It also cited the important “role of the Brazilian planted tree industry in preserving areas of native vegetation.” Eucalyptus is an alien species to Brazil, being native to western Australia.

During the delegation’s official meeting, Moisés Savian, secretary of Brazil’s Ministry of Agrarian Development, identified corporate interests driving the push for GE eucalyptus.

Alto Jequitinhonha, Brazil — No photographs remain of João Gomes de Azevedo’s village before eucalyptus plantations radically transformed it. Instead, fragments of its past live on in a song ...

The eucalyptus monoculture arrived in the region during the 1960s under Brazil’s military dictatorship. “The lands were not clearly divided or marked by fences,” community leader Domingo ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. On June 22, a group of nearly 200 Indigenous Pataxó people occupied a eucalyptus plantation inside their demarcated territory in Brazil’s ...

In an era of climate change, Brazil's eucalyptus plantations are no longer seen as harmful monoculture but as climate-friendly CO2 sinks. But locals say they exacerbate rural water shortages.

Brazil's Quilombola people, the descendants of Africans who escaped slavery, have lived in the nation's vast Amazon and ...

Green groups concerned about water-intensive eucalyptus plantations amid Brazil's drought. BTG Pactual plans to restore half new land purchased for plantations as natural forest Conservation ...

to pave and manage the dirt road and reduce the number of trucks using it to get to nearby eucalyptus plantations. They also want the Brazilian company to deal with environmental and land issues ...

A lot of big companies have shifted toward investing in eucalyptus farms in Brazil, hoping that the fast-growing tree could help tackle many environmental issues, including carbon emissions.

Eucalyptus plantations in Brazil’s Alto Jequitinhonha Valley, grown to make charcoal for the steel industry, have drastically reduced local water resources, harming rural communities ...