Tag: Brazil

Fire in the Amazon rainforest

Video Report: Fires rage in parts of Brazil's Amazon rainforest. Deborah Lutterbeck reports. (more…)

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Flooding and landslides wreak havoc in Brazil

(CNN) -- Treacherous storm conditions have plagued southern Brazilian states for nearly a week, causing flooding and landslides and

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Norway pledges up to US$1B for Amazon preservation

BRASILIA, Brazil - Norway will give Brazil US$1 billion by 2015 to preserve the Amazon rain forest, as long

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Brazil says Amazon deforestation rising

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Destruction of the Amazon is again on the upswing despite a recent crackdown on

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Brazil forecasts record ethanol production in 2008

BRASILIA (AFP) - Brazilian officials forecast on Tuesday record sugar cane crops and record ethanol production for 2008 that

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Pine beetle outbreaks turn forests into carbon source

DENVER - An outbreak of mountain pine beetles in British Columbia is doing more than destroying millions of trees:

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U.S.-Brazilian venture to turn cane into biodiesel

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - U.S. company Amyris Biotechnologies and Brazilian sugar and ethanol group Crystalsev have formed a joint

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