Thaís Borges
Brazil: bonanza for timber exporters
by Thaís Borges & Sue Branford
Forest degradation nearly doubled in the Brazilian Amazon last year, rising from 4,946 square kilometers in 2018, to...
The Amazon: Mura indigenous community demands say over potash mine
by Thaís Borges, Sue Branford & Mauricio Torres
In 2013, Potássio do Brasil, a subsidiary of the Canadian merchant bank, Forbes & Manhattan, began...
The Amazon: giant potash mine sparks controversy
Potássio do Brasil, a mining company; Autazes municipal authorities; the federal and Amazonas state governments; and large-scale soy growers all want one thing: to open a potash mine in the town of Autazes that would supply soy producers with Brazilian fertilizer, so as not to buy and pay for imported potash. All stand to profit.
Brazil’s Sateré-Mawé move to reclaim ancestral lands
by Thaís Borges, Mauricio Torres & Sue Branford
The Andirá-Marau Indigenous Reserve in Brazil’s Amazonas state — in a remote part of the Amazon...
Former ministers blast Bolsonaro’s environmental assaults
by Thaís Borges & Sue Branford
A new manifesto by eight of Brazil’s past environment ministers has accused the rightist Bolsonaro administration of...
Stinging ants: Amazon indigenous group girds itself to hold ancestral lands
by Thaís Borges & Sue Branford
The ancestral home of the Sateré-Mawé indigenous group is the Andirá-Marau Indigenous Reserve, an officially demarcated, heavily...
Brazil’s Indigenous lands: Bolsonaro draws the battle lines
by Thaís Borges & Sue Branford
Parintins, site of Brazil’s big annual indigenous festival, is typical of towns in the Brazilian Amazon. The...
