In 2012, the Sedimentary Area Environmental Assessment (AAAS) was established by Interministerial Ordinance No. 198 of April 5, 2012 , by the Ministries of Mines and Energy and the Environment. However, to date, only two studies have been performed.
Opening up protected areas to mining in the Brazilian Amazon could have an even bigger impact than previously thought, according to a study published in Nature Sustainability earlier this year. The study focused on the nine protected areas that make up most of the National Reserve of Copper and Associates (RENCA) in the Amazonian states […]
Seven ethanol companies fined for slave labor since 2016 Firms are part of Brazil's fuel decarbonization program Government says scheme does not address labor issues By Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - W hen manual laborer Alison Moreira dos Santos moved across Brazil for a job on a sugarcane plantation in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais in March, he expected to work hard. Just over a month later, the 35-year-old was dead.
By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) - Industrial-scale mining for materials such as coal, gold, and iron ore is spurring tropical deforestation, with on.