Posts tagged Michael Temer
Brazil’s Politicians Unleash Illegal Loggers, Miners, and Land Thieves
PoliticsPhilip FearnsideMichael Temer, Philip Fearnside, Ruralist agenda, Amazon forest, Transamazon Highway, Amazonas, BR-163, Santarem-Cuiaba Highway, Michel Temer, Jamanxim National Park, Jamanxim National Forest, APAs, grileiros, land thieves, MP 759, PLC 12/16, MP 158, Law 11, Law 11952, deforestation, land-thieves law, land-grabbing
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