Brazil

São Paulo To Have Brazil’s First Ethanol Bus Fleet

November 25, 2010

São Paulo, one of the world’s largest cities, is to become the first city in Brazil to have an ethanol-fueled bus fleet as part of the country’s carbon-reduction goal. Technorati Tags: Brazil, ethanol, Sao Paolo, Transport Related Posts:Cellulosic ethanol: closer to becoming a reality? Interview: Celso Vainer ManzatoCellulosic Ethanol Expected to Surge in 2013Anger As [...]

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Coalition of Emerging Countries Calls For Action On Biodiversity

September 25, 2010

In preparation for COP10, the meeting on biodiversity that will take place in Japan in October, a group of 17 developing countries known as Like-Minded Megadiverse Countries (LMMC) met earlier this week to discuss and present their vision for future action on biodiversity under the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at the [...]

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Greenlight for Amazon dam project in Brazil

August 30, 2010

We recently published an article on Brazil’s energy sector as part of our Amazon/Brazil series. The article mentioned a controversial hydroelectric project in the Amazon region called Belo Monte, which has met fierce opposition from environmentalists, indigenous populations and even celebrities like James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver. Technorati Tags: Amazon, Belo Monte, Brazil, Hydropower, Inigenous [...]

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Dry regions face toughest climate change challenges

August 24, 2010

The city of Fortaleza in the northeast of Brazil hosted the Second International Conference on Climate, Sustainability and Development in Semi-arid Regions (ICID+18), which took place between August 16-20. Technorati Tags: Brazil, conflict, dry regions, ICID+18 Related Posts:Anger As Amazon Mega Dam Gets Green LightAmazon Under Threat As Brazil’s Forest Code Is Fast Tracked to [...]

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Amazon deforestation falls by 49% in June, officials say

August 15, 2010

The Brazilian Ministry of Environment last week announced that there was a 49% drop in deforestation in the Amazon region in June, compared with the same period in 2009. The data was provided by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) through its Real Time Deforestation Detection System (DETER). In total, 95.48 square miles were [...]

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