Forest-protection rollback starts amid Temer furor

May 2017

Monitoring in the Caribbean waters of northwestern Panama has revealed low oxygen levels as a previously unexplored cause of the coral die-offs threatening reef systems ......

Region

Oversight urged for Canadian mining firms abroad

Well before his Liberal Party regained power in 2015, Canadian Member of Parliament John McKay argued for tighter government control over the conduct of Canada’s ......

Argentina

Argentine shale drilling slow as opposition builds

Argentine President Mauricio Macri this year has made frequent mention of Vaca Muerta, a shale formation in the southern province of Neuquén. Small wonder: Grisly ......

Chile

Santiago joins effort to spur long-term planning

When a magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck south-central Chile in 2010, the most immediate and important impact was the loss of more than 500 lives and the ......

Around the Region

Land clashes claim more lives in Brazil

Two savage attacks in April left nine peasant squatters dead and 22 encamped Indians injured, rekindling concern about land conflicts that for decades have elevated ......

Brazilian government ministries, nonprofit groups and businesses are developing an increasingly sophisticated array of incentives for rainforest protection, convinced that long-term progress in reducing Amazon ......

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George Schaller calls for leadership, education and involvement

George Schaller is among the world’s foremost naturalists and wildlife conservationists. Born in Germany in 1933, he emigrated to the United States with his family ......

Forest-protection rollback starts amid Temer furor

Brazil

As a sudden corruption scandal threw Brazilian President Michel Temer’s political future into question this month, Congress quietly advanced government-sponsored legislation that experts say could undermine forest protections, thereby compromising Brazil’s ability to meet its international climate commitments. The controversy involving Temer centers on a secretly recorded conversation between him and Joesley Batista, co-owner of JBS, a multinational, Brazilian-based beef processing company. In the recording, Temer appears to endorse a plan under which Batista would pay hush money to a former congressional leader, Eduardo Cunha, who is serving time in jail for corruption and obstruction of justice. Temer on May 18 defied calls to resign; but experts say the scandal, coming as his approval rate stood at a sickly 4% on account... [Log in to read more]

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May 2017

Brazil

Forest-protection rollback starts amid Temer furor

Panama

Panama study implicates hypoxia in coral die-offs

Monitoring in the Caribbean waters of northwestern Panama has revealed low oxygen levels as a previously unexplored cause of the coral die-offs threatening reef systems ......

Region

Oversight urged for Canadian mining firms abroad

Well before his Liberal Party regained power in 2015, Canadian Member of Parliament John McKay argued for tighter government control over the conduct of Canada’s ......

Argentina

Argentine shale drilling slow as opposition builds

Argentine President Mauricio Macri this year has made frequent mention of Vaca Muerta, a shale formation in the southern province of Neuquén. Small wonder: Grisly ......

Chile

Santiago joins effort to spur long-term planning

When a magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck south-central Chile in 2010, the most immediate and important impact was the loss of more than 500 lives and the ......

Around the Region

Land clashes claim more lives in Brazil

Two savage attacks in April left nine peasant squatters dead and 22 encamped Indians injured, rekindling concern about land conflicts that for decades have elevated ......

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Building incentives to save Brazil’s forests

Q&A

George Schaller calls for leadership, education and involvement

George Schaller is among the world’s foremost naturalists and wildlife conservationists. Born in Germany in 1933, he emigrated to the United States with his family ......