Last year, a massive portion of the Pantanal wetlands were lost to wildfires. Photo: GovMS via FP
Welcome to “Number of the Week,” where we choose a single figure that helps us understand what is going on in Brazil and Latin America. This week, we discuss the phenomenal rate of environmental degradation in Brazil.
Deforestation in Brazil’s six biomes jumped 13.6 percent in 2020, reaching 13,853 square kilometers. That is an area almost the size of Connecticut. Over 60 percent of deforested land was in the Amazon, according to a new report by the...
The Ibre-FGV GDP monitor, a tool to predict economic activity in Brazil, suggests that the…
The floods in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed nearly 150…
Home to the largest tropical forest in the world, an energy mix that is high…
The northeastern Brazilian state of Piauí isn’t among the country’s richest or most populous states…
Rio Grande do Sul Lieutenant-Governor Gabriel Souza said the state government is considering relocating entire…
“We’ve got no idea what the next vintage is going to look like. A lot…