Posts tagged Brazilian Senate
Brazil’s Surge of Environmental Threats Reaches New Heights
PoliticsPhilip FearnsideBrazil, Amazon, Philip Fearnside, Brazilian Senate, Brazilian Congress, hydroelectric dams, Michael Temer, Sao Luiz do Tapajos Dam, Sawre Maybu indigenous land, Blairo Maggi, soy, IBAMA, FUNAI, indigenous people, deforestation, "ruralist" block, constitutional amendments, environmental licensing
Time for Action: Environmental Emergency in Brazil
PoliticsBill LauranceBrazil, Brazilian Senate, PEC 65, Blairo Maggi, infrastructurer, infrastructure, deforestation, dams, roads, Brazilian Congress, Tapajos River
News flash: Scheme to gut eco-safeguards being railroaded through Brazil's Congress
PoliticsPhilip FearnsideBrazil, Brazilian Senate, Philip Fearnside, Senator Romero Juca, environmental safeguards, fast-tracking, environmental licensing, hydroelectric dams, Amazon Basin, deforestation, roads, power lines, Madeira River, Belo Monte Dam, Tapajos River
