by Beth Holmes | Feb 27, 2023 | Conservation, Sustainability
Deforestation in Brazil has already fallen by over 60% in the first month of President Lula’s administration, according to satellite data. During his first presidency from 2004-2010, president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made preserving natural resources a...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 11, 2023 | Conservation, Profiles, Sustainability
Marina Silva, Amazon activist, is President-elect Lula’s choice for Brazil’s new minister of environment. Marina Silva grew up in the Amazon, working as child labor on a rubber plantation. As an adult, she has worked hard to undo the damage of the kind of...
by Beth Holmes | May 16, 2022 | Business, Conservation, Sustainability
Brazilian environmental organizations are demanding the U.S. follow through with promised funding for forest protection, and asking that they deal directly with them instead of go through the Brazilian government. Over 330 parties, including environmental and...
by Admin | Aug 7, 2013 | Articles, Conservation
The new Pope Francis is living up to the speculation that a New World Pope would lead the Catholic Church in a more modern and moderate direction. Before famously commenting on the toleration of gay priests recently, the Vatican leader spent a week in Brazil, where...