http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/images/gnn_logo_rss.gif http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/ 249 31 News of a better world editor@greatnewsnetwork.org great news network en editor@greatnewsnetwork.org Copyright 2013 2013-04-29T16:24:08+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/brazil_says_amazon_deforestation_at_record_low/?source=rss Deforestation of Brazil's Amazon has slowed for a fourth consecutive year to its lowest rate since authorities began monitoring the world's largest rainforest, officials said Tuesday. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Forests, Regions, South America, Brazil 2012-11-27T18:49:21+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/brazil_humpback_population_on_the_rebound/?source=rss Last year, nearly 11,500 humpback whales were counted off the coast of Brazil -- a new record, the Baleia Jubarte Institute cheered Sunday in a report. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, South America, Brazil 2012-09-05T03:24:21+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/fungi_discovered_in_the_amazon_will_eat_your_plastic/?source=rss The Amazon is home to more species than almost anywhere else on earth. One of them, carried home recently by a group from Yale University, appears to be quite happy eating plastic in airless landfills. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Land, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, South America, Brazil 2012-01-30T19:31:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/saving_the_amazon_winning_the_war_on_deforestation/?source=rss For years, the story told about the Amazon has been one of destruction - the world's largest rainforest, a region of amazing biodiversity, key to the fight against climate change, being remorselessly felled. But that is no longer the whole truth. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Forests, Regions, South America, Brazil 2012-01-03T01:12:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_program_to_compensate_poor_for_environmental_protection/?source=rss Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has introduced a new program, Bolsa Verde (Green Allowance), to compensate the poor for environmental protection, reports Globo News. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Environment, Forests, Regions, South America, Brazil 2011-09-13T18:34:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/brazilian_wind_power_now_cheaper_than_natural_gas/?source=rss Wind power in Brazil now costs less than natural gas. Brazil’s National Electric Power Agency held a series of energy auctions last week. During the auctions, 78 wind power projects, out of 92 projects, nabbed contracts. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Climate and Energy, Regions, South America, Brazil 2011-08-29T01:03:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/global_organizations_announce_84_mil_grant_to_give_south_american_recyclers/?source=rss The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Coca-Cola Company, Fundación Avina, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), launched a coalition that aims to improve the lives of the at least 4 million people who make a living off of recycling. Top Headlines, Business Top Stories, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Environment, Land, Business, Feel Good, Regions, South America, Brazil 2011-05-28T04:08:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/worlds_largest_beef_company_signs_amazon_rainforest_pact/?source=rss The world's largest meat processor has agreed to stop buying beef from ranches associated with slave labor and illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, according to the public prosecutor's office in the state of Acre. Top Headlines, Business Top Stories, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Forests, Business, Corporate social responsibility, Regions, South America, Brazil 2011-04-29T20:32:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/moratorium_on_amazon_deforestation_for_soy_production_proving_effective/?source=rss The Brazilian soy industry's moratorium is proving effective at slowing deforestation for soy production in the Amazon rainforest, reveals a new study published in the journal Remote Sensing. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Environment, Forests, Regions, South America, Brazil 2011-03-08T02:50:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/brazil_judge_blocks_amazon_belo_monte_dam/?source=rss A Brazilian judge has blocked plans to build a huge hydro-electric dam in the Amazon rainforest because of environmental concerns. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Environment, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Regions, South America, Brazil 2011-02-26T20:56:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_discoveries_concerning_pre_columbian_settlements_in_the_amazon/?source=rss The pre-Columbian Indian societies that once lived in the Amazon rainforests may have been much larger and more advanced than researchers previously realized. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, World, Science, Ancient Discoveries, Regions, South America, Brazil 2010-10-26T04:01:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/brazil_rescues_farm_workers_from_slave_like_conditions/?source=rss The Brazilian authorities say they have rescued 95 farm workers who were being kept in slave-like conditions in two south-eastern states, the official Agencia Brasil reports. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Regions, South America, Brazil 2010-09-12T21:03:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/scientists_hope_to_collect_electricity_from_the_air/?source=rss Powering homes with electricity collected from the air may be possible after scientists report solving a centuries old riddle about how moisture in the atmosphere becomes electrically charged. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Environment, Climate and Energy, Science, Regions, South America, Brazil 2010-08-26T04:06:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/a_splinter_of_hope_in_the_fight_against_illegal_logging/?source=rss Illegal logging has fallen by 22 per cent globally, and up to 75 per cent in the Brazilian Amazon and Indonesia. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Forests, Regions, South America, Brazil, South-East Asia, Indonesia 2010-08-16T18:08:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/amazon_deforestation_in_dramatic_decline_official_figures_show/?source=rss Large-scale deforestation in the Amazon rainforest fell dramatically last year, according to official figures released yesterday. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, Environment, Forests, Regions, South America, Brazil 2010-08-07T19:50:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/10000km_walk_along_the_amazon_river_nears_the_end/?source=rss Ed Stafford, 34, from Leicestershire, central England, has been walking the length Amazon River since April 2, 2008, to raise awareness of the region. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, Environment, Forests, Wildlife, Feel Good, Inspirational Stories, Regions, South America, Brazil 2010-08-06T18:51:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/looking_ahead_brazils_farmers_take_up_reforestation/?source=rss For nearly 20 years, Luiz Alberto Bortolini cleared trees and planted soybeans as fast as he could, one of many pioneers who turned this barren outpost into prosperous farmland. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Regions, South America, Brazil 2009-11-25T13:23:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/creative_bus_stops_ease_the_commute/?source=rss Taking the bus can be a cheaper commute than driving a car. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Feel Good, Regions, Europe, Estonia, Germany, United Kingdom, England, Scotland, South America, Brazil, North America, Mexico, United States, California, Georgia 2009-10-28T13:53:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/brazil_september_job_growth_erased_recession/?source=rss Brazilian companies added jobs in September at the fastest pace in a year, allowing the economy to recover all the jobs lost during the global financial crisis. World, Business, Regions, South America, Brazil 2009-10-15T10:44:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/brazil_eyes_amazon_sugar_cane_ban/?source=rss The Brazilian government has unveiled plans to ban sugar cane plantations in environmentally sensitive areas. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Regions, South America, Brazil 2009-10-12T01:07:01+00:00