Brazilian authorities have fined eight pig-iron producers a record US$231 million for using charcoal made from illegally cut Amazon timber. In a separate enforcement action, ......
The campaign run-up to Chile’s Dec. 11 presidential election has featured energetic debate on a range of issues, including crime, unemployment and the continuing chasm ......
A month after Hurricanes Stan and Wilma delivered a one-two punch to southeastern Mexico, environmentalists are charging that the damage would have been far lighter ......
The Canadian government has ignored an all-party panel’s call for laws to control the actions of Canadian mining companies in developing regions such as Latin ......
The Nicaraguan National Assembly’s recent approval of separate bills to protect forests and punish environmental offenders has prompted debate on the government’s role in legislating ......
Brazilian officials are challenging a study published Oct. 21 in the British journal Science that claims the Amazon rainforest is being deforested at twice the ......
A dozen policemen cruise the glass-smooth waters of Colombia’s Orinoco River in their speedboat, racing past rainforest trees towering on the banks. They’re not pursuing ......
In Brazil’s Amazonas state, the worst drought in over half a century forced authorities last month to declare four municipalities disaster areas and 14 others ......
Peter Bunyard
Peter Bunyard
Peter Bunyard
Peter Bunyard
Brazilian authorities have fined eight pig-iron producers a record US$231 million for using charcoal made from illegally cut Amazon timber. In a separate enforcement action, ......
The campaign run-up to Chile’s Dec. 11 presidential election has featured energetic debate on a range of issues, including crime, unemployment and the continuing chasm ......
A month after Hurricanes Stan and Wilma delivered a one-two punch to southeastern Mexico, environmentalists are charging that the damage would have been far lighter ......
The Canadian government has ignored an all-party panel’s call for laws to control the actions of Canadian mining companies in developing regions such as Latin ......
The Nicaraguan National Assembly’s recent approval of separate bills to protect forests and punish environmental offenders has prompted debate on the government’s role in legislating ......
Brazilian officials are challenging a study published Oct. 21 in the British journal Science that claims the Amazon rainforest is being deforested at twice the ......
A dozen policemen cruise the glass-smooth waters of Colombia’s Orinoco River in their speedboat, racing past rainforest trees towering on the banks. They’re not pursuing ......
In Brazil’s Amazonas state, the worst drought in over half a century forced authorities last month to declare four municipalities disaster areas and 14 others ......
