"The concessions will last 35 years and aim to transform environmental restoration into a business model." Government rolls out bold 35-year plan that could change how valuable land is used: 'A ...

which is the first step to deforestation," said Schmitt, as he stood near a pile of illegal timber his team seized in a rural part of Rondonia's capital, Porto Velho. After valuable timber is ...

began with an operation in a national forest in Rondonia state, near the Bolivian border, Vice President Hamilton Mourao said at a news conference. Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon surged 55% in ...