Brazil News » Roraima News Brazil » Roraima » Social: Squeezed-out Amazon smallholders seek new frontiers in Brazil’s Roraima state
News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/squeezed-out-amazon-smallholders-seek-new-frontiers-in-brazils-roraima-state/
Published on: Monday 11 March 2024
As infrastructure projects and soy plantations pump up land values in the Brazilian Amazon, smallholders are selling up and moving to more distant frontiers, perpetuating a cycle of displacement and ...
News Brazil » Roraima » Social: Fanned by El Niño, megafires in Brazil threaten Amazon’s preserved areas
News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/fanned-by-el-nino-megafires-in-brazil-threaten-amazons-preserved-areas/
Published on: Sunday 17 March 2024
Researchers and protection agencies expected a dry season with more fires in Brazil’s Roraima state at the start of 2024, but the effects of an intense and prolonged El Niño have aggravated the ...
News Brazil » Roraima » Social: After 5 years, Brazil relocation strategy benefits over 100,000 Venezuelans
News channel or source: https://www.unhcr.org/us/news/press-releases/after-5-years-brazil-relocation-strategy-benefits-over-100-000-venezuelans
Published on: Monday 03 April 2023
GENEVA – Brazil’s strategy of voluntarily relocating Venezuelan refugees and migrants from the border state of Roraima to other Brazilian cities has benefited over 100,000 people since it was launched ...