Posts tagged environmental licensing
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
Political Back-Room Deals Imperil the Brazilian Amazon
RainforestsPhilip FearnsideBrazil, Brazilian Congress, Philip Fearnside, environmental licensing, dams, highways, Amazon, Dilma Rousseff, PEC 65, indigenous lands, protected areas, sleeping proposals
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
