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Brazil: The Road to Sustainability

As ESG investors demand action to curb the deforestation of the Amazon, can Latin America’s biggest economy achieve greener growth and mitigate climate change? Plus: interview with vice-president Hamilton Mourão; high-tech farms; clean-water bonanza

© Ricardo Lisboa

Amazon fires fuel investor concern
Progress on ESG is being obscured by a row over deforestation
Cattle muddy Brazil’s path to sustainable farming
High-tech agribusinesses cut down on chemicals while unscrupulous ranchers cut down trees
Devastated South American wetlands expose battle over the ‘firefighter cow’
Fires have ravaged the ecologically rich Pantanal region and thrown a spotlight on a cultural clash
Hamilton Mourão: Legalise gold mining to save the rainforest
Licensing extraction would make it easier to apply eco-regulations, says Brazil’s vice-president
Clean water plan offers billion-dollar opportunities
Brazil’s underfunded sanitation infrastructure could soon be flush with private money
Petrobras doubles down on fossil fuels
The state-controlled oil major sees no sense in joining the rush for renewables

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