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IDB America
January 2006 |
We Are Trying to Make Dreams Happen The governor of Brazil's Amazonian state of Acre is a passionate advocate of the rain forest and his people's economic future. Here's an interview with Jorge Viana on his government's innovative approach to preserving the rain forest.   |
IDB America
January 2006
Roger Hamilton |
Tomorrow's Amazon In the far western Amazonian state of Acre, a group of idealists is inventing a pragmatic, hard-nosed way to protect the rainforest. |
IDB America
January 2006
Roger Hamilton |
Could Environmentalists Learn to Love This Road? An asphalt strip through Brazil's Amazon rainforest is intended to anchor an economy based on a newer, gentler way to use the rain forest. |
Smithsonian
March 2007
Joshua Hammer |
Rain Forest Rebel In the Amazon, researchers document the way the native people have joined forces with an embattled chief to stop illegal loggers and developers from destroying the earth's most precious wilderness |
IDB America
January 2006
Roger Hamilton |
Rain Forest Protagonist Local people first saw a new reserve in Brazil's rainforest as a threat, but are now optimistic that the change will help them preserve their way of life while offering some economic stability. |
IDB America
January 2006
Roger Hamilton |
Contraception Goes Organic Brazilian officials are hopeful that a commercial product such as condoms -- sold with their all-natural cachet -- will give the standing Amazonian rainforest additional value and boost incomes for the families that make their living from it. |
IDB America
January 2006
Roger Hamilton |
Machines in the Garden A state in Brazil's Amazon enlists laboratories and industrial parks to help protect its forests. |
IDB America
November 2005
Roger Hamilton |
Bridging the Last Frontier A vast network of bridges, roads, ports and other investments is about to revolutionize trade and tourism among the 12 South American nations |
IDB America
January 2006
Roger Hamilton |
New Amazonians Latin America is attempting to create a relationship between man and nature that includes the history, heritage and views of local people. |
IDB America
January 2006
Roger Hamilton |
Chico Mendes: Amazon Journey In tiny forest communities in the far western corner of the Brazilian Amazon, conversations often begin and end with the rubber tapper who rallied local communities and world opinion to the cause of protecting tropical forests and their inhabitants. |
IDB America
March 2003 |
Support in a time of crisis A senior IDB manager calls for greater equity in development |
IDB America
February 2003 |
IDB supports sustainable development in Ecuadorian Amazon The IDB signed documents for $10.5 million in financing for projects to support sustainable development of Ecuador's Northern Amazon Region and decentralization of environmental management. |
IDB America
June 2005
Roger Hamilton |
Brazil's Other Forest Still brimming with biological diversity, the Atlantic Forest needs allies. |
IDB America
June 2005
Shirley Emerick |
New Waves of Tourism Hit the Beach A program in northeastern Brazil stimulates private investment and creates jobs in a region that was once ignored. |
Outside
September 2007
Steve Chapple |
Model Nation It brought you Gisele, Ronaldo, and samba. But the real Brazil gets even better. Here's your map to the best sin and sand on the planet. |
