The bill’s approval is a victory for supporters who argued Brazil’s current regulations need to be simplified, but a blow for ...

The approval of a bill that weakens environmental rules for mining, infrastructure and agricultural projects has raised ...

The Brazilian Climate Minister, Marina Silva, said that the Bill “totally ignored that we are in a climate emergency” and ...

The legislation, which passed Brazil's Chamber of Deputies on 17 July after Senate approval in May, now awaits the decision ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called upon Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to veto recently approved ...

Brazil's Congress passed legislation on Thursday loosening environmental licensing, a potential blow to President Luiz Inacio ...

President has 15 days to approve or veto legislation that critics say will lead to vast deforestation and destruction of Indigenous communities ...

A significant bill to revise Brazil's environmental regulations has been passed by the lower house, drawing criticism from ...

Legislators in Brazil are currently deliberating the General Environmental Licensing Law (LGLA), a new bill which dismantles environmental licensing requirements and, if approved, could accelerate ...

Such chauvinist language is nasty, and reflects the state of environmental discourse in Brazil today. Since Ms Silva’s last stint in office, Congress has become both more powerful and more beholden to ...

Despite a track record of financing linked to land grabbing and deforestation, agricultural investment funds, or Fiagros, ...