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The recent 70% decline in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon suggests that it is possible to manage the advance of a vast agricultural frontier. Enforcement of laws, interventions in soy and beef supply chains, restrictions on access to credit, and expansion of protected areas appear to have contributed to this decline, as did a decline in the demand for new deforestation. The supply chain interventions that fed into this deceleration are precariously dependent on corporate risk management, and public policies have relied excessively on punitive measures. Systems for delivering positive incentives for farmers to forgo deforestation have been designed but not fully implemented. Territorial approaches to deforestation have been effective and could consolidate progress in slowing deforestation while providing a framework for addressing other important dimensions of sustainable development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article examines how the possible election of far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro could affect science and environmentalism in the country as Bolsonaro has indicated a preference for development over climate and biodiversity concerns.

The article offers information related to the impact of amazon fires on Brazil’s agribusiness. Topics discussed include series of disastrous changes to its environmental policies including cuts to government agencies that enforce environmental protection laws; impact of fires set by farmers leads to an increase in deforestation and affects protected areas and indigenous lands; and create new pastures and plantations is both environmentally and economically unsustainable.

The article discusses an increase in deforestation in Brazil as of May 2019, according to the Real-time Deforestation Detection System (DETER), resulting from political and economic pressures in addition to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's loosening of environmental policies and enforcement.

The article announces that the Brazilian government has removed several representatives from the nation's National Environment Council following a May 28, 2019 federal decree authorizing a reduction in the number of seats in the council, and it mentions Brazil's environmental policy concerns.

This article discusses the dismantling of various governmental agencies devoted to the study of climate change by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonsaro. The author comments on the appointment of several government officials who are known climate change deniers. Despite these setbacks, the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communication, the office that monitors climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, is still in operation.

The article presents an overview of Brazil's Forest Code, which is the main piece of Brazilian legislation regulating land use and management on private properties. Changes which have been seen in environmental obligations and the rights which are granted to land owners in Brazil as a result of revisions which have been made to the code are discussed. A discussion of the impact the code will have on conservation, and of the challenges that are associated with implementing the code, is presented.

Reports that the Brazilian legislature is close to passing the first national law explicitly protecting Brazil's Atlantic rain forest, as of December 5, 1997. Area and location of rain forest; Species in rain forest; Details of proposed law; Expectations of bill's approval.