In a world of higher electricity demand growth, clean electricity is stepping up to the challenge. Spearheaded by exponential solar expansion, clean power is set to grow faster than demand, marking the start of a permanent decline in fossil generation. 2024 both clarified and consolidated the shape of the global …
Five youngsters wearing masks and capes burst into a busy plaza in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Part of Everyday Heroes collective, they are investigating what it means to be an everyday hero, said Tania Alice, head of the theatre school at the Federal University of the State …
With its plentiful sun, water and land, Brazil is quickly surpassing other countries in food production and exports. But can it continue to make agricultural gains without destroying the Amazon? Jeff Tollefson reports from Brazil.
David Adam Report says governments, pressure groups and private sector all share credit for protecting extra 17 million hectares of tropical rainforest. Efforts to tackle illegal destruction of the world's rainforests have been a success, according to a new report that details a significant fall in unauthorised logging. The study, …
Brazilian agriculture covers about one-third of the land area and is expected to expand further. We assessed the compliance of present Brazilian agriculture with environmental legislation and identified challenges for agricultural development connected to this legislation.
There is more to combating HIV in the developing world than providing affordable drugs. T. V. Padma looks at the innovative new strategies being employed.
Paralysis at the political level continues to stymie attempts to move forward in the WTO Doha talks on farm trade, sources said, after a meeting on the controversial
Malaria is the most prevalent vector-borne disease in the Amazon. We used malaria reports for health districts collected in 2006 by the Programa Nacional de Controle da Mal
This report is a survey on the technical potential of biomass from current agriculture and forestry in the regions; Europe incl. Russia and Ukraine, USA, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, China and India. The report provides projections for agricultural residue production assuming availability of fertilizers, plant protection and mechanization. Data for land …
UNROASTED coffee beans have it in them to protect crops, found a team of Brazilian scientists. Legumin, a compound found in coffee seeds, represents 45 per cent of its total protein content. It protects the plant from pests. Paulo Mazzafera from the University of Campinas in Brazil and his team …
BRASILIA, 22 JUNE: More than 1,000 people are missing after days of heavy rain and flooding, the Governor of Brazil's northeastern Alagoas state has said, voicing fear that the death toll of 35 could skyrocket. “Up until the early afternoon we had 22 confirmed dead in Alagoas (state) and more …
Trade officials from Brazil and the United States reached a place-holder accord that delays until 2012 the imposition of trade sanctions in a protracted dispute over Washington
Since sugarcane areas have increased rapidly in Brazil, the contribution of the sugarcane production, and, especially, of the sugarcane harvest system to the greenhouse gas emissions of the country is an issue of national concern. Here we analyze some data characterizing various activities of two sugarcane mills during the harvest …
Protected areas (PAs) now shelter 54% of the remaining forests of the Brazilian Amazon and contain 56% of its forest carbon. However, the role of these PAs in reducing carbon fluxes to the atmosphere from deforestation and their associated costs are still uncertain. To fill this gap, we analyzed the …
Nayanima Basu / New Delhi June 14, 2010, 0:47 IST Though the Doha Round of global trade talks is unlikely to be over this year, leading developing countries like India, China and Brazil are apprehensive of the renewed emphasis on environment and climate change issues in the form of carbon …
New Delhi: The rest of the world may well turn green with envy. India has the most sustainable consumption pattern, says a 17-nation survey that measures consumer behaviour and its impact on the environment. Over the past two years, Indians have an increasing environmentally friendly behaviour, the consumer study, released …
The jaraquis (Semaprochilodus spp.) are the most abundant group in the fishing landing in Manaus. However, just command and control management strategies have been used by the fishery governmental agency in the region without the power to enforce centralized decisions. The fishermen and their culture represent a source of information …
Two payment for environmental services programs in the Amazon, namely, Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action Project in Bolivia and Bolsa Floresta Program in Brazil, have been pioneering initiatives to demonstrate the ability to encourage forest conservation through market mechanisms involving direct payments for avoiding deforestation. This article argues that (a) …
