Loan targets Brazil's environment
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The World Bank agrees to a $1.2bn loan, repayable over 17 years, to help Brazil protect its diverse environment.
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The federal government and a nonprofit group are buying the land from local farmers to ensure its biodiversity is preserved. BY LISA J. ADAMS /Associated Press.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met with ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Tuesday as Brazil offered Cuba millions of dollars in credit and help in its search for oil in the Gulf of Mexico.
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By Leonardo Pedro BELEM, Brazil  - Brazil mobilized some 2,000troops in the Amazon rain forest on Wednesday to curb deathsquads blamed for the deaths of an American nun, a union leaderand two workers in land battles in the last four days.
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Brazil gives an initial green light to the construction of two hydro-electric dams on the Amazon River.
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A huge underwater oil field discovered late last year has the potential to transform Brazil into a sizable exporter and win it a seat at the table of the worldâs oil cartel.
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THE burning and deforestation of Brazil&#39;s vast Amazon rain forest causes nearly 3 per cent of the world&#39;s greenhouse gas emissions, according to a government report released today.
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A grade school dropout and ex-factory worker, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vividly recalls his struggle to survive in Brazil's backwoods and urban squalor. Now, Silva hopes to lead a global crusade to help the world's needy.
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_ The burning and deforestation of Brazil&#39;s vast Amazon rain forest causes nearly 3 percent of the world&#39;s greenhouse gas emissions, according to a government report released Wednesday.
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Brazil launched an emergency plan on Friday to save what remains of its vast tropical savanna, much of which has been cleared for farming in recent decades.
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By MICHAEL ASTOR  RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A proposed ethanol alliance that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to forge with President Bush later this week poses both opportunities and risks for the environment, a top U.N. environmental official said Monday.
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Brazil's president promises to spend $270m creating new reservations for indigenous groups in the Amazon.
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The rate of Amazon deforestation rose sharply during the last five months of 2007 as land was cleared for soy and cattle, prompting a top-level emergency meeting Thursday by Brazilian officials to deal with the problem.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva offered Cuba lots of credit and commitment to help explore for oil in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday.
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For decades, a flood of aid and an army of conservationists couldn't save Indonesia's rain forests from illegal loggers, land-hungry peasants and the spread of giant plantations. Now the world is looking at a simpler approach: up-front cash.
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A Brazilian garbage dump could be a trailblazer for thousands of projects in developing nations under a U.N. plan to battle global warming, a Norwegian company said Wednesday.
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By Staff Reports  Members of Brazils Kayapo tribe attend a ceremony Wednesday at the Federation of the Industries of the State of Sao Paulo, where they received the SmartWood certificate for management of 3.7 million acres of Amazon rain forest.  (c) 2006 Tulsa World.