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TANQUA, Brazil (AP) — Several tons of fish have died along one of the main rivers in Sao Paulo state after an alleged illegal dumping of industrial waste from a sugar and ethanol plant ...
On the other hand, waste-to-energy industry leaders do not understand the current waste condition in Brazil. In order to provide specific solutions to problems in Brazil, the Waste to Energy Research Technology Counsel in Brazil is developing a hybrid municipal solid waste (MSW)/natural gas cycle. This system burns a small amount of natural gas ...
BRUMADINHO, Brazil (AP) — Authorities arrested five people Tuesday in connection with the collapse of a Brazilian mine dam, while the death toll rose to at least 84 and the carcasses of fish ...
Brazil's sugar and ethanol industry group UNICA said on Monday it will start to make an assessment of the situation in the fields in the coming days. ($1 = 5.4968 reais)
Brazil is the most biodiverse country in the world, an invaluable wealth that is at great risk and is suffering continuous losses. [ 63 ] Jair Bolsonaro has said that foreigners should stop complaining about fires in the Amazon, [ 64 ] [ 65 ] and the country's environmental policies and in 2020 accused them of a "brutal disinformation campaign."
In 1960-1970, the country started to expand its infrastructure in empty areas of the country, to guarantee its occupation: at the time wars, colonizations and invasions of territories were common in the world, and Brazil wanted to ensure that the Amazon was not invaded by other countries on the grounds that it is an abandoned region, without human occupation.
Brazil is located in South America. The environment of Brazil is characterized by high biodiversity with a population density that decreases away from the coast.. Brazil's large area comprises different ecosystems, which together sustain some of the world's greatest biodiversity.
Address regional issues of climate change, deforestation, and urban growth; Discuss effective simultaneous implementation of several multilateral environmental agreements [10] October 21–23, 2001 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Create a Regional Action Plan for 2002–2005; Address regional issues of deforestation and vulnerability of urban environments