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Brazil’s Senate Refuses to Vote on Forest Code Bill Which Expires Monday
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – A scuffle between Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies and Senate may benefit the country’s environment norms....
Brazil’s Forest Code Completes 5 Years With Little Advancement
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – On the eve of completing its five-year anniversary, Brazil’s Forest Code has barely advanced, say...
Forest Code Provisions Approved: Daily
By Lucy Jordan, Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL - The joint committee formed to examine the provisional measure to the Forest Code approved the main text...
The Political Compromise of the Forest Code
Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "Veto the Forest Code, Dilma!" This is what you hear on the streets from the...
Brazil Forestry Code Part-Vetoed
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has vetoed part of the controversial Código Florestral (Forestry Code)...
Decision on Forestry Code Due: Daily
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – President Dilma Rousseff is expected to decide today, Thursday, if she is to veto...
Amendments to Forestry Code Move Forward
By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Federal Senate’s Environmental Commission concluded voting on the new Brazilian Forestry...
EU ignores Brazilian legislation on deforestation
By Artur Piva
The Brazilian Association of Agribusiness (Abag) reacted to legislation approved by the Parliament of the European Union (EU) that restricts the market...
Brazil’s Chamber relaxes deforestation rules in the Atlantic Forest
By Pablo Valadares
The House of Representatives approved on Thursday (March 30) the PLV (Bill of Conversion) 6, derived from Provisional Measure 1150 of 2022,...
Panama, a country rich in forest cover but poor in environmental culture
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "The country needs more environmental education," says Panama's Environment Minister Milciades Concepción. He describes this issue as the biggest...
Brazil loses 24 trees per second in 2020 as deforestation alerts explode – report
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Expert report points out that satellite warnings of tree fellings increased 30% in 2020; however, IBAMA has inspected virtually...
Brazil’s Atlantic forest lost 13,000 hectares of vegetation between 2019 and 2020 – report
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Atlantic Forest, the most ravaged biome in Brazil, lost the equivalent of 18,000 soccer fields between 2019 and...
Deforestation: British and European supermarkets threaten to boycott Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Groups say they consider Brazil's presentation in April of a bill that threatens the Amazon "extremely worrying."
Large British and...
OECD recommends Brazil stop deforestation
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recommended on Wednesday that the Brazilian government put an end to...