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The reconstruction of Brazil’s BR-319 (Manaus-Porto Velho) highway (Figure 1) and its associated hidden projects are not yet a fait accompli, but the danger has reached a critical moment. In November 2023, the President Lula created a BR-319 working group (GT) organized by the National Department of Highways (DNIT) to consider what measures can be […]
The makeshift road tears through the emerald canopy, splintering one of the Amazon’s most pristine corridors of rainforest. Along the edges of the road, running through the heart of the Terra do Meio Ecological Station, swaths of jungle have been razed and turned into pasture. Under federal protection since 2005, Terra do Meio spans 3.37 […]
A Brazilian nonprofit has created a new model for land ownership that welcomes local people and scientists to collaborate in preserving the Amazon.
XINGU RIVER, Brazil — Deep in the Brazilian Amazon, our motorboat slides past an emerald canopy of rainforest, cascading down to the banks of the Xingu River. Beyond, in the Terra do Meio Ecological Station, hundreds of plant and animal species thrive in one of the best-preserved slices of the Amazon. Under federal protection since […]
Marina Silva, Brazil’s environment minister, has brought down deforestation rates before. Can she do it again?