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Brazil's luscious landscape has been ravaged by deforestation for over a half-century. And while President Silva has led efforts to end deforestation by 2030, the fight to meet this goal is far from ...
News Brazil » Acre: School shooting in Brazil’s Acre state leaves 2 women dead. A 13-year-old student was detained
SAO PAULO (AP) — A school shooting Tuesday in Acre state in northern Brazil left two women dead and two others injured, including an underage student, authorities said. The state government said in a ...
News Brazil » Acre: StanChart Signs Carbon Credits Deal With Brazil’s Acre State
Standard Chartered Plc has entered a deal with Acre, a state in western Brazil, to sell carbon credits it says will be generated by protecting part of the Amazon rainforest over the next half decade.
News Brazil » Acre: How Brazil’s federal fiscal policy hinders Amazon Rainforest conservation (commentary)
By João Gabriel de Araujo Oliveira The forests of the Brazilian Amazon are, by any measure, among the most important ecosystems on Earth. They absorb carbon on a planetary scale, regulate rainfall ...
News Brazil » Acre: School shooting in Brazil's Acre state leaves 2 dead, 13-year-old student in custody
A tragic school shooting in Acre in northern Brazil left two people dead and two others injured on Tuesday, according to authorities. The incident took place at Instituto Sao Jose, a public school in ...