Slave Labor in the Amazon Has Been Linked to Suppliers of Lowe’s and Walmart
An investigation has revealed U.S.-based companies bought timber from Brazilian traders where loggers worked under slave labor conditions.…
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Investigations Reveal Slave Labor Conditions in Brazil’s Timber Industry
A new report reveals conditions analogous to slave labor define life for workers in many of Brazil’s illegal…
Brazil Pledges the ‘Largest Restoration Commitment Ever Made by a Single Nation’
In the next decade and a half, Brazil has pledged to rehabilitate 22 million hectares of forests, cropland,…
Photos of a Changing World: Brazilian Beef and Deforestation
An ongoing collaboration between Pacific Standard and NOOR Images. Cows from Santa Barbara farm are transported from one…
Violence Against Indigenous People Climbs as Land Conflicts Escalate
A new report finds that violence against Brazil’s indigenous people continues to be high, with 137 killings in…
What the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff Means for Other Brazilian Women
In a highly paternalistic and ultraconservative society, having a woman who managed to get elected to the highest…
A Look at Brazil’s Polluted Waters
In the wake of Olympian Evi Van Acker’s intestinal infection—believed to have been caused by water pollution—some facts…
Energy and the Environment—Not the Olympic Games—Are Brazil’s Real Test
Why the loss felt by Brazilians from the Rio Games will be greater than that experienced by any…
The Many Threats to Biodiversity in Brazil
A study finds less intrusive activities double our overall impact on biodiversity in the forests of Pará, Brazil.…
Brazil Is Having a Rough Week
Brazil is getting some heat as an unsafe venue for the Olympic Games, and that’s just the start.…