Brazil Green News

It was a typical Tuesday night in South America's largest nation. In Sao Paulo, maids and security guards made their way home after another day's grind. In Rio, samba musicians began taking to the stage, their faces glazed in sweat...

France and Brazil have agreed on a policy to deal with climate change ahead of a UN summit on the subject in Copenhagen, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said. 'We want the Copenhagen to be a success, we won't accept an...

While land development, human settlement, and logging are the main sources of deforestation , the bedrock of this global ecocide is the construction of roads which tear through the rainforest habitat, laying down concrete in every direction with each newly...

Brazil — British pop star Sting says Brazil's government should listen to the voices of local indigenous groups before building a massive hydroelectric dam in the Amazon rain forest. Sting told a news conference Sunday in Sao Paulo the decision...

Conservation groups said lower quotas for Atlantic tuna fishing set in a meeting in Brazil would encourage illegal fishing and diminish long-term gains. The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas in Recife, Brazil, set the quota for the...

Brazil — An international tuna conservation body decided Sunday to cut the annual catch limit for bluefin tuna by around 40% in 2010 from its 2009 level in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, where most of the...

When full grown, the green iguana with black stripes is usually between four and fix feet, including the tail, which makes up about half the body length. Their skin is rough, with pointy scales along its back. Iguanas have long...