Friday, March 29, 2024

Agriculture & Agribusiness

Brazil: Atlantic Forest conservation efforts drown in a sea of eucalyptus

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Since 2001, Brazil has almost doubled its area of protected land without increasing its conservation budget. In the central corridor of the Atlantic...

Brazil: Pressure over water puts pulp industry in the spotlight

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Brazil is the world's largest producer of eucalyptus-derived pulp and the state of Espírito Santo is one of its biggest production centers. More...

Tapajos under attack 14: Amazon’s fate hangs on outcome of war...

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The battle for the Amazon is being fought over two opposing viewpoints: the first, mostly held by indigenous and traditional people and their...

Tapajos under attack 13: Deforestation has become big business in the...

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PLEASE DONATE TO LAB's VOICES OF LATIN AMERICA PROJECT: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/voices-of-latin-america Agamenom da Silva Menezes, is typical of modern Amazonian real estate operators: he is...

Tapajos under attack 12: Indigenous groups, the Amazon’s best land stewards,...

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According to 2014 data for Legal Amazonia, 59 percent of that year’s illegal deforestation occurred on privately held lands, 27 percent in conservation...

Tapajos under attack 11: Amazon land speculators poised to gain control...

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In the Brazilian Amazon, the paving of highways makes adjacent forests far more attractive to land thieves, resulting in major deforestation. The Sustainable BR-163...

Tapajos under attack 10: All crime and no punishment — Amazon...

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Land grabbing and illegal ranching (even on public lands) has long been, and still is, big business in the Brazilian Amazon. Last year...

Tapajos under attack 9: Amazon Soy Moratorium: defeating deforestation or greenwash...

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In the early 2000s, public outrage over Amazon clear cutting for soy production caused transnational grain companies including Cargill, Bunge and Brazil’s Amaggi,...

Tapajos under attack 8: The rush to turn the Amazon into...

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The development over the last 40 years of Mato Grosso state in Brazil’s interior as an industrial agribusiness powerhouse has, from the beginning,...

Tapajos under attack 7: Soy invasion poses imminent threat to Amazon

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The meteoric rise in soy production in the state of Mato Grosso is eating up rainforest and savanna at a staggering rate, with...

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