You searched for Brazil - Page 3 of 19 - Good News Network
Home Search

Brazil - search results

If you're not happy with the results, please do another search
amazon-forest-river

Brazil and U.S. Agree to Cooperate in Rainforest Pact

The United States and Brazil signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to slash greenhouse gas emissions from tropical deforestation, one of...
david_goldman.jpg

Brazil Justice Rules for US Dad in Custody Battle

A five year court battle to retrieve his son appears to be over for a New York man. Brazil's chief justice on Tuesday...
classroom.jpg

Socialite’s School Brings Hope To Brazilian Slum

Poverty and violence are part of every day life for children living in Brazil's slums. But a Rio de Janeiro socialite is fighting...
waterfall_ferns.jpg

Theologians Converge on Brazil to Envision a Sustainable World

Theologians from around the world are converging on Belém, near the mouth of the Amazon River in northeast Brazil, to develop a theology for...
wetlands

Brazil Commits to Cut Amazon Destruction by 70 Percent

Brazil announced on Monday a plan to cut destruction of its Amazon rain forest by more than half over the next 10 years, the...

Brazil Gives 3.8M Acres in Amazon Rain Forest to Indigenous People

"Brazil decreed a new 3.8 million acre (1.5M hectare) Indian reservation Friday in the heart of the Amazon rainforest's logging frontier. The land had...
brazil_promotes_good_news.jpg

Brazilians Promote Good News ‘Day of Light’ March 9

On March 9th, if you see a newpaper or magazine with any good news published, buy it. This is The Day of Light, a...

Brazil to Crack Down on Recent Rise in Deforestation

Brazil announced it will send police and environmental agents to the rainforest in an emergency move aimed at stopping an alarming rise in deforestation...
criansa-girls.jpg

A Dollar a Day Transforms Teen Pen Pals in U.S. and Brazil

Imagine the thrill. You're an American teen, planting your toes into the sands of Brazil for the first time. Imagine total immersion into a...
brazil nut

Brazil Nuts Transforming Poor Villages, Forest Preservation

"Help is at hand for the Amazon rainforest and Brazil's poverty-stricken rural people - courtesy of the country's famous native nut. Small communities are...

Brazil Unveils New Technology to Curb Logging

Reuters reports on Brazil's attempt to stop illegal logging. Their environment minister Friday "unveiled an electronic registry for the transport and storage of all...
reefs.jpg

Brazil Creates Buffer Zone Around Precious Coral Reefs

Brazil enacted protections for the coral reefs, which are the biologically richest in the South Atlantic. A buffer zone was created around the...

Brazil Fueling 1 Million Cars on Sugarcane

Latin America’s largest country, Brazil, is the world’s biggest producer of bio-ethanol and 1 million Brazilian cars already run on the fuel made from...
Crew changes hands at the International Space Station

First Brazilian in Space

Brazil's first astronaut docked at the International Space Station. Marcos Pontes and his American and Russian crewmates arrived in their Soyuz spacecraft, while in...

Cultivating a ‘Good Heart’ Through Meditation: A Brazilian Research Study

(Northeastern Brazil) In Fortaleza, a town of 2.5 million people, the poor and the rich will meet once a week to cultivate a "good...
dsc00628.jpg

Brazil Expands Amazon Protection as Global Environmental Conference Starts

CURITIBA, Brazil — Brazil announced plans to expand protection of the Amazon rain forest at the opening of 11-day Global Environmental Conference. Brazil's...
Photo credit: CIFOR on Flickr-CC

A “Point of Light” in Brazil’s Jungle; a Nurse is Honored for Her Work

Doctors Without Borders not only won the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize, but Kathleen Mahoney, one of its volunteers, a graduate nursing student at the...

Good News in History, March 21

180 years ago today, the Bab began teaching the Baháʼí faith, marking forever both the Holy Day and Day 1, or New Year's Day...

Good News in History, March 9

50 years ago today, Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese infantryman holdout finally surrendered 29 years after the end of World War II. Operating out of...

Good News in History, March 5

50 years ago today, a very special performance was held at Berkeley University to witness the singing of the Hymn to Nikkal. It had...