Joel E. Correia

A young protester in India makes a statement about dangerous levels of air pollution. Prakash Singh/AFP via Getty Images

August 5, 2022

The UN declared a universal human right to a healthy, sustainable environment – here’s where resolutions like this can lead

Joel E. Correia, University of Florida

It’s more than moral posturing. Resolutions like this have a history of laying the foundation for effective treaties and national laws.

South America’s bi-oceanic highway, which will stretch from the Pacific to the Atlantic – cutting right through Paraguay – is scheduled for completion in 2022. Joel Correia

March 10, 2020

Mennonites helped turn Paraguay into a mega beef producer – indigenous people may pay the price

Joel E. Correia, University of Florida

Mennonites settled in Paraguay’s arid Chaco forest a century ago, fleeing religious persecution. Their agricultural success is now driving deforestation, social change and rapid development.

The Paraguayan Chaco, South America’s second largest forest, is rapidly disappearing as agriculture extends deeper into what was once forest. Here, isolated stands of trees remain amid the farms. Joel E. Correia

October 2, 2019

South America’s second‑largest forest is also burning – and ‘environmentally friendly’ charcoal is subsidizing its destruction

Joel E. Correia, University of Florida

The cleared land of Paraguay’s Chaco forest produces everyday products like charcoal and leather that are sold abroad to consumers who may never know the unsavory origins of their purchases.

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The UN declared a universal human right to a healthy, sustainable environment – here’s where resolutions like this can lead

Mennonites helped turn Paraguay into a mega beef producer – indigenous people may pay the price

South America’s second‑largest forest is also burning – and ‘environmentally friendly’ charcoal is subsidizing its destruction

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