Lula faces civil society resistance to Amazon oil exploration
What will the agribusiness lobby do next?
Anthropologist Caio Pompeia, explains how Brazil’s leading agriculture industry think tank strengthened the political influence of the country’s farming sector and how it is planning to respond to the election of Lula.
Nature or Money? A look behind new biodiversity superpower pact
The recent pact between Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia raises hopes for tropical conservation but there are concerns it may be overly focussed on carbon credits. Sumaúma looks at the origins of this new front in nature diplomacy for clues about which way it will go