data showed Friday.
Environment
Apr 8, 2022
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