Brazil's Piaui State Plans Carbon Credits to Protect Rainforest By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) -The Brazilian state of Piaui will issue carbon credits in return for action to combat deforestation, ...

Teresina (Agenzia Fides) - 80% of the inhabitants of Piauí, a Brazilian state located in the northeast of the country, in the arid region of Sertão, suffer from hunger. According to the report of the ...

WASHINGTON, DC, March 14, 2024 — The World Bank Board of Directors approved today a project to promote sustainable family farming in rural areas of Piaui, a state in Northeastern Brazil, with a focus ...

A video showing people who were killed in the Brazilian municipality of Angra dos Reis in Rio de Janeiro state in 2019 has been posted online to inaccurately suggest it shows nine robbers shot dead by ...

FeatureHalf of northeastern Brazil's ecosystem has been amputated to make way for pesticide-laden fields of soya, corn, sorghum and cotton. Its destruction and the hazardous drying out of its soil ...

WASHINGTON, December 21, 2015 – The World Bank Board of Directors approved today two loans that will support public policies that promote the expansion of sustainable agriculture, education and other ...

LONDON (Reuters) -The Brazilian state of Piaui will issue carbon credits in return for action to combat deforestation, it said on Tuesday, adding momentum to other regional projects to help protect ...