Tag: Brazil
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Deforestation: Brazil is a success story for conservation
Christian Science Monitor: Deforestation: Brazil is a success story for conservation "In the 1990s, tropical deforestation claimed 40 million acres each year, according to a report released in June by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). Today, about 32 million acres of forests fall each year, a drop of about 19 percent. … … The…
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Anti-nuclear madness grips developed world
Orange County Register: Anti-nuclear madness grips developed world Gwynn Dyer, an independent journalist, writes: After the loss of 10 million American lives in the Three-Mile Island calamity in 1979, the death of 2 billion in the Chernobyl holocaust in 1986 and, now, the abandonment of all of northern Japan following the death of millions in…
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Is a Woman in Brazil Better Off than a Woman in the U.S.?
Time: Is a Woman in Brazil Better Off than a Woman in the U.S.? Women overseas are reaching new heights professionally. Here's what we can learn from our emerging market counterpart. The mention of women in emerging economies often evokes a picture of oppressed and poverty-stricken victims, relegated to the sidelines of male-dominated cultures. That’s…
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Brazil’s Potential in the Rousseff Era
The Globalist: Brazil’s Potential in the Rousseff Era In 2003, President Lula inherited a poor, resigned nation on the verge of an economic implosion. Eight years later, Brazil’s new president, Dilma Rousseff, leads an emerging, optimistic nation. Dan Steinbock explores how Brazil can realize its full growth potential in the post-crisis landscape. One interesting note…
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The Haves and the Have-Nots
New York Times Economix: The Haves and the Have-Nots This is a fascinating chart, but it is like one of those pictures with all the dots. You look at it long enough, and a dolphin appears. Across the horizontal axis are ventiles (and no, they aren't related to Gentiles.) Each ventile is 1/20, or 5%,…
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Less smoke, less ire (Deforestation in Brazil)
The Economist: Less smoke, less ire Brazil, long the world’s deforester-in-chief, is mending its ways. THE Amazon’s dry season, from July to September, is when the grileiros cut and burn the rainforest. The smoke is so thick it can be seen from space. It also stops rainclouds forming, so the flames burn higher. But on…