Sergio Abranches
Amidst a judicial battle around the hydropower dam of Belo Monte, in the Brazilian Amazon region, the government has hastily auctioned the project. The 7-minute long bidding is being contested at the federal courts. More »
Preliminary satellite data points to the smaller amount of logging since measurement began. But can it be sustained?
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A paper to be presented to the Panel: “It’s Not Easy Going Green”of the Divisions on Science, Technology and Environmental Politics, and Comparative Politics of Developing Countries at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Political Association, Toronto, September 3-6, 2009.
Sergio Abranches
The people of the forest know about our global predicament. But we seldom remember to ask them what they are experiencing.
Large-scale agricultural activities are the main drivers of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.
Sergio Abranches