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Brazil s Amazon suffers surge in deforestation for third consecutive month

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose for a third consecutive month in May, preliminary government data showed on Friday, with President Jair Bolsonaro yet to follow through on his April pledge to boost funding for environmental enforcement. Deforestation soared 67% in May from the same month last year, according to Brazil's national space research institute Inpe, with much of the land targeted for cattle ranches, farms and logging..

Deforestation in Brazil Amazon rainforest soars 67 percent

Brazil Adopt-a-Park program may negatively impact traditional peoples

Brazil ‘Adopt-a-Park’ program may negatively impact traditional peoples Brazil has launched an ambitious “Adopt-a-Park” program, inviting local and transnational companies to provide goods and services and help manage 132 conservation units of all types in the Brazilian Amazon. Should the program be successful, it would be extended to preserves across Brazil. Private response has been weak so far, with only eight companies, five Brazilian and three transnationals, signing up. That includes French-owned supermarket chain Carrefour, U.S. beverage maker Coca-Cola, and Dutch brewer Heineken. Details as to how the initiative will function have been scant. The Jair Bolsonaro government says it hopes that during a time of deep federal budget cuts to environmental programs, Adopt-a-Park will add the equivalent of $600 million in goods and services to conservation coffers. But the initiative has unleashed a firestorm of criticism from socioenvironmental NGOs and traditional communi

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