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The percentage hit on Brazil’s GDP could be in the double digits.
The expansion of global food supply chains can reduce food security, while improving regional food systems can improve food security.
Many of Operation Condor’s crimes remain shrouded in impunity and silence, 50 years after its creation.
Jair Bolsonaro is now expected to begin a 27-year prison sentence for trying to stage a coup in 2022.
The realities of climate and land use change are jarringly obvious in Amazonia.
This needs to be the Cop of implementation. We already have enough paperwork and knowledge, now it’s time to put those insights into practice and make change happen.
The problem with rating models applied to African countries is that they use a narrow definition of risk and don’t take into account qualitative factors.
Indigenous peoples play a crucial role in climate adaptation, biodiversity conservation and environmental protection. Belem offers a historic opportunity to make this climate conference an “indigenous COP”.
Will Brazil’s proposed scheme make a major difference for the climate, and how will it impact communities who live in forests?
The Tropical Forest Forever Facility is designed to reward countries for preventing deforestation. Charts show the magnitude of the problem.
Teachers play a pivotal role in helping young people live with futures shaped by local and global environmental challenges.
Robert Muggah, an expert in organised crime in Brazil, explains the origins of the Commando Vermehlo, the gang targeted in a deadly raid in Rio de Janeiro in late October.
The choices made in Brazil, where the COP30 UN climate conference takes place this month, have consequences for the entire planet.
Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the COP30 UN climate change conference in Brazil. Can they all be heard?
The Brazilian Cop30 presidency has a critical role to play as mediator and bridge builder to increase the collective ambition of governments.
The hard-line approch to law enforcement risks perpetuating the lawlessness it is trying to stamp out.
A common US-centric narrative holds that the Cuban missile crisis ended when Washington stood firm against the Soviets. But that story ignores a whole continent.
Once a democracy starts to erode, it can be difficult to reverse the trend. What does it take for democracies to bounce back from periods of autocratic rule?
How Brazil and Indonesia have cut down on deforestation.
Top contributors
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Executive Director of the Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University; King's College London
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Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow na Bosch Academy e Co-fundador, Instituto Igarapé; Princeton University
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Professor of Conservation Science, Lancaster University
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Senior Lecturer in Latin American Politics, University of Liverpool
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PhD Candidate in Law, King's College London
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Professor Emeritus of Latin American Studies and Geography, University of Florida
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Professor of AfroEurasian Sport, EM Lyon Business School
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Moran Professor of Conservation and Development, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor of Brazilian Studies, Florida International University
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Researcher in Ecology, Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA); Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
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Senior Economist, IMD World Competitiveness Center, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
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Reader in Ecology and Conservation Biology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Modern Latin America History, University of Denver
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Professor, African, African American, and Diaspora Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill