Brazil

Expand the frontiers of urban sustainability

Manhattan skyscrapers, rather than rustic rural towns, are quickly becoming the picture of sustainable living in the twenty-first century. San Francisco, Copenhagen and Singapore each top their regions in the Green City Index. As sites of innovation and economic dynamism, these places exemplify a blend of density and livability that large, prosperous cities in the 'global south', such as Mumbai in India and São Paulo in Brazil, increasingly emulate.

Publication Date:

25/08/2016

Author(s): David Wachsmuth, Daniel Aldana Cohen, Hillary Angelo

Source: Nature

Vol:

536

pp:

391-392

Tags:

Urban Habitat, Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Public Transport, Pollution, Walking, Municipal Bodies, Cycles, Poverty, Urban Sanitation, Green Spaces, India, China, Brazil, Asia, Consumption Patterns, N C America, London, New York

Forests

Raging Amazon forest fires threaten uncontacted indigenous tribe

According to Survival International, fires are “raging” in Awá territory on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon and “threatening to wipe out uncontacted members of the Awá tribe.”

Publication Date:

24/08/2016

Source: Mongabay

Tags:

Forests, Forest Fires, Amazon, Tribals, Brazil, Illegal Trade, Deforestation

Health

Congenital brain abnormalities and Zika Virus: What the radiologist can expect to see prenatally and postnatally

Much has been written recently regarding Zika virus in pregnancy and the increased risk of microcephaly in fetuses exposed to the virus. The outbreak of infection in Brazil, especially in the northeast part of the country, has been of particular concern. The virus has been found in the fluids of pregnant mothers and during autopsy in the brains of neonates with microcephaly. Much of the concern in the media regarding the teratogenicity of Zika virus infection has focused on brain findings of microcephaly.

Publication Date:

23/08/2016

Author(s): Patricia Soares de Oliveira-Szejnfeld, Deborah Levine, Adriana Suely de Oliveira Melo & et al

Source: Radiology

Vol:

281

Issue:

2

pp:

1-16

Tags:

Zika Virus, Neurology, Health Effects, Brazil, South America, Infectious Diseases, Child Health

Climate Change

Olympics 2016: Rio hosts grand welcome, highlights dangers of global warming

With a limited budget, the consequence of a biting recession that roiled preparations for South America's first Olympics, Brazil laced its high-energy opening party for the games of the 31st Olympi

Publication Date:

23/08/2016

Source: Economic Times (New Delhi)

Tags:

Games, Brazil, Climate Change, Zika Virus, Global Warming, COP 21 (Paris), Vector Borne Diseases, Infectious Diseases, Climate Impacts

Climate Change

BRICS Women Parliamentarians address climate change issue

Lok Sabha MP Bhavna Gawali, who chaired the session on 'Containing Climate Change-Imperatives of Global Cooperation', said that India takes care of the issue of climate change in its development ag

Publication Date:

22/08/2016

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Climate Change, Ecology, Sustainable Development, Global, Brazil, South Africa, Green House Gases, China

Economy

Virtuous Circle: How the circular economy can create jobs and save lives in low and middle-income countries

This paper highlights a significant opportunity to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

Publication Date:

19/08/2016

Author(s): Richard Gower, Patrick Schröder

Source: Tearfund

Tags:

Economy, Economic Development, Environment, Organic Waste, Rag Pickers, Electronic Waste, Waste Recycling, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), India, Brazil, Ghana, Kenya

Forests

Using Big Data to combat the illegal timber trade in Brazil

BVRio’s analysis found that more than 40 percent of the forest management operations in the Brazilian states of Pará and Mato Grosso between 2007 and 2015 were at medium to high risk of having invo

Publication Date:

11/08/2016

Source: Mongabay

Tags:

Forests, Timber Smuggling, Illegal Trade, Deforestation, Brazil, Africa, Ghana, Asia, Amazon

Water Pollution